1910 Photograph Analysis

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For my artifact, I chose a photograph from 1910 from the Library of Congress’s National Child Labor Committee Collection of historical prints and photographs (Hine, L. W., 1910). The photograph captures a powerful story of child labour. I believe that if people could see the impact of the abuses and injustice of child labour they would have a better understanding of past childhood suffering. The topic of the photograph is to understand past childhoods of poverty and labour. I decided to use this photograph as my main artifact to show the poor conditions children were facing and the sadness taken in the photograph.
The photograph contributes to understanding past childhoods. The eight-year-old, Jennie Camillo (captured in the photograph), was

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