[Mill boys pitching pennies on the Main St. in the afternoon. One said he sweeps. One said I was workin' but got canned 'cause I was not fast enough." The other was "jest hangin' around."] Location: Fall River Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine." – Historic Print
![[Mill boys pitching pennies on the Main St. in the afternoon. One said he sweeps. One said I was workin' but got canned 'cause I was not fast enough." The other was "jest hangin' around."] Location: Fall River Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine." — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ce/ce5934ee87d6-L.webp)
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This rare historic photograph captures [Mill boys pitching pennies on the Main St. in the afternoon. One said he sweeps. One said I was workin' but got canned 'cause I was not fast enough." The other was "jest hangin' around."] Location: Fall River Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine." in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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[Mill boys pitching pennies on the Main St. in the afternoon. One said he sweeps. One said I was workin' but got canned 'cause I was not fast enough." The other was "jest hangin' around."] Location: Fall River Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine."
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Three mill boys pitch pennies on a Fall River, Massachusetts, street in the afternoon, and Lewis Hine noted their own words: one sweeps, one was let go for not being fast enough, and one is just "hangin' around." Hine made pictures like this for the National Child Labor Committee to document young workers in the city's textile mills before federal child labor limits existed. The caption dates the scene to mid-June 1916, though a companion card gives a slightly different date.
| Medium | between June 12 and June 20, 1916. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Photographic prints. |
| Notes | In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4197. Hine no. 4198. Date recorded on this caption card differs from that recorded on card for #4197. |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,067 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158600 |
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