<i>Title:</i> Mrs. Montemora, Fifty-five years old, is janitress for a large tenement, 133 W. Houston St., (lives Apt. 7) housing 26 families. When not tending the furnace or occupied with other duties for others and her own family, she makes flowers, assisted by her niece Josephine, 12 years old. They both work until 10:00 P.M. frequently. Photo was taken at 2:30 P.M., Feb 2, 1912, a school-day, and their only explanation was, "She just stayed out." Making buds. Several adult men relatives live with them. The flowers bring in only a dollar or two a week.
<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> Women.; Girls.; Laborers.; Home labor.; Artificial flower industry.; School attendance.; Hours of labor.; Tenement houses.
Hine, Lewis Wickes; National Child Labor Committee Collection
<p>Library of Congress
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