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HINE: RAILROAD OFFICE, 1917. A 15-year-old office boy working in the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad office in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, January 1917

HINE: EMBOSSING SHOP, 1917. A 15-year-old girl cutting dies in Harry C. Taylors embossing shop, 61 Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, January 1917

HINE: EMBOSSING SHOP, 1917. 14-year-old Fred cutting dies in Harry C. Taylors embossing shop, 61 Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, January 1917

ANTI CHILD LABOR POSTER. A poster promoting the National Child Labor Committee. Photographs by Lewis Wickes Hine, c1914

ANTI CHILD LABOR POSTER. National Child Labor Committee exhibit panel describing the negative effects of child labor in the home industry. Photographs by Lewis Wickes Hine, c1913

HINE: RURAL SCHOOL, 1921. The outhouses at a rural school in Marey, West Virginia. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, October 1921

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1912. A young girl carrying a sack of hose supporters home in Worcester, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, November 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A mother and her four sons setting stones in cheap jewelry at their kitchen table in their home in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, November 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A Jewish family making garters in the kitchen of their tenement home in New York City, New York. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, November 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. Mrs. Mary George, daughter Mary and son Aaron working on crochet slippers in their home in Worcester, Massachusetts; the mother and daughter both have vision problems

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A young girl working on crochet while her grandmother peels potatoes in their tenement home in the Lower East Side, New York City, New York

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A mother and her daughter working on embroidery in their tenement home in New York City, New York. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, November 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. Boys and girls working on garment tags on the steps of a tenement home in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, August 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A girl carrying several boxes of garment tags on the street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, August 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. Annie Fedele working on crochet in the kitchen of her tenement home in Sommerville, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, August 1912

HINE: SWEATSHOP, 1908. Group of workers sewing garments in a sweatshop in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1908

HINE: FARM WORK, c1916. Harold Oliphant driving a plow in a cornfield in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Photograph by Lewis W. Hine, August 1916

HINE: COTTON PICKING, 1916. The Walker family picking cotton in Geronimo, Oklahoma. Photograph by Lewis Hine, October 1916

HINE: CHOPPING CORN, 1916. Everett and Ora Adams chopping corn on a farm in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Photograph by Lewis Hine, August 1916

HINE: HUSKING CORN, 1915. Two boys threshing corn during school hours on a farm near Dublin, Georgia. Photograph by Lewis Hine, March 1915

HINE: HOEING CORN, 1915. Group of children hoeing corn on their fathers farm near Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Photograph by Lewis Hine, July 1915

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1913. A group of young workers with supervisors at the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill, West, Texas. Photograph by Lewis Hine, November 1913

GEORGIA: TEXTILE MILL, 1913. Young men and boys working at a Hosiery Mill in Rome, Georgia. Photograph by Lewis Hine, April 1913

ANTI-CHILD LABOR POSTER. American exhibit panel saying that boys who grow up working on the street learn from the University of Experience, and pick up bad habits and are prone to becoming criminals

ANTI-CHILD LABOR POSTER. Exhibition panel encouraging consumers to buy newspapers from boys and girls of legal working age, featuring photographs by Lewis Hine, c1913

HINE: TOBACCO FARM, 1917. Six young girls holding tobacco leaves on a tobacco farm during harvest in Weatogue, Connecticut. Photograph by Lewis Hine, August 1917

ANTI-CHILD LABOR POSTER. American poster about the hazards of using child labor, featuring photographs by Lewis Hine, c1914

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1912. Interior view of the large warping room with young workers at a textile mill in Lonsdale, Rhode Island. Photograph by Lewis Hine in November 1912

TOBACCO PICKERS, 1917. Truck load of young tobacco workers in front of the Post Office Square in Hartford, bound for the American Sumatra Tobacco Farm in South Windsor, Connecticut

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1912. A group of young doffers at the Liberty Cotton Mill in Clayton, North Carolina. Photographed by Lewis Hine, October 1912

