Records of the Children's Bureau. 1908 - 2003. National Child Labor Committee Photographs taken by Lewis Hine. 1912 - 1912. Mrs. L. Bosher, living in a run down cotton mill village. Her husband has been a mill hand here for a long time but recently got work up town, as many of their neighbors have d

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Records of the Children's Bureau. 1908 - 2003. National Child Labor Committee Photographs taken by Lewis Hine. 1912 - 1912. Mrs. L. Bosher, living in a run down cotton mill village. Her husband has been a mill hand here for a long time but recently got work up town, as many of their neighbors have done during the slack times, most of them going way into the city to the trunk and cigarette factories. Matoaca, Va.

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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...