Children and Youth

Children and Youth
4-H and Home Demonstration among African Americans: North Carolina's African American Extension Service
by Manor, Amy, Pronovost, Emily. Originally published as "4-H and Home Demonstration among African Americans", Green 'N' Growing, The History of Home Demonstration and 4-H Youth Development in North Carolina, NCSU Libraries. [...] (from NCSU Libraries.)
A boy and a girl from Bolghatty Island, Cochin, India
by Freeman, Margery. A boy and a girl from Bolghatty Island, Cochin, India A boy and a girl from Bolghatty Island, Cochin, India, watch someone preparing a meal. The girl is wearing a pink and white shirt and has her [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
A group of boys in Guanajuato, Mexico
by Freeman, Margery. A group of boys in Guanajuato, MexicoFive young boys laugh in front of the camera. They are standing in front of a stucco wall and holding each other by the shoulders. Guanajuato is a large city in [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
A nativity procession in Riobamba, Ecuador
by Freeman, Margery. A nativity procession in Riobamba, Ecuador Two children begin a religious procession in costume through the streets of Riobamba, Ecuador. The children are most likely participating in a nativity [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
A Six Year-Old Girl Picking Cotton
by . 6-year old Jewel Walker picks cotton in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Other pictures taken in Comanche include quotations from parents and children, and detail about their labor. For example, Jewel and [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
A woman talks to a child in Saquisilí, Ecuador
by Freeman, Margery. A woman talks to a child in Saquisilí, EcuadorA woman talks to a child in Saquisilí, EcuadorA woman wearing traditional Andean clothing stoops to talk to a child. A tethered black dog lays at the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
A young boy holds a small child in Guanajuato, Mexico
by Freeman, Margery. A young boy holds a small child in Guanajuato, MexicoA young boy holds a small child in Guanajuato, MexicoA young boy holds a small child and smiles for the camera. The child is wearing a white [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Balinese children stand at edge of walled compound
by Freeman, Margery. Balinese children stand at edge of walled compoundFive Balinese children--two barely visible--stand peering out from the edge of a walled compound. The wall's corner post is seen at right and lush [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Balinese school children stand together in their red and white uniforms
by Freeman, Margery. Balinese school children stand together in their red and white uniformsBalinese school children stand together in a dense crowd wearing their red and white uniforms. Throughout Indonesia, elementary [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Bastardy
by Stevenson, George, Jr. Bastardy, as a legal term, designates the civil condition of a child born under illegitimate circumstances. Under English common law, children born out of lawful wedlock were classed as bastards. In [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Better Baby Contests
by Pearson, Susan. Better Baby contests were held throughout the nation, including in North Carolina, during the early decades of the twentieth century. The contests were a part of both the larger infant welfare [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Boys and girls! You can help your Uncle Sam win the war
by . Children couldn’t afford liberty bonds, but to encourage them to support World War I, the government sold war savings stamps, which is in Uncle Sam's left hand, worth 10 cents and 25 cents. Like war [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Buffaloes at the water collection tank
by Freeman, Margery. Buffaloes at the water collection tankBuffalo wallow in a hillside tank while three young children look after them. Water is a very precious resource in the mountains and people harvest it by [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Child in a basket in Saquisilí, Ecuador
by Freeman, Margery. Child in a basket in Saquisilí, Ecuador A woman places a sleeping child in a hand-woven basket. The child is wearing a lace bonnet and red socks. Saquisilí has one of the largest daily markets in [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Child Labor
by Korstad, Robert. Child Labor by Robert Korstad Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Fall 1999. Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, NC Museum of History Related [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)
Child Labor
by Reimer, Kirstin, Willard, George-Anne. North Carolina children have worked, often alongside their parents, on family farms or elsewhere since colonial times. As the South industrialized, children began to leave home to find work in [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Child Labor in Raleigh, North Carolina: Document Based Question
by Hill, Steven. Child Labor in Raleigh, North Carolina: Document Based Question by Steven Hill, BA, MA, NBCT, 2022. Directions: Using the primary and secondary sources provided, compose an essay that [...] (from ANCHOR: A North Carolina History Online Resource.)
