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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/gutenberg_org/statuses/116799695633903136">Project Gutenberg (gutenberg_org@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jun-2026 14:01:23 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org" title="gutenberg_org@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/132842-48-20230813103534.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Project Gutenberg" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Project Gutenberg</a></section><article><p>When a Photographer Turned His Focus on Social Injustice, It Helped Usher in the First Child Labor Laws</p><p>Lewis Hine didn’t consider his job as taking pictures; it was “detective work.” Sometimes gaining access with ruse and subterfuge, he captured stark images that touched hearts and changed minds</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-photographer-turned-focus-social-justice-helped-usher-first-child-labor-laws-180988833/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-photographer-turned-focus-social-justice-helped-usher-first-child-labor-laws-180988833/</a></p><p>"West Side Studies: Boyhood and Lawlessness; The Neglected Girl" at PG contains some of Hine's photographs</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60116" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60116</a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USHistory" rel="tag">#USHistory</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6500380#notice-12793866">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-06-24T14:01:23+09:00" title="Wednesday, 24-Jun-2026 14:01:23 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/116799695633903136" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/116799695633903136">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6199333">Title: 488 Macon, Ga. Lewis W. Hine 1-19-1909. Bibb Mill No. 1 Many youngsters here. Some boys were so small they had to climb up on the spinning frame to mend the broken threads and put back the empty bobbins. It shows two boys (one who is barefoot) climbing on the machine.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/799/681/589/176/648/original/4e3ba098a246655b.jpg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/799/681/589/176/648/original/4e3ba098a246655b.jpg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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When a Photographer Turned His Focus on Social Injustice, It Helped Usher in the First Child Labor Laws
Lewis Hine didn’t consider his job as taking pictures; it was “detective work.” Sometimes gaining access with ruse and subterfuge, he captured stark images that touched hearts and changed minds
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-photographer-turned-focus-social-justice-helped-usher-first-child-labor-laws-180988833/
"West Side Studies: Boyhood and Lawlessness; The Neglected Girl" at PG contains some of Hine's photographs
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