Child Labor Reform Photographs

Photograph A
Objective:This child is working/posing in a cotton mill with a room full of looms. Her clothes seem old and raggedy. her height tells us she's quite young.
Subjective:I think her life might be extremely hard because she works long hours in the mill with next to nothing pay. Its also sad that this child does not even know her own age. Also she must have needed to be very cautious working around the open machinery which is located everywhere.

Photograph B
Objective:Most of these girls do not have a happy expression on their face. There is hay in their hair and their clothes have begun to wore out. Also their hair needs to be tied up so it doesn't get caught in the machinery.
Subjective:Their expression tells us work is not easy.Theri appearance shows that they are tired from working all day.

Photograph C
Objective:the picture is of a young child not more than the age of eight in old clothing in a row between the looms.
Subjective:in the author's note what does it mean by "she just happened in" or "are helping sister"? The girl has a grave look on her face meaning something must be wrong. She has no shoes meaning she couldn't afford them. Also she has cotton scraps on her telling us she's been working hard all day.

Photograph D
Objective: In this picture there is a young boy with a sad look on his face. he is trying to sell newspapers.
Subjective:The way everyone else is dressed gives me the idea that it must be cold outside. His sad face says that not many people are buying his papers.

Photograph E
Objective:this picture is of young boys working in a mine and being overseen by older men, who would sometimes kick or prod them. The boys are covered in soot.
Subjective:If they were covered in soot, they must be breathing it in also which would have caused great damages to their lungs like stated in the author's note.

Photograph F
Objective:There are young boys who are working around open machinery,some of them have ripped or oversized clothes. Others appear to be sweaty.
Subjective:These boys must be working hard because they appear sweaty. also their pay must be low if they could not afford a new shirt.If their clothes are baggy it could have been worn by an older sibling before or it was bought so it could last a couple of years.

Photograph G
Objective:There are tons of people from all different ages working.
Subjective:According to the author's note the little girl is a real help to her mother. This is probably true because there was probably an extrodinary amount of work and any help is good. The girl who is refered to by the author must not be older than seven.

Photograph H
Objective:the picture shows children coming to work on a cold night. They are not properly clothed.
Subjective:Adccording to the author's note it is a winter night. The small girls only earn 84 cents. They have been working for two years while their older sisters for seven. They need to support their lazy father who says he is too ill to work. With a wage of 84 cents per child it would be barely enough to get by especially without their father working. They also would have had to work long hours to meet this amount they needed.