Question

This photograph, taken by Lewis Hine, shows textile mill workers.

Two boys stand on top of an industrial sewing machine, grabbing spools of thread from the top of the machine. The boy in the foreground is not wearing shoes and he is standing very close to stitching machines and a belt drive.

What were goals of Hine in publishing this photograph? Choose three answers.

to get laborers to work harder
to draw attention to the dangers of child labor
to show how mature child workers were for their ages
to show how young factory workers could be
to get Congress to ban child labor
to increase the salaries of child laborers
to show that children made good factory workers

Answer 1

Answers:
- to draw attention to the dangers of child labor
- to show how young factory workers could be
- to get Congress to ban child labor

Brief explanation: Lewis Hine worked for the National Child Labor Committee and used stark photographs of young children working in hazardous conditions (e.g., barefoot boys on sewing machines and belt drives) to expose the problem, humanize the victims, and push for legal reform banning or restricting child labor. He was not trying to praise their maturity or productivity, nor to encourage harder work or higher pay.