(Photo courtesy of Taylor Strober, curator, Chisholm Trail Museum, Kingfisher) “Herschel Bonham, Route A, Box 118, an 11-year-old boy cultivating peas. He belongs to a cotton club in school. Father says he can pick 200 pounds of cotton a day. Lawton, Oklahoma, April 1917.”
Oklahoma’s Child Labor Conditions of Early 1900s Featured at Kingfisher’s Chisholm Trail Museum
Curtis Awbrey – Editor
KINGFISHER- Comanche County photos will be included in a historic 25-image photo documentary of children in the workplace during early statehood.
Monday, September 2, 2019