A version of this story first published on Sept. 3, 2018, with the headline “The searing photos that helped end child labor in America.” He arrived at the coal mines, textile mills and ...

As states consider loosening laws that regulate child labor, Lewis W. Hine's early 20th century photographs, which helped ...

Based on this work, the National Child Labor Committee, which advocated for child labor laws, hired Hine to document the living and working conditions of American children. By the late 19th ...

(AP Photo) EDITOR’S NOTE ... “Little children working,” the visitor replied. Child labor might have shocked that outsider, but it was all too commonplace then across urban, industrial ...