Here's a collection of some of amazing vintage photographs that capture everyday life of American children from the 1850s to the 1930s.
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1yjAatQXkpc/UGLKczrr3HI/AAAAAAABwRY/gThIXkwJ5Cg/s640/Oyster+Shuckers_1912.jpg)
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DojD2n4X3YE/UGLKfJhlv3I/AAAAAAABwRg/xjjU6MMpd7g/s640/Paper,+Mister_1913.jpg)
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-__2gb6SPhTk/UGLKiMWoxvI/AAAAAAABwRo/csedPPiBSJk/s640/Pasquale+and+Sandy_1911.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XqeSIwNEYqU/UGLKlDslpUI/AAAAAAABwRw/RSJbmDqE0B0/s640/Penthouse_1909.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-alrPaVPNEyc/UGLKn8QevAI/AAAAAAABwR4/t1Mnv0VVIZQ/s640/Percy+Neville_1913.jpg)
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_F-x1OpOia8/UGLKq-HweQI/AAAAAAABwSA/h9xuSsOg03M/s640/Peyton+Place_1916.jpg)
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y2etBuIVolg/UGLKuGYg_AI/AAAAAAABwSI/sDgQN_xi-bM/s640/Pie+Boys_1923.jpg)
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kx6JL1qb3kg/UGLKwxkX0RI/AAAAAAABwSQ/mxhV1wOSRTg/s640/Pie+in+the+Face_1923.jpg)
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0BjmnBFApCE/UGLKy7d33UI/AAAAAAABwSY/i-byrpX2zUI/s640/Pin+Boy_1911.jpg)
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ppzr5XdvEAI/UGLK1L8kwsI/AAAAAAABwSg/MkfPrvmoC18/s640/Playing+outside_1924.jpg)
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aBi2MxbWvGY/UGLK344RGpI/AAAAAAABwSo/aj91Bge4uNE/s640/Playtime_1920.jpg)
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YQ7CKy6XR8U/UGLK6Y4I-TI/AAAAAAABwSw/Wk7TBy5VItY/s640/Pool+Boys_1910.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sszTB6u8fK4/UGLK8mEXTHI/AAAAAAABwS4/M4DfzLlZCxA/s640/Popeye+and+Friends_1911.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eInkMFL0eiU/UGLK_OVqvJI/AAAAAAABwTA/E6_UYlNv0bI/s640/Power+Grab_1912.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9LUUQeatBT4/UGLLCsGFeAI/AAAAAAABwTI/K3aY_8yFQCk/s640/Precocious_1923.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ywxt6zwdPKo/UGLLFviHA_I/AAAAAAABwTQ/mf2uUhl8ma8/s640/Princess+Priscilla_1924.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nyn8Vl8l--4/UGLLIpy92KI/AAAAAAABwTY/yaK-AFM39Qk/s640/Proctor,+Vermont_1910.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5hMZPgTfs8s/UGLLLu79lTI/AAAAAAABwTg/PIe1BjJ9qW4/s640/Purdie+Family_1911.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKdDSYk_D8I/UGLLO8F6jGI/AAAAAAABwTo/3JS59r36p9g/s640/Quitting+Time_1911.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1JuqGCOqpAo/UGLLRpM5W5I/AAAAAAABwTw/Z4N8TeDPrkw/s640/Ran+With+Scissors_1925.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BpeHoxfLZhU/UGLLUfnMohI/AAAAAAABwT4/VZhgGdeWTKo/s640/Raymond+Bykes_1911.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3pQuAIYf8yI/UGLLW18R5_I/AAAAAAABwUA/oCX_kiqT0io/s640/Ready+for+Takeoff_1921.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZM7qINL5uHI/UGLLZ2or_QI/AAAAAAABwUI/JzaJBxpWn_c/s640/Ready+or+Not_1912.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aGWkDJPQk6U/UGLLdEQC56I/AAAAAAABwUQ/p20RqcFuBjI/s640/Republican+Street_1912.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b7SvtX5Bjh8/UGLLfs7h_JI/AAAAAAABwUY/60Ri_h5JW2s/s640/Rhea+Quintin_1916.