309 W. 146th Street. [...] and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, embroidering ladies waists in their dirty kitchen-living room. Lorenza makes the stems of the flowers. Her mother said, See how smart she is. I show her how and right away she makes them. She is so little because she's been sick so much.[] She works after school. Father is out of a job. They pay too cheap for lace. Said they make about $2.00 a week. Location: New York, New York (State)

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Caption	309 W. 146th Street. [...] and her seven year old daughter, Lorenza, embroidering ladies waists in their dirty kitchen-living room. Lorenza makes the stems of the flowers. Her mother said, See how smart she is. I show her how and right away she makes them. She is so little because she's been sick so much.[] She works after school. Father is out of a job. They pay too cheap for lace. Said they make about $2.00 a week. Location: New York, New York (State)
Accession Number	P2812
Photographer	Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Work Type	Photographs
Process	gelatin silver prints
Location	UNITED STATE -- New York -- New York
Date - Created	1912
Measurements	5 X 7 in.
Subject	Home Labor
Rights	This item may be be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by UMBC for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/specoll/repro.php or contact Special Collections at speccoll(at)umbc.edu.
Credit Line	The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Repository	University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Digital - Format	jpg

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