Collection
National Child Labor Committee Collection
Articles and Essays
Reporting on Labor Conditions
Lewis Hine was one of several investigators working for the National Child Labor Committee who prepared reports on labor conditions and their impact on the lives of workers, generally concentrating on a particular industry or region.
Bringing an NCLC Photo into Focus
No. 2443 LC-DIG-nclc-00965 #2443 Eight year old Syrian girl, Pheobe [i.e. Phoebe] Thomas, going to work at 6 a.m., August 14, with great butcher knife, to cut sardines in Seacoast Canning Co. Factory #4, Eastport Me. Said she was a cutter, and I saw her working later. (See photos of her accident, #2444, #2445, #2449.)