Nut cracking

Title: Father loafs while children work. He has no employment (Marion Zerpoli, 145 Hudson St., N.Y.) Mother picks nuts in Habicht, Braun Nut Factory, Hudson and Laight Sts., N.Y. Gets $4.00 a week. The children say they make $3.00 a week. Michael is 13 yrs. old. Madeline, 6 yrs. old and has cross eyes. Were working in a very dim light (no gas or lamp used except when most necessary).


Reference:

Hine, Lewis. Father loafs while children work. He has no employment (Marion Zerpoli, 145 Hudson St., N.Y.) Mother picks nuts in Habicht, Braun Nut Factory, Hudson and Laight Sts., N.Y. Gets $4.00 a week. The children say they make $3.00 a week. Michael is 13 yrs. old. Madeline, 6 yrs. old and has cross eyes. Were working in a very dim light (no gas or lamp used except when most necessary). Location: New York, New York (State). 1911. Library of Congress, New York. Web. 30 Oct 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004001569/PP/>.

Everybody works but....

 Title: "Everybody works but----." A common scene in the tenements. Father sits around. "Sometime I make $9.00, sometime $10.00 a week on the railroad; sometime nottin'." Helen, 5 years old, and Adeline, 10 years old, help pick nuts. Tessie, a neighbor, helps too. Adeline works until 9 p.m. at times. All together they make $4.00 a week. Family of Dometrio Capilluto


Reference:

Hine, Lewis. "Everybody works but----." A common scene in the tenements. Father sits around. "Sometime I make $9.00, sometime $10.00 a week on the railroad; sometime nottin'." Helen, 5 years old, and Adeline, 10 years old, help pick nuts. Tessie, a neighbor, helps too. Adeline works until 9 p.m. at times. All together they make $4.00 a week. Family of Dometrio Capilluto, 141 Hudson St., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State). 1911. Library of Congress, New York. Web. 30 Oct 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004000430/PP/>.

Lace sewing

Title: Antoinette Fazzino, ten years old, makes Irish lace for collars and waists, after school. Her younger brother (by the stove) said, "Lace is too dam-cheap." Antoinette wears glasses.


Reference:

Hine, Lewis. Antoinette Fazzino, ten years old, makes Irish lace for collars and waists, after school. Her younger brother (by the stove) said, "Lace is too dam-cheap." Antoinette wears glasses. 303 E. 149th Street, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State). 1912. Library of Congress, New York. Web. 30 Oct 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004001087/PP/resource/>.

Garment workers

Title: Garment workers. Upper East Side, N.Y.C.

Reference:

Hine, Lewis. Garment workers. Upper East Side, N.Y.C. Location: New York, New York (State). 1910. Library of Congress, New York. Web. 30 Oct 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004001944/PP/resource/>.

 

One way to get the tags home

Title:  One way they get the tags home.

Reference:

Hine, Lewis. One way they get the tags home. Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts.. 1912. Library of Congress, New York. Web. 30 Oct 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004002014/PP/>.

 

Homework destroys family life

 

Title: Exhibit panel

Reference:

Hine, Lewis. Exhibit panel . 1913. Library of CongressWeb. 30 Oct 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004002776/PP/>.