Across America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries there was a large movement to revise labor laws, particularly ones relating to children. Lewis Wickes Hine, the man that took this photo, spent a bulk of his career photographing immigrants and children working in factories and living in poverty. His photographs were used by various welfare agencies for reform campaigns and he even became a photographer for the National Child Labor Committee. This photograph was taken at Wheaton Glass Works in Millville, New Jersey.

Investigate the source using the zoom and navigational tools in the Flash player and then answer the questions below.

1			Do all the workers in the photograph appear to be the same age? Why is that significant?
2			Do working conditions look desirable or safe? How do they differ from today's standards?
3			Do you think these jobs required special skills or do they appear to have been labor jobs?
4			What conclusions can be drawn about the worker's daily lives from this photograph?