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AWD_J5gTAeQ/UGLLjuFUTmI/AAAAAAABwUg/agY4TSR4S60/s640/Richard+Pierce_1910.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CUNRcLrddZg/UGLLmSsRYnI/AAAAAAABwUo/hwBxCuigIS0/s640/Right+Smart+Two+Years_1908.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B_ybRAKAHUU/UGLLqr1_UqI/AAAAAAABwUw/jAvNxaU7EqU/s640/Rita+and+Ruth_1920.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZSnkkz_vYNI/UGLLuC0tJvI/AAAAAAABwU4/7AnBoIv5A44/s640/River-Boy_1913.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZAVeocv5Sk/UGLLv9zA2ZI/AAAAAAABwVA/Zbrvr-5jAuI/s640/Rodrigues+and+Children_1920.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v5IW2sD70Y8/UGLLyNv4ajI/AAAAAAABwVI/DBxHdUzMUoo/s640/Room+of+Brooms_1908.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OK4StNH1GrY/UGLL0jQP7II/AAAAAAABwVQ/S9quTuCefxk/s640/Rose+Biodo,+Cranberry+Carrier_1910.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJfiD3jaeQ8/UGLL3ychcVI/AAAAAAABwVY/F2dRljBjK5Q/s640/Sad+Linty+Luther_1913.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9r_ESxg4PnY/UGLL6f1FEXI/AAAAAAABwVg/K9Pp4VWi0uo/s640/Sea+Breeze+Jr_1915.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tWY4DGzcWrw/UGLL8g-qG0I/AAAAAAABwVo/t_64Z5WjidA/s640/Secondino+Libro_1911.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0pJEiwwVa_A/UGLMAWqnmeI/AAAAAAABwVw/bdA55D29LtQ/s640/Seeing+the+Sights_1921.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VwUZVdPmXeU/UGLMDvgOkHI/AAAAAAABwV4/39GZwUzr_hk/s640/Sells+After+School_1913.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--6thninX5eM/UGLMHE3I0OI/AAAAAAABwWA/xaIzwOynbwg/s640/Shaft+No.+6_1911.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L-LPG-TFWEE/UGLMKo0ZaxI/AAAAAAABwWI/nAnPDejSF9Y/s640/Shorpy+Higginbotham_1910.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0-b1AdYB2FI/UGLMMiRVywI/AAAAAAABwWQ/itOJtBCsV2Y/s640/Shorpy+and+His+Friends_1910.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hJyFbYCf4go/UGLMPENjHsI/AAAAAAABwWY/Nk1dJZzDFcw/s640/Shorpy+at+Work_1910.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IfXV-qeBK1Y/UGLMRNszY0I/AAAAAAABwWg/sQ17ifJvgs4/s640/Shortchanger_1915.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qt4GoABmW1o/UGLMT0NsaGI/AAAAAAABwWo/L76uUZQjXUM/s640/Shut+This+Door+That+Means+You_1908.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pemN_e4AwfY/UGLMWWF43sI/AAAAAAABwWw/OCSQQ9MAmp4/s640/Sidney+the+Barefoot+Bundle+Boy_1908.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SshGIhW53pM/UGLMY6wHAoI/AAAAAAABwW4/oGYA3pfL_yI/s640/Simon+Birdsong_1914.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hdI1p0rC8VE/UGLMbQGm6qI/AAAAAAABwXA/Yi7jbfVk4Mc/s640/Skeeters+Branch+Newsies_1910.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AjLgG5szkTw/UGLMgehuQ9I/AAAAAAABwXI/guoiPogumAQ/s640/Slice+of+Life_1912.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XF-SA2X7MD0/UGLMj5fnqdI/AAAAAAABwXQ/_-IJRzOAaP4/s640/Smart's+Bog_1911.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h3YgGJZ2np8/UGLMnWO0O0I/AAAAAAABwXY/tNpe8MlUQH8/s640/Solomon+the+Newsie_1909.jpg)
American Children From Between the 1850s and 1930s
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3wSlo_nwoR4/UGLMqB-oEQI/AAAAAAABwXg/-w0g4XCWLcA/s640/Some+of+the+Babies_1914.jpg)