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John Vdcich, ten years old, picks shrimp at Peerless Oyster Co.
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John Yelcich, ten years old, picks shrimp at Peerless Oyster Co.
John Velcich, ten years old, picks shrimp at Peerless Oyster Co. This is his third year at the work. Earns 55 cents a day. His hands were all sore and swelled up from the acid in the shrimp. Brother Tony, eight years old, picks some too, but is sick now. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Date Created/Published: 1911 March.
Part of: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-00901 (color digital file from b&w original print)
Source: U.S. Library of Congress
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