Science Source Stock Photo - Texas Cotton Pickers, 1913

Texas Cotton Pickers, 1913

Description: Entitled: "All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. Father was plowing. Edith five years, picks all day. "Hughie" six years old, girl, picks all day. Alton, seven years old, picks fifty pounds a day. Ruth, nine years old, picks seventy-five pounds a day. Rob and Lee are about ten or eleven years old. The very young children like to pick, but before long they detest it. Sun is hot, hours long, bags heavy. Location: Bells, Texas." When the cotton pickers got to the field, each was given a sack with a strap that went over the shoulder. That left both hands free to pick. No one wore gloves. The boll that holds the cotton is quite sharp, and by the end of the day, fingers were sore, cut and bleeding. According to the 1900 US Census about 1 in every 6 Children between the ages of five and ten were engaged in "gainful occupations" in the United States. Photographed by Lewis Hine, September 1913.

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Library of Congress/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS2714490

Legacy Identifier: JC8582

Type: Image

Size: 4350px × 3266px (~40 MB)

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