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Child Labor Collection

Background imageChild Labor Collection: Blowing glass in a British factory, 1800s

Blowing glass in a British factory, 1800s
Workers in a crown-glass factory, Great Britain, early 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageChild Labor Collection: Coal mine in England, 1850s

Coal mine in England, 1850s
Removing coal in the Bradley mine, Staffordshire, England, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageChild Labor Collection: Glass factory workers in Britain, 1800s

Glass factory workers in Britain, 1800s
Manufacturing glass at a flint-glass factory, Great Britain, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageChild Labor Collection: Apprentice carpenter

Apprentice carpenter
Young carpenters apprentice planing a block of wood, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageChild Labor Collection: Child laborers inspected in Britain, 1880s

Child laborers inspected in Britain, 1880s
English government inspector visiting child workers in a factory, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageChild Labor Collection: Father and son plowing a field

Father and son plowing a field
Farm boy leading a team of horses while his father steers the plow. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageChild Labor Collection: BUSN2A-00257

BUSN2A-00257
Girl throwing clay to drive out air in a pottery factory, Trenton New Jersey, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageChild Labor Collection: BUSN2A-00077

BUSN2A-00077
Wagons distributing newspapers to newsboys at Union Square, New York City, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageChild Labor Collection: BUSN2A-00180

BUSN2A-00180
Coal miners emerging from the shaft after their nine hours of toil are ended, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

Background imageChild Labor Collection: NATI2A-00114

NATI2A-00114
Mission Indians making baskets and hair ropes in southern California, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageChild Labor Collection: Printed color lithograph

Printed color lithograph
Florists delivery boy on a bicycle, Harpers Weekly cover for March 11, 1911. Printed color halftone illustrated cover

Background imageChild Labor Collection: BUSN2A-00164

BUSN2A-00164
Weaving at Spitalfields, England, 1700s. Hand-colored engraving from a Hogarth illustration


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