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Nov 28, 2017 · Nelson Mandela. 1937. Age 19.Wikimedia Commons. From Abraham Lincoln to Albert Einstein to Queen Elizabeth II, some of modern history's most famous faces exist in our minds solely as they appeared in old age. Just try to picture Lincoln, or, say, Winston Churchill or Mahatma Gandhi as a young man and you'll probably come up blank.
Below, take a look at the shocking Lewis Hine photographs that helped America finally take action to crack down on child labor, now a part of the U.S. National Archives collection: A young shrimp ...
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Apr 10, 2024 · So sit back and enjoy these fascinating photos! 16-year-old Walt Disney, c. 1917. Richard Nixon at the age of 17, c. 1930. A 15-year-old Teddy Roosevelt sporting some already impressive chops. A young Joseph Stalin in his early 20s, 1902. Vincent van Gogh at the age of 19, 1873. Bill Clinton shakes hands with John F. Kennedy, 1963.
Nov 3, 2017 · Lewis Hine, a photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, captured photos of some of the children who made up the US labor force between 1908 and 1924. Hine traveled throughout the US, documenting children working in factories, fields, and at home in support of the NCLC’s mission to promote the “rights, awareness, dignity, well ...
Jan 4, 2021 · It's difficult to imagine Queen Elizabeth II as a young girl, or Albert Einstein as a boy before he was even school-age, for instance. And, as obvious as it seems, it can still feel so jarring to see these same historical figures as children. Thankfully, many childhood photos of historical figures are available for us to get that bizarre ...
Jun 6, 2017 · Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in his earliest known photo, aged 7, c. 1876. Born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, would become the symbol of India’s independence movement and the man behind the doctrine of nonviolent protest.
Nov 22, 2019 · The oftentimes heartbreaking photos taken by Lewis Hine for the National Child Labor Committee from 1908 to 1924 demand we look more closely at the faces of young laborers and the conditions under which they worked, such as this young spinner in a Georgia cotton mill: The photos’ impact continues to this day, adding a …