Cleo Campbell, 9 years old, picks 75 to 100 pounds of cotton a day. Expects to start school soon. Said: "I'd ruther go to school and then I wouldn't have ter work." Father said she and her sister begin about 6 A.M. and work until 6 or 7 P.M. with 1 1/2 hours off at noon. Lewis W. Hine. See 4590. See
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- 1916
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- Hine, Lewis Wickes; National Child Labor Committee Collection
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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"Cleo Campbell, 9 years old, picks 75 to 100 pounds of cotton a day. Expects to start school soon. Said: "I'd ruther go to school and then I wouldn't have ter work." Father said she and her sister begin about 6 A.M. and work until 6 or 7 P.M. with 1 1/2 hours off at noon. Lewis W. Hine. See 4590. See" (1916). Hine, Lewis Wickes; National Child Labor Committee Collection. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleo_Campbell,_9_years_old,_picks_75_to_100_pounds_of_cotton_a_day._Expects_to_start_school_soon._Said-_%27I%27d_ruther_go_to_school_and_then_I_wouldn%27t_have_ter_work.%27_Father_said_she_and_her_LOC_nclc.00627.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 51262.
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