Child walking in an alley in Guanajuato, Mexico
by Freeman, Margery. Child walking in an alley in Guanajuato, MexicoA small boy walks down a narrow alley stairs. The stairs are hewn from rock and colonial buildings rise from either side of the stairs. Guanajuato is a [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Childhood in the Civil War
by Cline, Madison. No one was untouched by the Civil War, especially in the South. With casualties and a significant population of men away at war, tremendous hardships were created for the women and children left on [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Children in a parade in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
by Freeman, Margery. Children in a parade in Puerto Vallarta, MexicoSeveral children march in a parade. It is unclear whether the parade is religious or cultural. Three children are carrying staffs with red ribbons. [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Children in Lukla, Nepal
by Popoviciu, Ciprian. Children in Lukla, NepalTwo children are seen sitting in front of a log building in Lukla, Nepal. The older child is wearing an orange and gray hooded sweatshirt and his arm is draped over the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Coastal Life
by Amspacher, Karen Willis. Coastal Life "Homegrown Skills: Creating a Way of Life at the Coast" by Karen Willis Amspacher Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Fall 2009. Tar Heel Junior [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)
Colonial woman and children
by . Colonial woman and childrenColonial woman and children At a reenactment of the American Revolution at Minuteman National Park in Lexington/Concord, Massachusetts, a woman and two children walk [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Five ducks by an irrigation canal are called home for the night
by Freeman, Margery. Five ducks by an irrigation canal are called home for the nightFive ducks by an irrigation canal look up as they are called home for the night. As sunset approaches (always by 6 p.m. in places near [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
For you - they are giving their lives over there…
by . For you - they are giving their lives over there…Americans at home were reminded that their boys in uniform were “giving their lives over there” and encouraged to “give every cent” they could spare [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
by Huang, John. The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center is a multidisciplinary organization in the Division of Health Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was established in 1966 [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Hanoi girl tends a toddler sitting in the front basket of a motorcycle
by Freeman, Margery. Hanoi girl tends a toddler sitting in the front basket of a motorcycleA pre-adolescent girl tends a toddler who sits perched in the front basket of a motorcycle parked outside a storefront in Hanoi. [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Highland girl holds younger child in rural area between Mai Chau and Ninh Binh
by Freeman, Margery. Highland girl holds younger child in rural area between Mai Chau and Ninh Binh A highland girl holds a younger child in the rural area between Mai Chau and Ninh Binh. The older girl, who is probably [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
History of Infant Feeding (from Tar Heel Junior Historian)
by Moskop, Ruth M. W., Nasea, Melissa M. Until the 1900s, an infant’s health and survival depended largely on having its mother’s milk to drink. Doctors still recommend mother’s milk as the best food for babies. Modern, scientifically [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)
Join the United States school garden army - Enlist now
by . Join the United States school garden army - Enlist nowChildren could work in gardens, too. A government program called the United States School Garden Army encouraged kids to feel that by gardening, [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Line of children hold flags and wreaths at Independence Day, August 17, 1986
by Freeman, Margery. Line of children hold flags and wreaths at Independence Day, August 17, 1986A line of Balinese school children hold red and white Indonesian flags and flower wreaths at a ceremony on Independence [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Lines of children in uniforms walk out of school ground in Danang
by Freeman, Margery. Lines of children in uniforms walk out of school ground in Danang This elevated view shows lines of children in uniforms walking out of a school ground in Danang. Children are filing out of the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Little Americans, do your bit…
by . Little Americans, do your bit…Even the smallest children were enlisted in the war effort. Wheat was needed for soldiers, and so children (and their mothers) were encouraged to eat other grains such [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey
by Powell, William S. Alexander Jeffrey McKelway, clergyman, social reformer, and journalist, was born in Salisburyville, Pa., the son of John Ryan and Catherine Scott Comfort McKelway. His father, a Presbyterian minister [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Moore, James Osborne
by Gault, Charles B. Moore, James Osborne by Charles B. Gault, 1991 31 Oct. 1909–1 Sept. 1988 James Osborne Moore, attorney and public official, was born in Wellston, Ohio, the son of James Osborne and Cordelia [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Mother and child in Saquisilí, Ecuador
by Freeman, Margery. Mother and child in Saquisilí, Ecuador A woman carries a young child on her back in a cloth sling. Both woman and child are wearing felt or wool fedoras. The woman's eyes are obscured by the brim [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Mrs. Barbara Wagoner, Wilkes County, N.C.
