Comme nous l’avons vu précédemment, Lewis Wickes Hine s’est impliqué au début du XXe siècle, avec le National Child Labor Committee, dans la lutte contre l’exploitation du travail des enfants aux États-Unis. Son outil: la photographie. Plusieurs – très jeunes- Canadiens français apparaissent sur ces photos. Les billets précédents traitaient de Burlington, Vermont et de Lowell, Massachusetts. Dans ce billet-ci, vous pourrez voir ces enfants qui travaillaient dans les usines de New Bedford (Massachusetts) et Manchester (New Hampshire) en 1909. Les légendes sont celles indiquées par le site internet de la Library of Congress.
Pour en savoir plus sur Alfred Benoit, qui apparaît sur certaines de ces photos, rendez-vous ici. Merci à Pierre Lagacé (Nos Ancêtres, Souvenirs de guerre, Our Ancestors).
Débutons par New Bedford en 1912 puis Manchester en 1909.
Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning room #2 has been there two months; seemed to be 11 yrs. old. Alfred recorded as 12 years old.
Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning room #2 has been there two months; seemed to be 11 yrs. old. Alfred recorded as 12 years old.
Wilfred Tremblay, 1332 Davol St., a doffer in spinning room of Cartwright Mills; apparently 12 years old. Said « Me brudder-in-law got me the job last summer. Been there even (i.e., ever?) since
Fred Millette, 592 First St., is boy in center of picture with cap on side of head and arms folded. Works in finishing room. Birth certificate make him 14.
Arthur Sarasin, 7 Acushnet Block. Works in weaving room. At his house his people said he was fourteen last week
Alfred Beniot, 191 North St. Sweeper in Bennett Mill, in spinning room #2 has been there two months; seemed to be 11 yrs. old. Alfred recorded as 12 years old.
Interior Wamsutta Mill, Wilfred Pepin, 42 Bowditch St. (youngest boy, appears 13 yrs. old). Has been working a few weeks in Mule Room #4.
Smallest is James Veary. The next in size are sweepers; Thomas Munds, 3 Blackburn St.; Thomas Heywood, 7 Peniman St.; Romeo Perrault, 26 Reynolds St.; they are doubtful in age.
Steven Fortier, 111 Talman St., (about 13). Been working nearly two years in Spool Room of Bristol Mill
Two girls and boy beginning work in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N. H. 1:00 P.M., May 21, 1909. Photo taken in outer hall of spinning room where I saw them working. Left hand is Diana Gelivas, #45 Schuyler St. Other one is Rose Hamal, 451 Main St. Many others in that room and in the other mills still younger
A few of the small girls and boys (not the smallest ones) that I found working in the spinning room of one of the Amoskeag Mfg. Co. mills at Manchester, N.H. Photo taken at 1:00 p.m., May 21, 1909, in hallway of spinning room. Many others there and in the other mills. Smallest boy (on left hand) is Geroge Brown, No. 1 Corporation. Corner of Granite and Bedford Sts. Next is, Eugene Lamy, 16 Marion St. Girls: Melvina Proulx, 145 Cartier St. Laura Oclair, 145 Cartier St.
3 Boys going to work at 1 P.M. May 21, 1909. Photo taken in outer hall of spinning room of one of the mills of Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H., where I found them working. Smallest boy is 48 inches high. Jospeh Arthur Houle, 498 Cartier St.,.
Boy with bare arms, Fred Normandin, 15 Bridge St., has been working in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., mill No. 1, Manchester, N.H. for several months.
Joseph Arthur Houle. (See photo #787.) I saw him working in Amoskeag Mfg. Co. Manchester, N.H
Boys working in Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.H. Largest one is Ernest Lamontague, 316 Notre Dame Street. Smallest, Armedos Deshais, 4 Marion St. Said he was 12 years old and beginning to sweep
Billets reliés
Photographies: Travailler dans les usines de la Nouvelle-Angleterre (Burlington, Vermont, début XXe siècle)
Liste des noms de lieux d’origine française aux États-Unis
Louis Berthiaume (Lewis Barttrow) et la Guerre de Sécession
Les Canadiens français de Lowell, Massachusetts
Patrimoine, Histoire et Multimédia 