One of the smallest negro oyster shuckers that I found on the Atlantic Coast. Usually they do not work the negro children. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.
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[1913] February.
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- African Americans
- Bluffton
- Boys
- Cannery Workers
- Oyster Industry
- Photographic Prints
- Shucking
- South Carolina
- United States
- Women
![Seen [sic] in Canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots of oysters a day. She works regularly, a[n]d her 6-year old brother who helps some. Also a 11-year old boy who does six pots a day. Several others here under 12 years, but there were more last month. Mostly negro workers. The boss said, "We keep only enough whites so we can control the negroes and keep them agoing!" Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/2e0f72adb253ecd196c251b9e564229996eee670.png "Seen [sic] in Canning factory showing a 7-year old girl who shucks 3 pots of oysters a day. She works regularly, a[n]d her 6-year old brother who helps some. Also a 11-year old boy who does six pots a day. Several others here under 12 years, but there were more last month. Mostly negro workers. The boss said, \"We keep only enough whites so we can control the negroes and keep them agoing!\" Lowden Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.")
![[Working Boys' Glee Club and Minstrel Group - King Philip Settlement - Walter Miller, 16 years, 812 Charles, works for father, a Painter; belongs to Junior Ball Team and Glee Club. James Conlon, 15 years, 679 Charles, Textile Tube Works - Tube Cutter. Harold Newman, 15 years, 910 Dwelly. Weaver at Osborn Mill.] Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/a9ed31aa61e6123fcce5ed076d76b0ab8bafda7f.png "[Working Boys' Glee Club and Minstrel Group - King Philip Settlement - Walter Miller, 16 years, 812 Charles, works for father, a Painter; belongs to Junior Ball Team and Glee Club. James Conlon, 15 years, 679 Charles, Textile Tube Works - Tube Cutter. Harold Newman, 15 years, 910 Dwelly. Weaver at Osborn Mill.] Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.")
![The barbed-wire enclosed camp for migratory workers at the Cannon [Canning] Company of Bridgeville, Delaware](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/648a2f319d41d764123c8c0194e5f2a70aa84e58.png "The barbed-wire enclosed camp for migratory workers at the Cannon [Canning] Company of Bridgeville, Delaware")
