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Image of rail yard worker painted by John Csocz.

Detail of a mural Painted by John Csocz of rail yard workers.

Title of mural painted by John Csocz.

Detail of mural painted by John Csocz of a locomotive with train station in the background.

Detail of mural painted by John Csocz of a locomotive circa 1850 with workers.

Detail of mural painted by John Csocz of riveters in a rail yard.

This grocery clerk boy (see preinjury picture) lost his arms in a dough-mixing machine at the age of 14 in the 1930's. By this time, there were only about .6 million children working. The highest number of children working was in 1910 at 2 million.…

A busy, strong boy working at a grocery store in Clevleand. From the photograph, it does not look like such a demanding job, but he was required to do other tasks, including working with machinery.

These young boys were selling newspapers on the street corner. Were they hiding their faces? By 1910, there were 2 million children working. Though these boys weren't in the terrible conditions of factories, they did work long hours, often waking…

Bowling Pin Boys worked in the late hours. As of 1904, only 5 states prohibited late night work. Obviously, these boys in this Cleveland Bowling Alley continued to work in the late hours setting pins for adult…