Block printer and tierer or ‘tear girl’ (above, left). Children as young as six worked for twelve hours or more helping block printers.

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Title: Block printer and tierer or ‘tear girl’ (above, left). Children as young as six worked for twelve hours or more helping block printers.
Description: Block printer and tierer or ‘tear girl’ (above, left). Children as young as six worked for twelve hours or more helping block printers.
Bibliographic Citation: Charles Knight’s Pictorial Gallery of Arts Vol. I, (c.1862).
Bibliographic Citation Republished: https://suewilkes.blogspot.com/2014/09/calico-print-workers.html
Type: image
Language: English
Rights: Public Domain
Source: Charles Knight’s Pictorial Gallery of Arts Vol. I, (c.1862).
Original Item: sjsu-library.github.io
Identifier: unionist--image-0192
IIIF Manifest: https://sjsu-library.github.io/unionist/img/derivatives/iiif/unionist--image-0192/manifest.json
Category: Image
Related Transcription: unionist--text-0129
Location of Related Text in Issue: 1833-09-05 p01.55
Caption: Block printer and tierer or ‘tear girl’ (above, left). Children as young as six worked for twelve hours or more helping block printers.