Lewis Hine was an American sociologist and photographer whose work was instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States.
In 1908, Hine became the photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, and over the next decade, he documented child labor in American industry to aid the NCLC's lobbying efforts to end the practice.
We are featuring a selection of his photographs that detail the lives of working children.
Leo, 8 years old, 48 inches high, picks up bobbins at 15 cents a day in Elk Cotton Mill. He said, "No I don't help sister or mother, just myself." Fayetteville, Tenn, November 1910
Helen, 5, and her stepsisters hulling strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Station. This is her 2nd season at Johnson's Hulling Sta. On the day of investigation, she started working at 6 A.M., and at 6 P.M. the same day, Helen was still hulling strawberries. Seaford, Del, May 1910
Richard Pierce, 14, has been a Western Union Telegraph Co. messenger for 9 months. He works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., smokes and visits houses of prostitution. Wilmington, Del, May 1910
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