Child labor photos from 1911 Pictures The child labor photos Lewis Hine took in the early 1900s were meant to shock Americans into reforming child labor laws. Decades later, many of these photos are getting a fresh look, thanks to one man's efforts to link the subjects to their living relatives. This photo taken in Winchendon, Mass., in Sept. 1911, shows Mamie La Barge at her workstation. She is under the legal work age. Caption information from "The Library of Congress." Credit: Library of Congress