A fifteen year old boy operating a dangerous boring machine at which he said a boy recently bored half his hand off.
Title
A fifteen year old boy operating a dangerous boring machine at which he said a boy recently bored half his hand off.
Subject
Boys.
Child laborers.
Tool & die industry.
Woodworking.
Factories.
United States--Texas--Denison.
Child laborers.
Tool & die industry.
Woodworking.
Factories.
United States--Texas--Denison.
Description
To operate this machine (which bores a large hole in the spade handle) the boy has to throw his whole weight onto the lever which pushes the handle (and himself) up against the unprotected borer. A slip might easily result fatally. Boy earns $1.65 a day. This factory has a number of unprotected belts and dangerous machines. One other boy, about the age of this one, was doing all kinds of work, taking away the handles from a huge rip saw, etc., and constantly exposed to danger. Pittman Handle Factory. Location: Denison, Texas.
Creator
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Source
National Child Labor Committee Collection
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004003554/PP/1913 September.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004003554/PP/1913 September.
Publisher
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Date
1913 September
Contributor
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Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Relation
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Format
photographic print
Language
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Type
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Identifier
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Coverage
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Files
Citation
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer, “A fifteen year old boy operating a dangerous boring machine at which he said a boy recently bored half his hand off.,” Literary Machines, accessed April 29, 2024, https://colt211.omeka.net/items/show/1.