Lewis W. Hine
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.

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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.
ArtistAmerican, 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)
Credit LineGift of Murray H. Bring
Object number84.324.8
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Department
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Object Type
ProvenanceMurray H. Bring; given to MFAH, 1984.
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