Child labor was commonplace.
7 Aug 1840 in England prohibited the use of children as chimney sweeps. However, child labour is still many decades was considered legitimate both in Britain and in other countries. Little workers in heavy, quite childish works in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – in our photo galleries.
Little miner in Utah or Colorado, the end of the XIX century
Children at work in the spinning mill, Georgia, 1909
The children threaded the rope into the tag. They received 20 cents per thousand tags. New Jersey, 1923
The girls are busy butchering of the oysters, the end of the XIX century, USA
The widow and her eldest son rolled up paper for cigarettes, new York, 1909
The width of chimneys in Britain was so small (about 45 cm) that fit in there could either a child or a petite person
Swedish boy chimney sweep
Boy cleans shoes, London, 1877
Need small boys to work with buttons, USA, the beginning of XX century
The little boy on the cranberry harvesting, USA, 1939
The child entertains passers-by by playing the harp, London, 1877
Boys – factory workers in Alabama, 1910
Children weavers in Cameroon, 1919
Children are often attracted to small production at home. New York, 1912
Two girls with eye patches, decals which call to renounce the use of child labour. In two languages – English and Yiddish, 1909, new York
