Seacoast Canning Company Factory,Eastport,Maine,Child Labor,Lewis Wickes Hine

Title: Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me., mostly in the packing room, and when very busy works nights. Cuts some, and also cartons. Her mother said, 'Some of the children cut their fingers half off.' Her father and grandfather are in the factory. She lives in Grand Manan in the winter with her aunt, father and mother live here. She says she earns $2.00 some days packing, not so much when she cartons. 'Only made $1.70 all last week.' Location: Eastport, Maine.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1911 August.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Canneries.
Hine no. 2459.
Subjects:
Girls.
Cannery workers.
Fishing industry.
Hours of labor.
Wages.
United States--Maine--Eastport.
Photographic prints
Bookmark /ncl2004003142/PP/
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