Lewis W. Hine: Child Scavengers

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Street kids, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909


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Boys of the Dumps, South Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909

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Patching up a meal, Boston slums, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909


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Tony on his way home from the market bringing chicken heads and feet to sell to the soap man, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909


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Garbage gleaners among ash barrels, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909

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"Gimme a smoke" -- street boys, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909


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Swiping behind the cop's back, Boston. Massachusetts, October 1909

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Picking over ash barrels, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909


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Boy woodpicker loading, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909

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Mister, give me a lift? Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909


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Boy woodpickers under way, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909

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Little girl woodpickers making up a load, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909

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Bringing home the wood, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909

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Boy woodpicker resting, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909


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Carrying home decayed refuse from markets, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909

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Boys picking over garbage on "the Dumps", Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909

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Boys and girls working on "the Dumps", Boston, Massachusetts, October 1909

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Scavenger toting wood, Fall River, Massachusetts, 21 June 1916

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Toting wood, Fall River, Massachusetts, 16 June 1916


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Scavengers, Fall River, Massachusetts, 16 June 1916


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On the Pleasant Street Dump, Fall River, Massachusetts, 21 June 1916


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Boy collecting discarded newspapers to sell to store-keepers, Union Square, New York City, July 1910

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Pine Street Dump scavengers, Fall River, Massachusetts, 22 June 1916

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Scavenger, Chicopee Falls. Massachusetts, 29 June 1916


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Junk gatherers, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 1917


Photos by Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940) from National Child Labor Committee Collection, Library of Congress

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