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Young Cigarmakers in Englehardt and Company, Tampa, Florida - Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine

YOUNG CIGARMAKERS IN ENGLEHARDT AND COMPANY, TAMPA, FLORIDA

Young Cigarmakers in Englehardt and Company, Tampa, Florida. These boys looked under 14. Work was slack and youngsters were not being employed much. Labor told me in busy times many small boys and girls are employed. Youngsters all smoke. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Tampa, Florida: photo by Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), January 1909

WWI Amputee Fitted with a Shovel Belt

WWI AMPUTEE FITTED WITH A SHOVEL BELT

Some 8.5 million French were mobilized to fight in World War I. Following the conflict, the wounded were mobilized to work. Amputees like this man fitted with a shovel belt were trained to compensate for their lost limbs.

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