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Young girl working in Friedman Shelby Shoe Factory,. Location: Kirksville, Missouri. – Historic Print

Young girl working in Friedman Shelby Shoe Factory,. Location: Kirksville, Missouri., 1910 November. — historic photograph
Young girl working in Friedman Shelby Shoe Factory,. Location: Kirksville, Missouri., 1910 November.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Step back in time with Young girl working in Friedman Shelby Shoe Factory,. Location: Kirksville, Missouri., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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At the Friedman-Shelby Shoe Factory in Kirksville, Missouri, a young girl is shown at work in November 1910. The picture is attributed to Lewis Hine, who photographed American workplaces for the National Child Labor Committee to document children in industry. Its caption card records no further details about the girl or the factory, so it is best viewed as part of Hine's wider record of young workers, images that helped build public support for child labor reform.

Created / published1910 November.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints.
NotesTitle from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1741. No text recorded after final comma on caption card.
SubjectsGirls. Child laborers. Shoe industry. Factories.United States--Missouri--Kirksville.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,112 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116594

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