Monongah Glass Company,Fairmont,West Virginia,WV,Child Labor,October 1908

Title: Monongah Glass Co., Fairmont, W. Va. Jo Before a glass wks boy going home, 5 P.M. He says he is 12 years old, and has been at it one year: is a 'ketchin-up-boy' $.70 a day: says glass business is all right. Asked if he was going to be a glassblower when he grows up, he said 'Sure!' (See 185) Goes to school during school term: asked is [sic] he had to, he answered 'Don't unless I want to' asked why he went then, said 'Want to learns something.' 1908. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1908 October.
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Glass factories.
Hine no. 0188.
Subjects:
Boys
Glassworkers
United States--West Virginia--Fairmont.
Glass negatives.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004000210/PP/
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