by . Mrs. Barbara Wagoner, Wilkes County, N.C. Mrs. Barbara Wagoner is pictured sitting in a chair outside of her house with a baby in her lap. Several piles of tobacco bags are next to her on the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Mrs. Cornelia Neal
by . Mrs. Cornelia Neal Mrs. Cornelia Neal and two other women are pictured seated on a bed, stringing tobacco bags. There is a stove visible in the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Mrs. Daisy Stamper
by . Mrs. Daisy StamperA large family, including several children, is pictured in front of a one-room house. A box of tobacco bags is visible in the photograph, as is the family laundry, drying on the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Mrs. Emma Cleary, Wilkes County, N.C.
by . Mrs. Emma Cleary, Wilkes County, N.C. The Cleary family is pictured standing in front of a stone wall. All of the family members hold tobacco [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Mrs. Ethel Holsbrook, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
by . Mrs. Ethel Holsbrook, North Wilkesboro, N.C. Mrs. Ethel Holsbrook and four children are pictured sitting on the front steps of their home. Mrs. Holsbrook is holding a bundle of tobacco bags, and [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Mrs. Leacey Royal, Reddies River, N.C.
by . Mrs. Leacey Royal, Reddies River, N.C. Mrs. Leacey Royal and three children are pictured standing outside of their [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Mrs. Samuel Stayley, Reddies River, Wilkes Co., N.C.
by . Mrs. Samuel Stayley, Reddies River, Wilkes Co., N.C. The Stayley family is shown in the kitchen of their home. The table is set and they look to have just finished a meal. The walls are covered with [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Mrs. W.H. Bryant, Wilkes County, N.C.
by . Mrs. W.H. Bryant, Wilkes County, N.C. Mrs. W.H. Bryant and seven children are pictured in the bedroom in their home. One of the children holds a baby in her [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Must children die and mothers plead in vain? Buy more Liberty Bonds
by . Must children die and mothers plead in vain? Buy more Liberty BondsTo finance the war, the U.S. Government borrowed money from Americans by selling “Liberty Bonds” that would be paid back with [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Nepalese boys
by Freeman, Margery. Nepalese boysTwo Nepalese boys pose for the camera. Children in Nepal, especially in rural or mountainous areas often work along side their parents in the fields or as [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Nepalese girl with infant on her back
by Freeman, Margery. Nepalese girl with infant on her backOn the trail between Ghorepaani to Taatopaani, Nepal, a local girl carries a younger child on her back, strapped around with a shawl. The girl is eating baked [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Nepalese school
by Freeman, Margery. Nepalese schoolThe whitewashed building of a primary school in Kaalopaani en route from Ghasa to Tukche, Nepal. Formal Nepalese schools are often built with the help of foreign aid. An [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Nepalese woman with her child
by Freeman, Margery. Nepalese woman with her child A Tharu women is holding a baby on her lap. The child has a dark tika (spot) on his forehead. People believe that dark tika can ward off evil spirits.The reed-wall [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Newari woman and grandchild
by Freeman, Margery. Newari woman and grandchildIn Nepal, a smiling Newar woman stands looking out of the window of a house, holding a child on her hip. She is wearing a cummerbund -- known in Nepali as a patuka -- [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
North Carolina Conference for Social Service
by Finlator, W. W. The North Carolina Conference for Social Service was formed in 1912, when a body of socially conscious men and women recognized that little attention was being paid to many disadvantaged North [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Old Quarter Hanoi commercial street with pedestrian and motorcycle traffic
by Freeman, Margery. Old Quarter Hanoi commercial street with pedestrian and motorcycle traffic Pedestrian and motorcycle traffic moves through a busy commercial street in Hanoi's Old Quarter. Stores advertise their [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Portrait of boy with eyes closed wearing striped sleeveless shirt at Siem Reap
by Freeman, Margery. Portrait of boy with eyes closed wearing striped sleeveless shirt at Siem ReapThis portrait shows a boy at Siem Reap with an open smile and closed eyes. His hair is cut short and he wears a red and [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Portrait of girl holding two textiles for sale at Siem Reap
