Rosy, an eight-year-old oyster shucker, Dunbar, Louisiana

Rosy, an eight-year-old oyster shucker, Dunbar, Louisiana

Delmarva History

Rosy, an eight-year-old oyster shucker who works steady all day from about 3:00 A.M. to about 5 P.M. in Dunbar Cannery. The baby will shuck as soon as she can handle the knife. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.

Lewis Wickes Hines

Library of Congress, National Child Labor Committee Collection

1911

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LOT 7476, no. 2053