Child Labor Reform Photographs

Where are these children? List any clues relating to their surroundings. Describe any tools or objects you see. Describe their clothing. What do their clothes reveal about their work?

Photo A.
This child is in a mill factory (cotton) and she is standing next to a huge machine used for spinning. This machine she is standing next to looks like what they use to weave clothes and thread. The girls clothing looks really beat up and worn,but not torn or in rags. Her hair is up in a high ponytail then braided to keep out of her face (probably for when shes working.) Her clothes tell us that she is probably running around a lot which shows wrinkles, but because they're not all beat up chance are that she didnt have a very hands on job.

Photo B.
These children are outside, but from the picture i cannot really tell where they are. I assume that they are in front of a factory because they are infront of a tall brick building with 2 windows (it doesnt look like a house.) They clothing of these girls is very plain and old. The clothes look overworn and dirty, like they were used a lot for hard activites such as work. They work invloves a lot of movement and they must do it all the time for a long time because they clothes look like they're going to fall apart.

Photo C.
This little girl is in a factory, i think its a clothing factory becasue of all the looms and the thread on top of the machines. This little girls clothing looks like rags or handme downs. they are way to big for her, and they look really old. Based on her clothing i would say that she is worked very hard even though she so young.

Photo D.
This little boy is selling newspapers in the side of the street. Theres some people, and one lady is carrying a umbrula which shows that it is/ was raining. Even though its a city street it doesnt look to crowed, there are no cars in the street and there are only 5 people to be seen in this picture. This boys clothes arn't that bad, he has a hat a jacket nice pants and shoes. He probably needed to dress nice because he was working with normal people who had higher paying jobs.

Photo E.
These boys are processing coal in a factory. they are all different ages some in their teens but most of them are younger. The boy in the back who is holding a long pole looks like what the caption say to be a slave driver to keep them in order. The boys clothes are all black and on their faces theres black smears. This shows how much dust there is in these factories, which is not good to be breathed in.

Photo F
In this picture there are a lot of boys(mostly teenagers) who are working in a glass blowing factory. In this space there is a lot of open pipes that there ares some people working on. There is a lot of equitment in this space and every boy is working. The boys clothes are all different, for some the clothes are in tatters with holes in them. Some of the boys have clothes that look worn, and most of them have stains on them, which you cant tell what they are from the photo. The clothes show that the work is hard and requires them to do a lot.

Photo G.
In this picture there are a lot of people working of all different ages, these people were oyster shuckers. Everyone there had to work except for the babies (who were still there next to their mothers). There are almost no tools in this picture and you canot see what is in the hands of the workers because there are so many of them. There is one little girl who is standing over a hole that the baskets containing the oysters are sitting on. The clothes of these people are in pretty good condition but they look dirty, some of the peoplehave smocks or aprons on. The work based on they clothes doesnt look to be to bad, but the caption that tells about thier work shows that they work very long hours, from 3 am to 5 pm. Plus they do not get to sit down they stand all day( there are no chairs in the picture.)

Photo H.
In this photo there are at least 11 children going to work. They are working the night shift. It is also cold out because all the children have jackets and hats on, and there is snow on the ground. the childrens clothes are hard to see because they have on their jackets.