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9:00 P.M. Bridgeport, Conn. These boys 8 and 10 years old, had been pitching pennies all evening. After 9 P.M. I saw the little one going into saloons with a big bunch of papers and a pitiful tale. The big brother of the boy told me the little one makes 50 cents some days between 3 and 9 or [...] Been selling 2 years. Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Summary
A couple of men sitting on the steps of a building.
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1909
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Bridgeport, 41.16704, -73.20483
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
