Beet Worker,Farm Life,Sterling,Colorado,Logan County,Lewis Wickes Hine,1915,7

Title: Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of 'Economic Need'. Part of the family of Jacob Walker, a prosperous beet raiser near Sterling. His 6, 8 & 10 yr. old children are kept out of school and worked, in spite of the fact that he owns 225 acres of land here worth several hundred dollars an acre. Father, mother and seven children work. Walker moved here from Neb[raska] 8 yrs. ago. They work hard and continuously. See also photos 4033-4 and 5. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine Oct. 22/15.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1915 October 22.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Agriculture.
Hine no. 4018.
Subjects:
Boys.
Girls.
Agricultural laborers.
Sugar industry.
Beets.
Croplands.
School attendance.
United States--Colorado--Sterling.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004004300/PP/
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