HINE: TEXTILE MILL, 1912. A group of young textile workers getting a last glimpse of the outdoors before going to work at the Aragon Mills in Rock Hill, Carolina. Photograph by Lewis Hine, May 1912

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1911. Nine of these children from 8 years old up go to school half a day. They shuck oysters for four hours before school and three hours after school and on Saturday from 4 A.M

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1913. Four-year-old and five-year-old girls picking cotton during harvest on a farm near Houston, Texas. Photograph by Lewis Hine, October 1913

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1911. Young workers on the day shift at Old Dominion Glass Co. in Alexandria, Virginia. Photograph by Lewis Hine, June 1911

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1911. Two young illiterate brothers that work at the glass factory in Alexandria, Virginia. Photograph by Lewis Hine, June 1911

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1911. Three young workers cutting fish with large knives in Factory #7 at the Seacoast Canning Co. in Eastport, Maine

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1910. Factory workers standing in front of the Phoenix American Cob Pipe Factory in Washington, Missouri. Photograph by Lewis Hine, October 1910

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1910. A young messenger delivering a telegraph in Union Square, New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hines, July 1910

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1913. A young worker using textile machinery at the Cherokee Hosiery Mill in Rome, Georgia. Photograph by Lewis Hine, April 1913

COTTON MILL WORKERS, 1910. A young group of textile mill workers walking along the railroad tracks at the Brookside Cotton Mills in Knoxville, Tennesee. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1910

TEXTILE MILL WORKERS, 1910. A group of workers standing in front of the Knoxville Knitting Works in Knoxville, Tennessee. Photograph by Lewis Hine, December 1910

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1911. A group of shrimp pickers in the Peerless Oyster Co. working during the short noon recess in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Photograph by Lewis Hine, March 1911

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1911. A young oyster shucker standing on mound of shells in Biloxi, Mississippi. Photograph by Lewis Hine, February 1911

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1910. Three young girls and a boy working on garments in a tenement apartment in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, February 1910

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A woman with a group of young girls working on garment tags on a tenement stoop in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, August 1912

BOWLING ALLEY, c1908. Pin boys working at a bowling alley until late at night in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Lewis Hine, c1908

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1910. A mother and daughter making embroidery in a tenement apartment on the Upper East Side in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, February 1910

BOWLING ALLEY, 1910. Pin boys working at a bowling alley until midnight in Syracuse, New York. Photograph by Lewis Hine, February 1910

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"Wickes: A Journey Through Time and Places" Step into the world of Wickes, where history unfolds before your eyes. From billiards in 1910 to the grandeur of the Empire State Building in 1931, this caption takes you on a captivating journey. In 1910, boys gather at the Pool Branch Chauteau & Manchester in St. Louis, engrossed in a game of pool. Their youthful enthusiasm and competitive spirit fill the air as they aim for victory. Fast forward to 1931, when Lewis Hine captures an iconic image of the Empire State Building from East 34th Street and Madison Avenue. This architectural marvel stands tall against the New York City skyline, symbolizing progress and ambition. Hine's lens also transports us back to child labor realities in early twentieth-century America. In one photograph from 1910, young messenger boys find solace using showers at Postal Telegraph Co. , highlighting their resilience amidst challenging circumstances. But not all moments captured by Hine are somber; some reveal glimpses of joyous occasions. Cicely draws my portrait with unwavering focus and talent while The Rising Sun illuminates a quaint corner where locals gather for warmth and camaraderie. Traveling across England's landscapes through time, we encounter Saint Peter's Church in Wisbeach (c1850s), Saints Mary and Peter in Wolverhampton (c1850s), and Saint Peter's Church in Evercreech (c1850s). These architectural wonders stand as testaments to faith that have weathered centuries. Returning to New York City around c1910 brings us face-to-face with tenement life - families living together within cramped spaces yet finding strength within their close-knit communities. Finally, we dive into refreshing waters alongside teenage boys at a swimming hole after a long day - capturing carefree moments that remind us of simpler times filled with laughter and friendship.