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Woodcut depicting the work of a "trapper" and along with a brief description of their job.

"If we could only keep the post office, mother, we should be all right," said Herbert Carr, as he and his mother sat together in the little sitting room of the plain cottage which the two had occupied ever since he was a boy of five. "Yes, Herbert,…

This is a hog scraping rail from the early 1900's. It consists of hooks with wheels attached to an overhead track. The track creates a line of meat that runs from station to station as the carcass goes through its process of disintegration.

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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…

A young boy walks the streets of St. Louis Missouri on May 10th, 1910 trying to sell newspapers.

The Hull house was the first settlement home founded in Chicago by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Star in 1889. It's purpose is to support incoming immigrants get the help they need to get started on their new lives in America by finding a stable job…

Photograph shows empty room with electric chair placed in center.

An immature little newsie selling Saturday Evening Posts and newspapers at the entrance to the State Capitol.