United States Child Labor: Work Area--Caddies


Figure 1.--Golfers Louis N. James and R. B. Hoyt standing with two caddies near the first hole at a golf course in Chicago, Illinois. The clubhouse is in the background. One of the caddies is barefoot. The photo was taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer in 1905. Source: SDN-004016, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. Maurizio

We do not have a lot of information about golf caddies. Boys commonly caddied for golfers. This was mostly at country clubs. There may have been some municipal or commercial golf courses, but I think most were maintained by country clubs. I'm not sure just abougt boys were recruited to work as caddies. We tghink this may have been more of a part-time job than working in a mine, but here we are not sure, especially in the early 20th century. We do know that it was a part-time job after child labor laws were enacted. Nor are we sure how well the boys were paid. We think that tips may have been the principal rewards. Here Golfers Louis N. James and R. B. Hoyt standing with two caddies near the first hole at a golf course in Chicago, Illinois. The clubhouse is in the background. One of the caddies is barefoot. It is not always clear in images like this if the boy is barefoot because of strained family finances or rather he is more comfortable going barefoot. Note that the other boys wear shoes abd black long stockings.







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