Photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) fought the inhumanity of child labor in the best way he knew how, with his camera: http://www.lewishinephotographs.com/
Of this photograph, Hine noted: Norma Lawrence is 10 years old and picks from 100 to 150 pounds of
cotton a day. Drags the sack which often hold 50 pounds or more before
emptied. Location: Comanche County,
Oklahoma. Date Created/Published: 1916 October 10.
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