Dante Fava. Said 10 years old. Carries and picks cranberries. Lives in Pierceville, Mass. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts. – Historic Reproduction
![Dante Fava. Said 10 years old. Carries and picks cranberries. Lives in Pierceville, Mass. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts., 1911 September. — historic image](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/95/95de08e0e213-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Dante Fava. Said 10 years old. Carries and picks cranberries. Lives in Pierceville, Mass. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Dante Fava. Said 10 years old. Carries and picks cranberries. Lives in Pierceville, Mass. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.
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A boy named Dante Fava, who gave his age as 10 and lived in Pierceville, Massachusetts, is the subject of this picture, taken at the Eldridge Bog near Rochester. Lewis Hine made the photograph in September 1911 while documenting child labor for the National Child Labor Committee, and his notes say the boy carried and picked cranberries. The harvest drew workers of all ages to the bogs of southeastern Massachusetts, where the fruit was gathered for markets that would later supply holiday tables. Hine's photographs of working children were meant to build public support for laws limiting that labor.
| Created / published | 1911 September. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 3,459 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 2 |
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