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HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1916. A young cleaner and sweeper at the Spinning Department of American Linen Co. textile mill in Fall River, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, June 1916

HINE: OYSTER SHUCKER, 1911. An eight year-old oyster shucker from Baltimore at the Dunbar Cannery factory in Dunbar, Louisiana. Photograph by Lewis Hine, March 1911

HINE: OYSTER SHUCKERS, 1911. A shucking-boss observing a young boy as he shucks oysters at the Dunbar Cannery factory in Dunbar, Louisiana. Photograph by Lewis Hine, March 1911

HINE: OYSTER SHUCKERS, 1911. Young boys and girls working alongside men and women shucking oysters at the Dunbar Cannery factory in Dunbar, Louisiana. Photograph by Lewis Hine, March 1911

HINE: OYSTER SHUCKERS, 1911. Men, Women, boys and girl oyster shuckers standing in front of a great hill of oyster shells at the Dunbar Cannery factory in Dunbar, Louisiana

CHILD LABOR, 1910. Child laborers and a man with a bandaged hand picking over coffee sweepings in a tenement building at 36 Laight Street in New York City. Photographed in 1910 by Lewis W. Hine

HINE: NEWSBOY, 1917. Five-year-old newsboy, Ernest Chester, at work in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 4 March 1917

HINE: WOMANs UNION, 1916. Members of the Happy Girls Club performing a routine with hand weights, at the Womans Union building in of Fall River, Massachusetts, Photographed by Lewis Hine, 1916

HINE: NEWSBOYS, 1913. Rudie and Louis Kartis, newsboys in Dallas, Texas. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1913

HINE: NEWSBOYS, 1913. Odell McDuffy and Sam Stillman, 6-year-old newsboys in Dallas, Texas. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1913

HINE: NEWSBOY, 1913. A young newsboy in Dallas, Texas. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1913

HINE: MESSENGER, 1913. A 14-year-old Western Union messenger in Houston, Texas. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1913

HINE: NEWSBOYS, 1913. Young newsboys waiting for the evening edition in Tampa, Florida. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1913

HINE: NEWSBOY, 1913. George Greentree, 6 years old, selling newspapers in Jacksonville, Florida. Photographed by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1913

BREAKER BOYS, 1911. Boy laborers at noon hour in the Ewen Breaker at the Pennsylvania Coal Companys works at South Pittston, Pennsylvania. Photographed in 1911 by Lewis W. Hine

CHILD LABOR, 1913. Girls working at a laundry in New York City. Photographed in 1913 by Lewis W. Hine

HOME INDUSTRY, 1910. A woman and her children making artificial flowers in their New York City tenement home. Photographed in 1910 by Lewis W. Hine

CHILD LABOR, 1909. Child laborers cutting string beans at a packing factory in Baltimore, Maryland. Photographed in 1909 by Lewis W. Hine

CHILD LABOR, 1908. A girl working as a spinner at a textile mill in Lancaster, South Carolina. Photographed in 1908 by Lewis W. Hine

CHILD LABOR, c1910. A tenement girl carrying a bundle of garment work, to be done at home, through a park in New York City. Photographed c1910 by Lewis W. Hine

COTTON MILL WORKERS, 1910. A young girl leading a group of workers at the Brookside Cotton Mills in Knoxville, Tennesee. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1910

HINE: CANNERY, 1911. Men, women, and young children at work in the Gorenflo Canning Company in Biloxi, Mississippi. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1911

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1910. Two tweleve-year-old boys culling waste from the zinc ore in the dumps near the Coleman Brothers Zinc Mine in Aurora, Missouri. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1910

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1917. 11-year-old bakery worker in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Photograph by Lewis Hine, April 1917

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1917. A 15-year-old girl embroidering curtains at a factory in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, January 1917

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1917. A 14-year-old boy wringing curtains at a factory in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, January 1917

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1917. Boys linking bed springs at a factory in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, January 1917

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1917. A boy operating an automatic press at the Boston Index Card Company. Photograph by Lewis Hine, January 1917

CIGAR BOX FACTORY, 1909. Workers at the Tampa Cigar Box Factory in Tampa, Florida. Photograph by Lewis Hine, January 1909

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1908. A boy at the Indiana Manufacturing Company taking boards away from the double cut-off machine. Photograph by Lewis Hine, October 1908

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1917. Five-year-old newsboy, Hymie Miller, at work in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Photograph by Lewis Hine, March 1917

HINE: NEWSBOY, 1917. Seven-year-old newsboy, John Dowers, at work in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 4 March 1917

HINE: NEWSBOYS, 1912. 11-year-old Eldridge Bernard and 6-year-old Buster Smith, newsboys in Newark, New Jersey. Photograph by Lewis Hine, December 1912

HINE: NEWSBOY, 1913. Six-year-old newsboy, Raymond Miller, at work in San Antonio, Texas. Photograph by Lewis Hine, October 1913

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1913. A four-year-old girl and a seven-year-old boy pick cotton and live in migrant wagons in McKinney, Texas. Photograph by Lewis Hine, October 1913

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1911. A young factory worker that has been rolling cigarettes in Danville, Virginia for six months. Photograph by Lewis Hine, June 1911

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A mother and her two children finishing garments in a tiny one room tenement apartment at 214 Elizabeth Street in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, December 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A mother and her young children doing piecework for garments, often until 9 P.M. at night in a tenement home in Worcester, Massachusetts

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A woman and children sitting around a table making chains for handbags in a tenement apartment in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, November 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A woman putting bristles into toothbrushes in the kitchen of her tenement home in Leeds, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, September 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A young girl carrying a bundle of kimonos for home-work on Thompson Street in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, February 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. A mother and her seven-year-old daughter working on lace in a tenement at 301 East 114th Street in New York City

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. A mother and her thirteen-year-old daughter working on pillow-lace in a dirty tenement kitchen at 213 East 111th Street in New York City

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. A family making willow plumes from feathers, as the unemployed truck-driver father observes the work in an unsanitary tenement apartment at 309 East 110th Street in New

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. A family making feathers late at night as the unemployed father observes the work in an unsanitary tenement apartment in New York City

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. A family including the father shelling nuts in basement with unsanitary conditions in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, December 1911

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. Young children shelling nuts in a tenement apartment at 145 Hudson Street in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, December 1911

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1912. A young textile mill worker eating his lunch in a doffing box in Fall River, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, January 1912

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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.