Edward St. Germain and his sister Delia, mill workers, Phoenix, Rhode Island, April 1909

Lewis Hine

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a group of young individuals standing in front of a wooden building with horizontal siding. Two children are fully visible in the foreground, while parts of two others are partially visible on either side of the image. In the center, a girl stands with her body facing forward, one hand on her hip, and her hair pulled back. She wears a checkered short-sleeve dress with a white apron covering the front and dark stockings. Beside her, a boy stands upright facing the camera, dressed in a double-breasted jacket, knee-length shorts, dark stockings, and a cap. He has short hair underneath the cap. Both are standing on a dirt ground. The building behind them features windows, with visible figures peering through one of the windows. The windows have multiple panes.