Daily Photo — “Austin Statesman, 1913”
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October 1913. Austin, Texas. “Sunday morning. Paul Luna, 9-year-old newsie who is up at 4 a.m. Sundays.” Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Daily Artwork — “Labour in the Sun, Benito Quinquela Martin, early 20th Century”
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Daily Photo — “City Post Office, 1923”
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Washington, D.C., circa 1923. “City Post Office.” Now the National Postal Museum. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Daily Photo — “Rush Job, 1941”
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December 1941. Washington, D.C. “Workmen at lunch hour on emergency office space construction job.” Photo by John Collier.
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Daily Artwork — “Office in a Small City, Edward Hopper, 1953”
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1953 — Office in a Small City. Oil on Canvas. New Realism style. Edward Hopper (1882 – 1967). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
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Daily Photo — “The Little Sleep, 1936”
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1936. “Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts – Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Setting eyes in sleeping dolls…” Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Daily Photo — “A Woman’s Work, 1942”
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October 1942. “Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the school at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach, California. Planes made here include the B-17F Flying Fortress heavy bomber, A-20 assault bomber and C-47 transport.”
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Daily Photo — “Break Time, 1909”
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“January 1909. Augusta, Georgia. “Noon Hour. Workers in Enterprise Cotton Mill. The wheels are kept running through noon hour (which is only 40 minutes) so employees may be tempted to put in part of this time at machine if they wish.” Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.”
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Daily Photo — “The Night Shift, 1909”
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November 19, 1909. “A group working on night shift at Hereford Glass Works, Cape May Court House, New Jersey. I saw the smallest boy carrying in shortly before midnight, November 18th.” Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Daily Photo — “Sells After School, 1913”
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October 1913. San Antonio, Texas. “Lionel Perry, 9-year-old newsboy. Starts out at 5 a.m. usually, 4 a.m. on Sundays. Sells after school.” Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee.
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