Glass Houses
A typical glassworks boy, night shift. Said he was 16 years old.
1 A.M. Indiana, 08/1908
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-90
9 P.M. in an Indiana Glass Works. Indiana, 08/1908
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-120
Glass blower and mold boy. Boy has 4 ½ hours of this at
a stretch, then an hour’s rest and 4 ½ more: cramped position.
Day shift one week: night shift next. Grafton, W. Va., 10/1908
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-151
At the “glory hole.” A midnight scene in a NJ glassworks.
His name is Edwin Cope.
His mother read me the date of his birth from the family record, March
1896.
This proves him to be 13 years old. Bridgeton, N. J., 11/15/1909
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-956
Night shift in Cumberland Glassworks. Small boy in middle distance
of photo. Bridgeton, N.J., 11/15/1909
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-971
Scene in More-Jonas Glass Co. Small “snapper up boy” facing the
camera is Harry Simpkins.
Small “carry-in-boy, “ with back to camera. Bridgeton, N.J.,
11/16/1909
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-978
Scene in More-Jonas Glass Co. Small boy in center of photo
with cap pulled down was undoubtedly under 14 years of age.
He tried to dodge the camera for an hour. Name is Michael West.
Bridgeton, N.J., 11/16/1909
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-980
Scene in Woodbury Bottle Works. They work nights. Woodbury,
N.J., 11/1909
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-1020