General Utility Boy,Miller & Vidor Saw Mill,Beaumont,Texas,Child Labor,1913

Title: General Utility Boy in Miller & Vidor Saw-mill. 14 years old (he said). Part of the time he throws slabs into the chute that has chain carrying them to the mill. I saw him helping a man around moving and unprotected machinery. Everything in the mill is unguarded. No place for boys. Said he works only on Saturdays now, gets $1.00 a day. Made $25 a month here last summer. Location: Beaumont, Texas.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1913 November.
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Miscellaneous.
Hine no. 3668.
Subjects:
Boys.
Child laborers.
Lumber industry.
Lumberyards.
United States--Texas--Beaumont.
Glass negatives.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004001105/PP/
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