Records of the Children's Bureau. 1908 - 2003. National Child Labor Committee Photographs taken by Lewis Hine. 1912 - 1912. After 9 P.M., 7 year old Tommie Nooman demonstrating the advantages of the Ideal Necktie Form in store window on Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. His father said, quot;He is

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Records of the Children's Bureau. 1908 - 2003. National Child Labor Committee Photographs taken by Lewis Hine. 1912 - 1912. After 9 P.M., 7 year old Tommie Nooman demonstrating the advantages of the Ideal Necktie Form in store window on Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. His father said, 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. Washington, D.C.

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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...