1913 Child Paper Pedlar Accident in Boston, MA from Inquiry Unlimited practitioner formerly sited at Boston KidWeb at Joseph Lee School, Boston, MA

Inquiry Unlimited | Revolutionary period | USA timelines | early 1900s - Exploitation of Child Workers | Fishing theme

1913 - An Example of The Dangers of Children Working in Boston, MA

Isadore Freedberg, 13 years old, Dies From Injuries (gravestone photo)

Source Document: Certificate of Death

Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915 - Vol. 1913/30: Page 164 - - Chelsea Deaths, Isadore Freedberg.
Available at: New England Historic Genealogical Society ( NEHGS, http://americanancestors.org)
or at Massachusetts Archives, 220 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125.

Task 1 - Analysis - Focus on each section of the document provided to get a sense of what happened, to whom, where, and when noting

PLACE OF DEATH: Chelsea near U. S. Naval Hospital

THE PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS:

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH: Multiple injuries including crush of the chest, fracture of the spine and lacerations of the lungs, liver and spleen, with resulting haemorrhage and shock caused by being accidentalyy run over by a motor vehicle.

Task 2 - Using the early 1900s child labor campaign information, how do the circumstances of Isadore Freedberg's death add to the facts being gathered nationally at that time?

Additional Child Labor Resources for the Classroom

Booklist - Children Working in America (Children's Resources)

Booklist - The Industrial Revolution in Massachusetts - Adult Resources

Documentation of Child Labor provided by Lewis Hine Photographs as he documents categories of children working in America

National Archives Record Administration (NARA) resources:
Basket Sellers | At home garment workers | Selling Radishes | Shoe Shine Parlor | Cigar Factory | Mine Worker | Bottle Factory | Cannery | Glass Blower | Weaving | Shucking Oysters | Box Factory | Newsgirl | Picking Berries | Stringing Beans | Bowling Pin Setters

Newsies at Work

	Hine's shadow as he photographs a newsboy Larger Version		Newsboy ("Newsie") Larger Version
	News Pedlar ("Newsie") Larger Version		Girls were Newsies Too Larger Version

Last modified: February 21, 2017.
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