Two families working together on Kimball farm, near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. Waxahachie [vicinity]. Texas.
![Two families working together on Kimball farm, near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. Waxahachie [vicinity]. Texas.](/internal/media/dispatcher/83374/preview)
Artist
Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874–1940)American, 1874–1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Two families working together on Kimball farm, near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. Waxahachie [vicinity]. Texas.
- from the series Child Labor
DateOctober 1913
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (11.3 × 16.4 cm)
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.5 × 17.6 cm)
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.5 × 17.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Murray H. Bring
Object number84.324.8
Non exposé
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![Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly and a seven year old who picks fifty pounds a day. McKinney [vicinity], Texas.](/internal/media/dispatcher/83379/thumbnail)
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.11
![Four year old cotton picker. Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.](/internal/media/dispatcher/83375/thumbnail)
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.9
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.10
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.1
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.4
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.3
Lewis W. Hine
November 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.7
Lewis W. Hine
January 1917
Gelatin silver print
89.195
