As we continue to explore the theme of Children in the Archives, this month we share some images from our collections that feature children at work.
Unidentified group portrait featuring three children holding baskets and a pestle, with a man in front of a mortar and pestle, undated.
Robert and Margaret Minis collection of glass plate negatives, Item 1121-071_008. City of Savannah Municipal Archives.
From a series of photographs taken as part of a health survey featuring unidentified children behind a house and at the laundry washtub, undated.
W. W. Law Photograph Collection, Item 1121-100_1195. City of Savannah Municipal Archives.
David Williams, April 14, 1932. This photograph was submitted to the Park and Tree Commission to give David Williams permission to work in Laurel Grove North Cemetery as a lot caretaker.
5600PC-036, Park and Tree Department/Commission – Photographs & Prints, Applicants for Cemetery Lot Care, Folder 1B, Item 68. City of Savannah Municipal Archives.
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