Lewis Hine Photo Gallery
"View of the Ewen Breaker of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. The dust was so dense at times as to obscure the view. This dust penetrated the utmost recesses of the boys' lungs. A kind of slave-driver sometimes stands over the boys, prodding or kicking them into obedience. South Pittston, Pennsylvania.
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"View of the Scotland Mills, showing boys who work in the mill. Laurinburg, North Carolina."
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"Three boys, one of 13 yrs., two of 14 yrs., picking shade-grown tobacco on Hackett Farm. The "first picking" necessitates a sitting posture. Buckland, Connecticut."
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"After 9 p.m., 7-year-old Tommie Nooman demonstrating the advantages of the Ideal Necktie Form in a store window on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. His father said, "He is the youngest demonstrator in America. Has been doing it for several years from San Francisco to New York. We stay a month or six weeks in a place. He works at it off and on." Remarks from the bystanders were not having the best effect on Tommie. "
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These photgraphs, along with hundreds more, were all taken by Lewis Wickes HIne. He also played an important role in the child labor reform. He used his passion for art to display the harsh realities of a child in the industries. The photgraphs captured the hearts of all its spectators and drove them to stand for change. "There are two things I wanted to do. I wanted to show the things that had to be corrected. I wanted to show the things that had to be appreciated