Scavenger Hunt: 1912

Submitted by Dave on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 12:42am.

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November 1912. "Children going through Whitman Street dump. Pawtucket, Rhode Island." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

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Pawtucket dump

Submitted by Tim G on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 5:09am.

I would like to know more about this dump. I am a Pawtucket resident and am educating myself on some of Pawtucket's history. I would like to know what years this dump was here and its location. Present day Whitman Street?

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Still today

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 3:51pm.

I recently visited the Philippines and, sad to say, children still do this to survive.

Can't Possibly Be Happy

Submitted by Anti-Child Labor on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 1:12pm.

At last a Hine picture where people can't comment that the exploited child laborers look happy.

[They're not "child laborers." These pictures were shown in a child welfare photography exhibit advocating slum clearance. - Dave]

Pictorialist Dumping Ground

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 10:52am.

The background looks quite aesthetic yet the foreground is, well, a dump. The little girl's expression really makes this shot grab you, though.

70 Years Later

Submitted by Kath on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 6:04am.

My little brother and I could be found doing exactly the same thing.

Going Green

Submitted by joyofmacs on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 5:34am.

What is old is new again: recycling

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