1. "There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work."
-- Lewis Hine, 1908
How does this quote relate to labor in the late 1800s/early 1900s?
Does this quote relate to labor today? How so?

2. Photography: Discussion Questions
Why do we take and keep photographs?
What information can you gather from photographs?
How can historians use photographs?
How can a photographer’s point of view become an issue in pictures?

4. Write down everything you saw in the photograph.

9. Description of Photo
Mrs. Battaglia, Tessie (age - 12 years), Tony (age - 7 years), 170 Mulberry St. Rear house, 5th floor. Garment workers. Husband crippled by a fall, tends to basement. Mrs. Battaglia works in shop except Saturdays, when the children sew with her at home. Get 2 or 3 cents a pair finishing men's pants. Said they earn $1 to $1.50 on Saturday. Father disabled and can earn very little. New York., 01/25/1908

10. Photo #1
Marie Costa, basket seller, in a Cincinnati market. 10 A.M. Saturday. Cincinnati, OH., 08/22/1908

11. Photo #2
"Radishes! Penny a bunch!" Boys and girls sell all day until 11 P.M. Cincinnati, OH, 08/22/1908

12. Photo #3
Greel's Shoe-Shining Parlor. Said he was 15 years old. Works some nights until 11 P.M. Indianapolis, Ind., 08/1908

13. Photo #4
Welch Mining Co., Welch, W. Va. Boy running "trip rope" at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 years old. Works 10 hours a day. Welch, W. Va., 09/1908

14. Photo #5
Cigar factory. Boys in foreground. Indianapolis, Ind., 08/1908

15. Photo #6
Putting bottles into the Annealing Oven. 1 A.M. Indianapolis, Ind., 08/1908

16. Photo #7
Noon hour at an Indianapolis Cannery. Indianapolis. Ind., 08/1908

17. Photo #8
Glass blower and mold boy. Boy has 4 1/2 hours of this at a stretch; then an hour's rest and 4 1/2 more: cramped position. Day shift one week: night shift next. Grafton, W. Va., 10/1908

18. Photo #9
Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville, Ind. Girls at weaving machines; warpers. Evansville, Ind., 10/1908

19. Photo #10
Oyster shuckers at Apalachicola, Fla. This work is carried on by many young boys during the busy seasons. This is a dull year so only a few youngsters were in evidence., 01/25/1909

20. Photo #11
Girl working in Box Factory. I saw 10 small boys and girls working. Has a bad reputation for employment of youngsters, but work is slack now. Tampa, Fla., 01/28/1909

21. Photo #12
A nine year old newsgirl. She sold later than 8 P.M. sometimes. Been selling two years. Hartford, Conn., 03/06/1909

22. Photo #13
Norris Luvitt. Been picking 3 years in berry fields near Baltimore., 06/08/1909

23. Photo #14
Group showing a few of the workers stringing beans in the J.S. Farrand Packing Co. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes. Baltimore, Md., 06/07/1909

24. Photo #15
Photo of boys working in Arcade Bowling Alley. Photo taken late at night. The boys work until midnight and later. Trenton, N.J., 12/20/1909

25. Class Discussion
Should the government regulate labor in private industry?
How far should regulation go?
How can companies be responsible for working conditions?
What labor regulations are in effect today?
How and why were these regulations established?

26. What jobs do you hold?
What procedures are required by the federal or state government did you have to follow before you were employed?
What are the regulations you have to follow in your particular jobs?
Were you advised of safety rules or hour restrictions?
What are the dangers of your particular jobs?
Do you feel you have adequate protection as employed minors?
What would you change about your jobs?
What are obstacles you face if you try to change your working conditions?