Mollie Steuben,Beet Worker,Farm Life,Sterling,Colorado,Lewis Wickes Hine,1915

Title: Ten-year-old Mollie Steuben topping beets. Many children of this age put in a full day's work, and many begin younger. The work is hard and the children sometimes cut themselves or are 'hooked' by the long tooth on the end of the blade. Mollie and her two sisters, 12 and 14 yrs. old, work from 6 A.M. to 5 P.M., near Sterling. See also Hine report for further details about this work. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct. 21/15.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1915 October 21.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Agriculture.
Hine no. 4002.
Subjects:
Girls.
Agricultural laborers.
Sugar industry.
Beets.
Croplands.
United States--Colorado--Sterling.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004004284/PP/
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