In honor of the Labor Day weekend coming up in the States, I dedicate this page to all the children in the past and present, many who lost their lives in these unsafe, noisy, dirty factories. We still have a long way to go in this world.
Journaling: There was a time when many U.S. children toiled in factories for 70 hours a week, until child labor laws went into effect in the 1900s. A child with a factory job might work 12 to 18 hours a day, 6 days a week, to earn a dollar. Many children began working before the age of 7, tending machines in spinning mills or hauling heavy loads. By 1810, about 2 million children were working 50 - 70 hours weeks. One glass factory in Massachusetts was fenced with barbed wire to keep the young imps inside. These were boys under the age of 12 who carried hot glass all night for a wage of 40 - $1.10 per night.
The U.S. Congress passed two laws, in 1918 and 1922, but the Supreme Court declared both unconstitutional. Then in 1938 Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act. It fixed minimum ages of 16 for work during school hours, 14 for certain jobs after school, and 18 for dangerous work.
ArtPlay Palette Riant
ArtPlayPaletteRiant
Assemblage Overlays No. 2
AssemblageOverlaysNo.2
Photo WordART Mix No. 1
PhotoWordARTMixNo.1
UrbanThreadz FotoBlendz Frames No. 2
PaperTextures No. 7[url=https://www.oscraps.com/shop/PaperTextures-No.-7.html]PaperTexturesNo.7
WarmGlows No. 7
WarmGlowsNo.7
TapedTextures No. 1
TapedTexturesNo.1
ArtPlay Palette Bravura (Button Card)
ArtPlayPaletteBravura
ButtonThreadz No. 2
ButtonThreadzNo.2
ButtonThreadz No. 3
ButtonThreadzNo.3
TissueTextures No. 6
TissueTexturesNo.6
Photo: Lewis W. Hine
Notes: Starting with artsy paper 1 and bringing in the urbanthreadz frame, I clipped the photo to the main mask and duplicated the photo and blended to Screen. I sandwiched in the warm glow between the photos to give it some color. I blended the glow to Linear Burn at 100% opacity. I moved the tape a bit to the right and added a paper texture to the top left of the photo, blended to Linear Burn. I duplicated the photo one more time and moved it to the bottom right and using a reverse layer mask brought out the face of the little girl. Duplicating again and blending to Screen.
After adding the title and journaling, I added the brushes listed above to give the page more texture and then finishing the page with the dimensional elements.
