Byline: Lewis W. Hine; 1909-10-23; Charities and the Commons;
"If, with all these historical, social, and material advantages, such conditions can prevail among the newsboys and newsgirls of Hartford as are portrayed in the accompanying illustrations from life, no argument needs to be stated to prove the need of such an organization as the National Child Labor Committee, in the process of some of whose investigations the photographs were taken upon the streets of Hartford."
Description:Lewis W. Hine goes undercover for the National Child Labor Committee to investigate and photograph child labor in Hartford, Connecticut.
Rights: Public domain.