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This photograph shows children working in a Kansas beet field. According to the notation on the back of the photograph, this image appeared in William H. Cape's thesis, Child Labor in Kansas, completed in 1948.
Date: 1922
This photograph illustrates the type of labor that children contributed to the farm. It could be grouped with the letter by Vicente Villamin, dated June 25, 1928, and the response to this letter by Daisy Gulick, dated June 27, 1928 (both selected for this standard). Both discuss child labor in beet fields.
KS:11th:1.4:Child labor laws (2005)
Item Number: 211725
Call Number: S.12.1922 *3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211725
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Harvesting
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Beets
Agriculture - Labor - Children
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1877-1930 (Kansas_Benchmark 1) - Child labor laws (Indicator 4) - Examples of child labor
Date - 1920s - 1922
Home and Family - Children - Boys
Home and Family - Children - Girls
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Children
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Photographs
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