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Day Messenger - Joseph Bleot. 3638 Washington St.,. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

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01/01/1910
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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East Boston (Boston, Mass.) ,  42.37500, -71.03917
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7 year old Ferris. Tiny newsie who did not know enough to make change for investigator. There are still too many of these little ones in the larger cities. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

Eight-year old Jack on a Western Massachusetts farm. He is a type of child who is being overworked in many rural districts. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August, 1915. Location: Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts.

Michigan Congressman tries hand again. Washington D.C. A former telegrapher, Rep. John Lueke, new Democratic member of the House from Michigan, just couldn't resist tapping out a few words as he passes through the House press gallery today

Miss F. L. Clayton, 4th Mis. Arty [i.e. Missouri Artillery], wounded in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River / S. Masury, photographic artist, 289 Washington St., Boston.

Salvin Nocito, 5 years old, carries 2 pecks of cranberries for long distance to the "bushel-man." Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

A typical Glass Works Boy, Indiana, Night Shift, Said he was 16 years old. 1 A.M. Location: Indiana

Newsies. Bowery. Frank & Johnnie Yatemark. 12 Delaney St. Location: New York, New York (State)

Manuel, the young shrimp-picker, five years old, and a mountain of child-labor oyster shells behind him. He worked last year. Understands not a word of English. Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi

Francis Manning, 406 Main St., Palmer, Massachusetts. Location: Palmer, Massachusettsachusetts

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school half the time for some weeks picking, and has made $10. Gets 10 cents a gallon. They are wild blackberries. The teacher of his school, Maretburg School, says there are many absent from time to time for berries, corn, etc. Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

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