#lewishine — Public Fediverse posts
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200 Years of Photos Reveal History of Mining and Industry in America https://petapixel.com/2026/05/15/200-years-of-photos-reveal-history-of-mining-and-industry-in-america/ #historicalfriday #historicalphotos #daguerreotype #dorothealange #richardavedon #lewishine #exhibit #mining #News
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RE: https://mastodon.ozioso.online/@LewisHine/115642530250488439
Every time people talk about “loosening child labor laws” like it’s harmless, I think of Joseph out here working saloons at 9:30 p.m. so he can buy his way home. We’ve already run this route and learned from our mistakes. Why are we thinking about repeating them?
#SocialHistory #ChildLabor #LaborHistory #AmericanHistory #LewisHine #WorkersRights #WorkersUnite #Photography
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#LaborDay: Children at Work
"Muckraking journalists and photographers were some of the most helpful in exposing the conditions in which children worked. Among the most famous was #LewisHine, photographer for the National #ChildLabor Committee."
September 3, 2018 by Jessie Kratz,
"Today’s post comes from Megan Huang, an intern in the National Archives History Office.
"The Federal holiday Labor Day honors the American worker. When considering the accomplishments and contributions of the our workers throughout history, one category—the child laborer—doesn’t always come to mind. However, child labor was a significant part of the American labor story."
Read more [CW - contains graphic descriptions of work-related accidents]:
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/09/03/labor-day-children-at-work/Archived version ['cuz, in case it disappears]:
https://archive.ph/TroFn/#Project2025 #ChildLaborLaws #ImmigrantsFeedUs #ICERaids #HungerGames #KillThePoor #EatTheRich #USPol #USHistory