all of them pick shrimp at the peerless oyster co. photo was taken while bosses were at dinner as they refused to permit the children to be in photos. out of 60 workers, 15 were apparently under 12 yrs old. bay st. louis, miss, march 1911. [3000 x 2139]

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1. OpanaPointer

   "Childhood is a relatively new idea." (Sorry, I don’t recall the source for that quote.)

2. councilmember

   With so many photographs on reddit, this one shows the real power they can wield. Check out Lewis Hine too.

3. SarcasticSamurai

   What does it mean to "pick shrimp?"

4. PhilipBuckets

   and to think one hundred yrs later kids under 12 can eat for free!

5. citoloco

   Probably weren’t allowed to keep any of their wages by parents, money was tight

6. VonD0OM

   Barely a hundred years ago…

   It’s remarkable how far society has come and sobering to think of how much farther we and the world have to go.

7. pink_thieff

   thank your local union folks

8. qbert3438

   Look at this picture, no phones, no “tiktok,” just out in nature

   Edit: ….this was a joke

9. PhantomOfTheNopera

   I imagine about a hundred years from now, people will be looking in horror at the pictures of children in ICE facilities.

10. NaethanC

    Imagine the splinters the barefooted ones got. Ouch.