Johnson's Canning Camp,Seaford,Delaware,Child Labor,Lewis Wickes Hine,1910,2

Title: A group of berry pickers on the farm of Mr. Giles, Seaford, Del. 3 children are 3 years of age, 3 are 4 years old, 1 is 5 years old, and 1 is 6 years old. During the berry season the families get out into the field at 4 o'clock in the morning, and each child is assigned to 2 rows of berry growth, each 300 yards, long, and when the whistle of the padrone sounds they start picking and generally quit work about 1 P.M. There are days when the work continues until 4 and 5 o'clock in the evening. Location: Seaford, Delaware.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1910 May.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Agriculture.
Hine no. 1578.
Subjects:
Men.
Women.
Children.
Berry pickers.
Hours of labor.
United States--Delaware--Seaford.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004002314/PP/
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