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Annette Roy, the youngest worker. Said 7 years old. Picked last year. Lives 171 Orange Street, Fall River, Mass. Also Napoleon Ruel, 53 Hopkins Street, Fall River, Mass. Said 9 years old. Location: South Carver [vicinity] - Smart's Bog, Massachusetts. – Antique Photo Print

Annette Roy, the youngest worker. Said 7 years old. Picked last year. Lives 171 Orange Street, Fall River, Mass. Also Napoleon Ruel, 53 Hopkins Street, Fall River, Mass. Said 9 years old. Location: South Carver [vicinity] - Smart's Bog, Massachusetts. — historic image
Annette Roy, the youngest worker. Said 7 years old. Picked last year. Lives 171 Orange Street, Fall River, Mass. Also Napoleon Ruel, 53 Hopkins Street, Fall River, Mass. Said 9 years old. Location: South Carver [vicinity] - Smart's Bog, Massachusetts.. Historic image from the Thanksgiving collection.

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This rare historic image captures Annette Roy, the youngest worker. Said 7 years old. Picked last year. Lives 171 Orange Street, Fall River, Mass. Also Napoleon Ruel, 53 Hopkins Street, Fall River, Mass. Said 9 years old. Location: South Carver [vicinity] - Smart's Bog, Massachusetts. in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Annette Roy, the youngest worker. Said 7 years old. Picked last year. Lives 171 Orange Street, Fall River, Mass. Also Napoleon Ruel, 53 Hopkins Street, Fall River, Mass. Said 9 years old. Location: South Carver [vicinity] - Smart's Bog, Massachusetts.

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Seven-year-old Annette Roy and nine-year-old Napoleon Ruel were both recorded at Smart's Bog in South Carver, Massachusetts, where Annette was noted as the youngest worker on the harvest. By their own accounts, the two children lived in Fall River, a mill city where many families relied on every paycheck, including those of children. Autumn cranberry picking drew families and young helpers into the wet bogs to harvest the fruit by hand. Photographs of working children like these were often used by reformers to show the public what that labor looked like.

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