Records of the Children's Bureau. 1908 - 2003. National Child Labor Committee Photographs taken by Lewis Hine. 1912 - 1912. Show the way they cut fish in sardine canneries. Large, sharp knives are used with a cutting and sometimes chopping motion. The slippery floors and benches, and careless bumpin

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Records of the Children's Bureau. 1908 - 2003. National Child Labor Committee Photographs taken by Lewis Hine. 1912 - 1912. Show the way they cut fish in sardine canneries. Large, sharp knives are used with a cutting and sometimes chopping motion. The slippery floors and benches, and careless bumping into each other increase the liability to accident. quot;The salt water gits into the cuts and they ache.quot; Eastport, Me.

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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...