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Bleach-room boys Daniel Crowley 17 years, 358 Broadway; Mike Kennedy, 18 years, 40 Margin St. Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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Bleach-room boys Daniel Crowley 17 years, 358 Broadway; Mike Kennedy, 18 years, 40 Margin St. Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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01/01/1910

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

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Lawrence, 42.70704, -71.16311

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