Bessie Gonsalve, Said she was 11. Picking and carrying cranberries. Lives in Harwich, Mass. Expects to be here for several weeks more. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts. – Vintage Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Bessie Gonsalve, Said she was 11. Picking and carrying cranberries. Lives in Harwich, Mass. Expects to be here for several weeks more. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts.. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Bessie Gonsalve, Said she was 11. Picking and carrying cranberries. Lives in Harwich, Mass. Expects to be here for several weeks more. Location: Hollow Branch Bog, near Wareham, Massachusetts.
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Bessie Gonsalve, who told photographer Lewis Hine she was 11, stands at Hollow Branch Bog near Wareham, Massachusetts, in September 1911, picking and carrying cranberries. Hine was documenting child labor for the National Child Labor Committee, and he often recorded what his subjects told him, along with their home towns and how long they expected to work. Bessie lived in Harwich and planned to stay several weeks more, which shows how the late-summer harvest drew families, and their children, to the bogs for much of the season.
| Created / published | 1911 September. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer. |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 3,506 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 4 |
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