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Lewis Hine: Cotton Pickers Photographs

22 Lewis Hine photographs of cotton pickers, from the Library of Congress archive.

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of…, Oklahoma, 1916

Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150…

1916

[Callie Campbell, 11 years old, picks 75 to 125 pounds of cotton a…, Oklahoma, 1916

[Callie Campbell, 11 years old, picks 75 to 125 pounds of…

1916

[Callie Campbell, 11 years old, picks 75 to 125 pounds of cotton a…, Oklahoma, 1916

[Callie Campbell, 11 years old, picks 75 to 125 pounds of…

1916

Callie Campbell, 11 years old, picks 75 to 125 pounds of cotton a…, Oklahoma, 1916

Callie Campbell, 11 years old, picks 75 to 125 pounds of…

1916

Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother…, Oklahoma, 1916

Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from10 to 20 pounds a day.…

1916

Campbell family picking cotton. W.W. Campbell, Route 1, Box 64,…, Oklahoma, 1916

Campbell family picking cotton. W.W. Campbell, Route 1, Box…

1916

[Johnnie, Carrie and Jim Davenport picking cotton for MR. J. P. Daws,…, Oklahoma, 1916

[Johnnie, Carrie and Jim Davenport picking cotton for MR.…

1916

Johnnie, Carrie and Jim Davenport picking cotton for Mr. J.P. Daws,…, Oklahoma, 1916

Johnnie, Carrie and Jim Davenport picking cotton for Mr.…

1916

[Cleo Campbell, 9 years old, picks 75 to 100 pounds of cotton a day.…, Oklahoma, 1916

[Cleo Campbell, 9 years old, picks 75 to 100 pounds of…

1916

A group of children at a District School in cotton picking season.…, Texas, 1913

A group of children at a District School in cotton picking…

1913

Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre farm near…, Texas, 1913

Sulak family, frugal Bohemian farmers own an eighty acre…

1913

[Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother…, Oklahoma, 1916

[Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day.…

1916

[Johnnie, Carrie and Jim Davenport picking cotton for Mr. J. P. Daws,…, Oklahoma, 1916

[Johnnie, Carrie and Jim Davenport picking cotton for Mr.…

1916

6-year old Jewel Walker. See 4564 and 4565.  Location: Comanche…, Oklahoma, 1916

6-year old Jewel Walker. See 4564 and 4565. Location:…

1916

Vera Hill, 5 years old picks 25 pounds a day. See 4580.  Location:…, Oklahoma, 1916

Vera Hill, 5 years old picks 25 pounds a day. See 4580. …

1916

Fred Hill, 3 years old, sometimes picks 20 pounds of cotton a day.…, Oklahoma, 1916

Fred Hill, 3 years old, sometimes picks 20 pounds of cotton…

1916

Edith, 11 years old and Blanche 13. Each picks about 100 pounds of…, Oklahoma, 1916

Edith, 11 years old and Blanche 13. Each picks about 100…

1916

[Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said 6-year old…, Oklahoma, 1916

[Family of W.T. Frakes, Route 5, Lawton, Okla. Mother said…

1916

[Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to…, Oklahoma, 1916

[Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla.…

1916

[Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla. They go to…, Oklahoma, 1916

[Children of Mrs. Lawrence, a renter near Tinney, Okla.…

1916

[6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday…, Oklahoma, 1916

[6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds…

1916

[A picture of a cotton field], 1912

[A picture of a cotton field]

1912

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