New Jersey female child laborer photographed in 1910. "Rose Biodo, 1216 Annan St., Philadelphia. 10 years old. Working 3 summers. Minds baby and carries berries, two pecks at a time. Whites Bog, Brown Mills, N.J. This is the fourth week of school and the people here expect to remain two weeks more. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E. F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey" (Whitesbog, Browns Mills, Pemberton Township, New Jersey 08015). Child labor was common at the turn of the last century.
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The Whitesbog Preservation Trust honors Whitesbog's history as a former company town and farm, founded by Joseph J. White, here.
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