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TITLE:  In center of the picture is Phoebe Thomas, 8 year old Syrian girl, running home from the factory all alone, her hand and arm bathed with blood, crying at the top of her voice. She had cut the end of her thumb nearly off, cutting sardines in the factory, and was sent home alone, her mother being busy. The loss of blood was considerable, and might have been serious. (See succeeding photos.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

CALL NUMBER:  LOT 7476, no. 2444[P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-nclc-00966 (color digital file from b&w original print)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

MEDIUM:  1 photographic print.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  1911 August.

CREATOR:

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer.

NOTES:

Title from NCLC caption card.

Attribution to Hine based on provenance.

In album: Canneries.

Hine no. 2444.

SUBJECTS:

Girls.
Cannery workers.
Fishing industry.
Wounds & injuries.
United States--Maine--Eastport.

FORMAT:

Photographic prints

PART OF:  Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (color digital file from b&w original print) nclc 00966 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.00966

CONTROL #:  ncl2004003127/PP



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