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. Lewis W. Hine. See 4569. Abstract: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Physical description:.
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- 1916
- Photographer / author
- Hine, Lewis Wickes; National Child Labor Committee Collection
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
- Original size
- 5,000 × 3,478 pixels
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"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. Lewis W. Hine. See 4569. Abstract: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Physical description:." (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: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._Lewis_W._Hine._See_4569._LOC_cph.3a38578.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 51294.
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