context1: He is the central figure of some legends in the Aitareya-brahmana, Mahabharata and the Markandeya Purana. In the first he is represented as so desirous of a son that he vows to Varuna that if his prayer is granted the <strong>boy</strong> shall be eventually sacrificed to the latter. The <strong>child</strong> is born, but Harishchandra, after many delays, arranges to purchase another's son and make a vicarious sacrifice.
context2: Hine's subjects included both <strong>boys</strong> and girls employed by mills and factories all over the United States. For the average American, Hine provided an otherwise unavailable window into the somber working conditions facing America's youth. When asked about his work on the subject Hine simply stated that he “wanted to show things that had to be corrected.” Hine's work resulted in a wave of popular support for federal <strong>child</strong> labor regulations put forward by the NCLC.