The 1900 United States Census showed the population of America growing by over 20% since the previous census ten years before. Good news for a still expanding, young country. Yet there was another astonishing figure which appalled many. One in six children aged between five and ten were recorded as being in gainful employment.
Lewis Hine (1874 - 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States.
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That photo looks very similar to these photos.... http://www.shorpy.com/shorpy
No wonder, it's by the same photographer, Lewis Hine.
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