Fanny Breto. Said 9 years old. Was picking with her father on a private bog near Bang's bog. Location: Wareham, Massachusetts. – Historic Print
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A window into the past: Fanny Breto. Said 9 years old. Was picking with her father on a private bog near Bang's bog. Location: Wareham, Massachusetts., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fanny Breto. Said 9 years old. Was picking with her father on a private bog near Bang's bog. Location: Wareham, Massachusetts.
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A nine-year-old named Fanny Breto was picking cranberries beside her father on a private bog near Bang's bog in Wareham, Massachusetts, in September 1911. The caption card that came with the print, from the National Child Labor Committee, records her age and the work, and the picture is attributed to Lewis Hine based on its provenance. Hine spent these years documenting children in industrial and farm labor for the committee, and autumn cranberry harvests, done largely by hand, often drew in whole families, including young children. The print comes from an album of agricultural subjects, which places it among his records of rural work.
| Created / published | 1911 September. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints. |
| Notes | Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2516. |
| Subjects | Girls. Berry pickers. Cranberries. Agricultural machinery & implements. Croplands.United States--Massachusetts--Wareham. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,075 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118530 |
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