inthemoodforlove:

May 9, 1910. St. Louis, Mo.

“Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year.”

-Lewis Wickes Hine 1874-1940, American photographer who used the camera for social reform particularly in the area of child labour.

[Portrait of George Okertich 1905-1958 - click photo for more on George. One of my favourite Hine photographs - brought to mind by Musicophilia’s earlier post]

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