by Freeman, Margery. Portrait of girl holding two textiles for sale at Siem ReapA pre-adolescent girl holds a brown cloth over her shoulder and a printed blue one over her right forearm. Both cloths appear to be printed [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Portrait of small girl holding colorful plaited tubes at Angkor
by Freeman, Margery. Portrait of small girl holding colorful plaited tubes at AngkorA small girl at Angkor shyly holds several colorful plaited tubes against the left side of her head using her right hand. These kinds of [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Portrait of smiling boy in near profile wearing blue sports shirt at Hoa Lu
by Freeman, Margery. Portrait of smiling boy in near profile wearing blue sports shirt at Hoa LuThis portrait of a smiling boy in near profile shows him with a short haircut and a bright blue sports shirt. He is riding [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Portrait of toddler standing between knees of man caring for her at Mai Chau
by Freeman, Margery. Portrait of toddler standing between knees of man caring for her at Mai Chau A toddler stands between the knees and outstretched arms of a squatting man, probably her father, who tends her at the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Presenting a check for war bonds
by . Original title: "The public school children of the South-Central District of Chicago purchased $263,148. 83 in war bonds and stamps...a huge check representing enough money for 125 jeeps, two pursuit [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Primogeniture
by Spindel, Donna J. Primogeniture was the name for the English law that made the oldest son heir to a family estate if the head of the family died without a will or without providing for some disposition of his or her [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Religious parade in Riobamba, Ecuador
by Freeman, Margery. Religious parade in Riobamba, Ecuador Religious parade in Riobamba, Ecuador Several children parade in costume through the streets of Riobamba, Ecuador. The children are most likely participating [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Religious street festival in Guanajuato, Mexico
by Freeman, Margery. Religious street festival in Guanajuato, MexicoReligious street festival in Guanajuato, MexicoTwo children carry a small religious scene through the streets. The scene contains figures that may [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Rural electrification: Girl at sewing machine
by . Original caption: "Portrait of America. No. 36. Rural Electrification in the U.S. Electric sewing machines, such as this one on a U.S. farm, run by power from a farmers' cooperative rural [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Samarcand
by . Samarcand By Research Branch, North Carolina Office of Archives and History, [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)
School desegregation
by . School desegregation A white girl and an African-American girl sit next to each other in a newly desegregated [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Small boy eating cake in green T-shirt and Panama-style hat north of Qui Nho'n
by Freeman, Margery. Small boy eating cake in green T-shirt and Panama-style hat north of Qui Nho'nA small boy, photographed north of Qui Nho'n, is wearing a Panama-style hat and a green T-shirt with English writing that [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Some of the larger spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills
by . Some of the Larger Spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills Children usually worked in textile mills along with their parents. The title of this photograph identified these children as “some of the larger [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, with children posed on sidewalk
by . A photograph taken during the 1912 Textile Workers' Strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. This strike, known as the "Bread and Roses" strike, lasted more than two months and resulted from decreased [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Student partners
by . Student partnersAfter sharing their questions as a class, students read independently and then discuss with a partner whether their questions were answered by the text. Students whose questions have [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Students at SmartBoard
by . Students at SmartBoardAfter each round of questions, students share their sticky-note questions orally and by writing them on the interactive whiteboard. This activity benefits students in multiple [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Students working
by . Students workingWho Cares About Electricity? Students work in teams to research and create displays illustrating how electricity and magnetism are important in particular professions. As they [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Teachers, staff, and students gather in schoolyard to salute flag and sing patriotic songs
by Freeman, Margery. Teachers, staff, and students gather in schoolyard to salute flag and sing patriotic songsTeachers, staff, and students gather in schoolyard to salute flag and sing patriotic songsTeachers, staff, [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Textile Mill Villages, Childhood in the
