Child Labor (Babies In the Mill / Dark as a Dungeon)

The vast majority of these photographs are taken by Lewis Hine, who between 1908 and 1912 traveled around the United States photographing children as young as 3 years old working in mines, factories, fields and mills. These children often worked dangerous jobs for long hours and little pay.

The first song "Babies In the Mill" I took off of The American Labor Studies Center website http://www.labor-studies.org/ which does not list the artist. The photographs, begin with children working in mills and factories, as well as some other random jobs like newspaper selling (Newsies) fruit pickers, seafood workers etc. Than to the end of the song, are recent photographs of children in third world nations.

The second song is called "Dark as a Dungeon" written and performed by Merle Travis. (1946) The Black and white photographs are again from Lewis Hines, of children working in mines across the United States. The color photographs to the end are of various children in third world nations.

Several of the photographs to the end of the film are of 14 year old Basillo Vargas, who has been a silver miner for 4 years, and is depicted in the film " The Devil's Miner" http://www.thedevilsminer.com

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• mines
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• Lewis
• Hine
• Merle
• Travis
• babies
• children
• exploitation

[KhmerD0g]

many of the pictures were from pre-WWII era. U.S. now has labor laws. the U.S. will ban this law once the economic crisis reaches it peak come 2010. we are back to those days. history comes a circle

[RedCeltic]

On the sidebar I explain from when and by who the photographs come from...

"The vast majority of these photographs are taken by Lewis Hine, who between 1908 and 1912 traveled around the United States photographing children as young as 3 years old working in mines, factories, fields and mills"

[TheSeer101]

Conversation bewteen a 12 year old boy and his mother, one in 1911 another in 2011. In 1911: After a bad case of pneumonia, son says "Mom, I am sorry I had pneumonia. I will work twice as hard to make up for it." Mother says "Please son do not go out in the rain and sell papers." Son walks out the door and says "I love you mom." In 2011: While playing a computer game, son says, "Mom why didn't you cut the crust off my bread? Mother says "I am sorry" Son replies "Damn you!!"

[Mrmonk9]

Didn't you learn anything when you were 14? I guess you were too busy working at that Doughnut shop... They didn't take on large jobs of course, but carrying around thread was a task you would see young children young as 3 working. If a whole family was working then the child would have no one to look after them, so they would work too. And just because child labor laws are no longer in America, dosn't mean there are in other parts of the world...Before you call me a moron, have a reason.

[order57]

Poor young girls and boys.

[dayspeace]

quite sad to know how this children were treated n this kind of situation when they should be given much more care. They should be given a chance to have education instead of working in a harsh conditions.

[KhmerD0g]

@sociomike

We are living in a trying time.

[sociomike]

@KhmerD0g I think you're right. What's scary is that the government has already paid Halliburton to build detention centers around the country in anticipation of social unrest. Those centers are operational......complete with a rail system to deliver cargo/people to them. No joke.

[TheRealTDITilly]

@JeremyPassarelli You're kidding right?

[nausinora]

All those uncaring businesses that hired children to go down into those mines for next to no pay made such massive profits. It's sickening. Absolutely sickening.

[TheBarbie1969]

my dad picked cotton when he was only 3 years old

[Sohave]

Thumbs up for Dorsey Dixon, Lewis Hine and last but not least all thoes children.

[DraganGrazic]

the first song is from Dorsey Dixon