Whitesbog cranberry pickers posing with boxes used to collect and transport cranberries.

Lewis W. Hines was a Photographer working for the Child Labor Committtee who took the pictures in this collection. Click Here for his biography.

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Elizabeth C. White allowed Mr. Hines and Mr.Brown to do their work at Whites Bog without knowing they were attempting to show children working in inappropriate conditions.
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At Whitesbog pickers collected cranberries in a box called a peck at Whitesbog

The long boxes on the side are for transporting the berries to the Cranberry Warehouse, where the berries that would bounce would be stored until needed.

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Immigrant Italian Families from Philadelphia came to Whites Bog to pick cranberries in the Fall.

Frances Frigineto, 3 years old. Marie Frigineto, 5 years old, latter been picking two years. 711 Patchionk Ave., Philadelphia. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people expect to remain here for two weeks more. E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

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Gus Donato and other Padrones at Whites Bog.

Some of the padrones on Whites Bog, Browns Hills [i.e., Mills], N.J. The chief padrone (in straw hat) is Gus Denato (see report of E.F. Brown). Sept. 28, 1910. Witness, E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey

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Salvin Nocito, 5 years old, carries 2 pecks of cranberries for long distance to the "bushel-man." Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey
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Victoria Talme. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.

Teresa Lerre, 5 years old, cranberry picker. 1024 S. 9th St., Philadelphia. The father and four children are picking. A "carrier" may be seen at one side. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia and the people expect to remain here two weeks more. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey.



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Italian Seasonal Workers move to a new bog to pick cranberries.

A group of cranberry pickers moving from one part of the bog to another. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey
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Smallest girl is Rosie. Carries cranberries. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school in Philadelphia, and the people here expect to remain here two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey


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