9 P.M. in an Indiana Glass Works. Indiana
8/1908
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The growth of industry after the Civil War increased the demand for workers and pulled more and more children into the labor force. By 1910, children made up 18.4 percent of the total labor force. The National Child Labor Committee, in New York City began investigations with child labor conditions in coal mines, capitalizing on the public concern raised during the nationwide coal miners' strike of 1902. Later, NCLC investigations centered upon the glassmaking industry, textile mills-especially in the South-and the canning industry. In 1908, the NCLC hired Lewis W. Hine to investigate and to photograph the conditions of working children. Text adapted from “Three Photographs of Children At Work, Circa 1908” in the February 1982 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) publication Social Education.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Children's Bureau.
National Archives Identifier: 523086
Full Citation: Photograph 102-LH-120; 9 P.M. in an Indiana Glass Works. Indiana; 8/1908; National Child Labor Committee Photographs taken by Lewis Hine, ca. 1912 - ca. 1912; Records of the Children's Bureau, Record Group 102; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MDonal Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/9-pm-in-an-indiana-glass-works-indiana, June 14, 2025]Activities that use this document
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