Child Labor Reform Photographs

Where are these children? List any clues relating to their surroundings.
Describe any tools or objects you see.
Describe their clothing. What do their clothes reveal about their work?

What questions do you have about each of these photographs?
Based on your observations, list three things you might infer about the lives of these children. (Be sure to consider Hine's notes about the photographs when considering this.



Photograph A
This girls job is in the looms. The girl is surrounded by the looms and there are a few windows and little space. It is clear that her work is hard becuase she is very dirty. Her hair is also messed up and pulled back into braids. Her hands are dirty, and her clothes are also dirty too. I wonder if she works with somebody that she knows like her mother or sister. This photo shows me that she has worked since she was so little that she doesnt think it is wrong, and also that nobody has told her her age.

Photograph B
These 5 girls are in front of some factory and look very upset. They are very firty and their clothes are not clean. There are alot of stains on them, there faces have dirt on them and their hair is pulled back. I wonder where they work specifically and how long they have been working. Also, it shows me their life is hard becuase they dont look happy at all. Also, there clothes look really dirty which means they do hard work.

Photograph C
This girl is at the looms but there is nobody around her to really help which means she knows what she is doing at such a young age. She looks around 5-6 and is has dirty clothes, and she herself is dirty. She doesnt have any shoes on. The clothes on the girl are dirty which shows me that she does hard work. I wonder how long she has been working there becuase she is so young and standing all alone which means she doesnt need help really.. and i believe her life would be about work, not seeing friends, and being commited to help the family.

Photograph D
This photo is of a young boy maybe around the age 4-5 and he looks unhappy. He is trying to sell news papers to people. He doesnt look very dirty because his clothes are in nice shape, and he has shoes on. I dont believe he gets much money becuase alot of the people are walking away without newspapers in their hands. I believe his work isnt very hard, but can get tiring from standing up the whole day. I believe this boys life is hard, sad, and tiring. I would like to know if he has any other friends with him becuase he is so small and doing work all by himself.

Photograph E
This picture is at a coal company. There are all boys in this picture and their faces are extremely dirty. The air is filled with dust in the back and they have nothing on there noses to cover up the dust. One of the boys is holding a tool which Hine said they would whip the boys into shape if they were slaking off. Also, the windows and the work area are not open so the dust never can leave. This gives me a idea that their working conditions were horrible becuase they were hurting their lungs sniffing the dust, and that they were getting beaten by somebody who wasnt even working. I would like to know if these children got breaks so they could go outside and get fresh air and also, if they were allowed to talk to one another.

Photograph F
In this picture it is a photo of boys working in a glass works company. The boys are all different ages it looks like. There are alot of tools in the working area that look unsafe to be to close to. There are hammers in the left corner. The working conditions dont look safe and also, it is very small in the room with alot of people. This could lead to sickness. There clothes are ripped and dirty which means there work was hard and they got caught alot in the machinery. I wonder how late these kids worked becuase the picutre was taken at 9 pm. Also, i wonder if the older kids got more pay then the younger kids. This picture shows me that the younger kids have no education, they have to work just as hard as the older kids, and that they must be very tired becuase they work long hours.

Photograph G
They are in a canning factory and there are alot of older people and very young babies. There clothes show that they dont have to do hard work but they have to with their hands becuase they are using their hands in the pictures. There is one girl standing on a platform with a giant hole behind her. This looks unsafe becuase she might not know that it is bad if she falls, she could be careless, and if she falls she could get seriously huurt. Her mother and her brother are standing right next to her, and the youngest brother looks about 2. He is very small and brought to the factorie. This picture really shows how hard their life must be getting money becuase it seems that everybody in their family is working. Also, these childrens lives are hard becuase they are getting little money for such hard work, they can get hurt, and they are so young to even know they arent supposed to be working as hard as the older people. They also have to go in at 3 30 AM and work till 5. Those are hard, strange, and long hours to be working and i am sure they are very tired.

Photograph H
These children are going to work and it is at 6 pm at night. They are all different ages and it is snowing outside but they look warm enough. There clothes show that it is cold in their factory and so they need to dress warm. These children obviously have hard lives at home. Exspecially the people