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Hephaestion
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posted 31 October 2005 08:20 AM      Profile for Hephaestion   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
... featuring the original photo captions by Lewis W. Hine



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A young driver in the Brown mine. Has been driving one year. Works 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Brown W. Va.




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Oyster shuckers working in a canning factory. All but the very smallest babies work. Began work at 3:30 a.m. and expected to work until 5 p.m. The little girl in the center was working. Her mother said she is "a real help to me." Dunbar, La.


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