<i>Title:</i> 4 P.M. Ceru family, 143 Thompson St., near tenement, N.Y. In this dirty attic home with a dog and a cat adding to the other filth that accumulates, these three make artificial leaves. The little five-year-old helps some. She was sighing, "Tired." Her sister (about 10 years old) works until 9 P.M. some nights although she is near-sighted. At home she keeps her glasses on the shelf, 'because [because] Mother says I look funny with them. Now I got to go out and shop." [Second card:] Making artificial leaves in tenement attic. New York City, 1912. The 5-year-old helps. Her sister, aged 10, works till 9 P.M. some nights although she is near-sighted.
<p><i>Abstract:</i> Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
<i>Physical description:</i> 1 photographic print.
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<i>Notes:</i> Families.; Children &amp; adults.; Laborers.; Home labor.; Artificial flower industry.; Vision disorders.; Hours of labor.; Tenement houses.; Sanitation.; Clotheslines.
Hine, Lewis Wickes; National Child Labor Committee Collection
1912
<p>Library of Congress
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