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Italian immigrants
New York City, U.S.A.
Date: 1913 January
Notes: "1 P.M. Family of Onofrio Cottone, 7 Extra Pl., N.Y., finishing garments in a terribly run down tenement. The father works on the street. The three oldest children help the mother on garments. Joseph, 14, Andrew, 10, Rosie, 7, and all together they make about $2 a week when work is plenty. There are two babies." Notes & photo: Lewis Wickes Hine. Digital ID: 04305.
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Italian immigrants
New York City, U.S.A.
Date: 1922 March
Notes: "Grande, Philomena, 218 Thompson Street, N.Y.C., making and finishing coats, earns about $1, a day. Jennie age 13 and Edmond age 9 work steadily and do not get much chance for recreation." Photo: Hiram Myers Photo Studios. Digital ID: 04317.
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Italian immigrants
South Framingham, Massachusetts
Date: November 1912
Notes: Title: "Home of Desiderio Cella, 11 Coburn Street, So. Framingham, Mass. Children - 13, 12, 10, 8, 7 years old working on tags in dirty room with macaroni all spread out on table being cut. Tag tying going on at same table. Washing also in dirty kitchen. (See also report) Witness, F.A. Smith." Subject: Tenement homework. Photo & Notes: Lewis Wickes Hine. Digital no: 04287.
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Italian immigrants
New York City, U.S.A.
Date: January 1912
Notes: "5 P.M. Mrs. Mary Molinari and family, 304 E. 107th st. 'We made feathers some, but not much.' Six-year-old Antoinette ties like an old hand. Dominick, 9 years old, works some. Annie 9, the oldest girl, works in a shirt-waist factory. Father is a hod carrier." Photo & Notes: Lewis Wickes Hine. Digital ID: 04122.
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Italian immigrants
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Date: January 1910
Notes: "Garment Workers on East Side 4:30 P.M. Vincenzie, 14 years old. Jovannina, 9 years old. Michael, 5 years old." Photo and notes: Lewis Wickes Hine. Digital ID: 04082.
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Italian immigrants
New York City, U.S.A.
Date: December 1911
Notes: "Mrs. Palontona and 13 year old daughter, Michaeline, working on "Pillow-lace" in dirty kitchen of their tenement home, 213 E. 111th Street, 3rd floor. They were both very illiterate. Mother is making fancy lace and girl sold me the piece she worked on." Photo & Notes: Lewis Wickes Hine. Digital ID: 20540.
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Italian immigrants
New York City, U.S.A.
Date: December 1911
Notes: "Mrs. Tony Totore (or Totoro?) 428 E. 116th St. 2nd floor back, makes from $2.00 to $2.50 a week making lace for a Conractor. Mrs. Rosina Schiaffo, 301 E. 114th St., 3rd floor. Mrs. Sohiaffo, in turn, sends her lace to a manufacturer, M. Weber Co., 230 E 52 st. Husband and two children, 4 and 7 years old. Mrs. Totoro said, "I rather work for a factory. They pay more." Husband is a cement laborer with irregular work." Photo & Notes: Lewis Wickes Hine. Digital ID: 20540.
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Italian immigrants
New York City, U.S.A.
Date: December 1911
Notes: "Mrs. Mary Caperale (a widow), 141 Hudson St., picking nuts, while her two daughters help her. The dirty children are handling the nuts and playing with them. The open bag of nuts stands around all day. Room littered with waste and kindling wood. Make $3.00 to $3.50 a week. An 18 year old girl works in a paper box factory by day and helps pick nuts at night." Photo & Notes: Lewis Wickes Hine. Digital ID: 04094.
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Italian immigrants
New York City, U.S.A.
Date: January 1912
Notes: "4 P.M. Basso family, 2 Carmine St., N.Y. Apt 17. Making roses in dirty, poorly lighted kitchen. They work some at night. Pauline, 6 years old, works after school, Peter, 8 works until 8 [P.M.] Mike, (cross-eyed), 12 years old, until 10 P.M. Father keeps a rag shop." Photo: Lewis Wickes Hine. Digital ID: 04134.
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New York City, U.S.A.
Date: 1922 March
Notes: "Coccaro, Angelina, 226 Thompson St., N.Y.C. Making Glass Flower Bulbs, earn about 75 cents to a $1.50 a day. Elizabeth age 10 years and frank age 8 years, very small and anemic." Photo: Hiram Myers Photo Studios. Digital ID: 04319.
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