by Quinney, Valerie. Childhood in the Textile Mill Villages "Toys and Games: Good Times in a North Carolina Mill Village" by Valerie Quinney Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Fall [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)
Textile Mill Villages, Evolution of
by Judkins, Bennett M., Lodge, Dorothy. The Evolution of Textile Mill Villages by Bennett M. Judkins and Dorothy Lodge Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Fall 1986; Revised October 2022. Tar Heel Junior [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)
Thompson Children's Home
by Towles, Louis P., Bumgarner, Sheila. Thompson Children's Home had its beginning in the work of two men-Benjamin Bronson of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Charlotte and Edwin A. Osborne, a recent convert to the Episcopal faith. Bronson [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Three boys sitting on a boat prow in the Perfume River near Hue
by Freeman, Margery. Three boys sitting on a boat prow in the Perfume River near HueThree boys sitting on a boat prow in the Perfume River near HueThree boys (aged roughly seven to thirteen years) wearing just shorts (or [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Three children play with a Shetland pony
by Freeman, Margery. Three children play with a Shetland ponyThree children play with a Shetland ponyThree Ecuadorian Indian children play with a Shetland pony while smiling at the camera.Ecuador's wide diversity in [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Three girls sit in stone doorway near carved columns of building at Angkor
by Freeman, Margery. Three girls sit in a stone doorway near carved columns of a building at Angkor. The stone columns visible on each side of the doorway are densely carved with horizontal bands and small, round designs [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Toys and play in eighteenth-century America
by Lunk, Daniel. Toys and play in eighteenth-century AmericaHistorical interpreters demonstrate some common children’s toys and games from colonial [...] (from NCpedia.)
Traditional dress
by . Traditional dressTraditional dressChildren in traditional dress for Independence [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Two children play on a rooftop in Guanajuato, Mexico
by Freeman, Margery. Two children play on a rooftop in Guanajuato, MexicoTwo children play on a rooftop in Guanajuato, MexicoTwo children sit on a rooftop ledge and look down at the camera. Several potted plants and a [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Two children play on the sidewalk in Latacunga, Ecuador
by Freeman, Margery. Two children play on the sidewalk in Latacunga, EcuadorTwo children play on the sidewalk in Latacunga, EcuadorAn older child playfully picks up a younger one on the sidewalk.Latacunga is in the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Two women with conical sunhats stand in round boat near Nha Trang
by Freeman, Margery. Two women with conical sunhats stand in round boat near Nha TrangTwo women with conical sunhats stand in round boat near Nha TrangTwo women wearing traditional conical sunhats stand in a round boat [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Uniformed guard sits with two small children at Banteay Srei Temple
by Freeman, Margery. Uniformed guard sits with two small children at Banteay Srei TempleUniformed guard sits with two small children at Banteay Srei Temple A security guard in a tan uniform and cap sits with two small [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony: Fact and Legend
by Boyd, Sandra O. Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony: Fact and Legend by Sandra Boyd Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Spring 2000. Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, NC Museum of [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)
Woman in sarong walks carrying boy on her hip
by Freeman, Margery. Woman in sarong walks carrying boy on her hipWoman in sarong walks carrying boy on her hipA village woman dressed for a temple ceremony walks along a village path with a young boy carried on her hip. [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Women and children rowing small boats in the harbor at Cat Ba
by Freeman, Margery. Women and children row several small boats in the harbor at Cat Ba. These rowboats likely are used to transport baskets of fish from larger fishing boats back to the shore for processing and sale. [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Wreath from the Woods of Carolina
by Williams, Wiley J. Wreath from the Woods of Carolina by Wiley J. Williams, 2006 Painter, musician, sculptor, and writer Mary Ann Bryan Mason (1802-81) was the first woman in North Carolina known to have [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
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