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- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
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Bedspring Boys: 1917
Boston, Massachusetts. January 25, 1917. "Boys linking bed-springs. 14 and 15 years old." Glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Sleeves
Are those some kind of 'pull-on' sleeves the one boy is wearing? Probably adds a little protection from wire cuts.
[Those are armbands. - Dave]
Silver Platter
I too do not believe in child labor as it was then but I'm not crazy about the silver platter so many "apprentice adults" are handed now either. There's plenty of safe, necessary work to be done around any home and too many parents who don't recognize the value to the child of contributing to the ongoing of home and family. For these children, labor was often a substitute for school and that is truly sad.
Thank you for continuing to remind us of what it was like those many years ago.
Child labour
It is so interesting to see people that age working that hard. This is a great insight to how much life has changed in the past 90 years.
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