Records of the U.S. House of Representatives. 1789 - 2015. Papers Accompanying Specific Bills and Resolutions. 1903 - 1972. Papers Accompanying Specific Bills and Resolutions of the 63rd Congress Committee on the District of Columbia. 4/7/1913 - 3/3/1915. A photograph of 7-year-old Tommie Noonan dem

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Records of the U.S. House of Representatives. 1789 - 2015. Papers Accompanying Specific Bills and Resolutions. 1903 - 1972. Papers Accompanying Specific Bills and Resolutions of the 63rd Congress Committee on the District of Columbia. 4/7/1913 - 3/3/1915. A photograph of 7-year-old Tommie Noonan demonstrating the advantages of the Ideal Necktie Form in a store window on Pennsylvania Avenue, near 13th Street. His father said proudly quot;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.quot; The remarks of appreciation from the by-standers were not having the best effect on Tommie.

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

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Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), an American photographer, began his career as a teacher at the Ethical Culture School in New York City. He first used a camera to record activities at the school. Subsequently he photographed immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the shocking condition of child laborers throughout the U.S., the activities of the American Red Cross in World War I, and workers in various industries. He was commissioned to create photo-essays for industry and periodicals. His early pho...