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PHOTOGRAPHY BY LEWIS HINE
Lewis HineLewis Hine (1874-1940)
was an American photographer whose work contributed significantly to the formation and passing of child labor laws.

"There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work." -- Lewis Hine, 1908
 

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Boy picking berries

Brother and sister tayloring garments with their mother

Child workers stringing berries

Boy working in a shoe shining parlor in Indiana

Glass blower and mold boy in West Virginia

 
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