Child laborers, Lewiston, ca. 1920
Contributed by Franco-American Collection
Item 67543
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Children who worked as laborers at the Bates Mill in Lewiston are shown in about 1920.
Scenes such as these were common in Lewiston and other Maine mill towns until laws prohibiting child labor were passed at the federal level in the 1930s. Children were valued because they could be paid low wages and because of their ability to crawl into small spaces.
For their part, children were often pressured to go into the workplace as young as 12 to help support their younger siblings.
Other Information
- Title: Child laborers, Lewiston, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: 1920
- Subject Date: 1920
- Town: Lewiston
- County: Androscoggin
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 20.5
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Franco-American Collection
USM, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston, ME 04240
(207) 753-6545
http://www.usm.maine.edu/lac/franco/
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LC Subject Headings
Mills--Maine--Lewiston
Group portraits
Textile industry--Maine
Bates Manufacturing Company--Employees
Franco-Americans--Maine--Lewiston
Children--Maine--Lewiston
Textile mill workers--Maine--Lewiston
Child laborers--Maine--Lewiston
Child labor--Maine--Lewiston
Children--Employment
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