A Labor Day Cigar

"Cigar factory of F. Delloiacono [?], 205 Atwells Av., Providence, R.I. Eight year old boy and ten year old girl are stripping. This room is the living, -sleeping-and-working room and adjoins the store. Nov 23, 1912. Very dirty and ill-kept. Location: Providence, Rhode Island." Photo by Lewis Hine, from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (Library of Congress).

"A Union Shop, Cigarmakers Tierra del Laga Cigar Co. Almost no hands under 20 years of age. (60 employees.) These are the conditions the labor organizations strive for. One third of the cigarmakers in Tampa are Union men. Location: Tampa, Florida." Photo by Lewis Hine, 1909, from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (Library of Congress).