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Home of Peter Mazkerthlain, 7 Elizabeth St., Worcester, Massachusetts. Children: 6 yrs., 9 yrs., 11 yrs., 12 yrs. old, working on garter buttons. Mother works too. Make $1.50 to $2.00 a week. Neighbors say she keeps them at work late at night. (See also Report.) Photo at noon. Witness, F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

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Home of Peter Mazkerthlain, 7 Elizabeth St., Worcester, Massachusetts. Children: 6 yrs., 9 yrs., 11 yrs., 12 yrs. old, working on garter buttons. Mother works too. Make $1.50 to $2.00 a week. Neighbors say she keeps them at work late at night. (See also Report.) Photo at noon. Witness, F.A. Smith. Location: Worcester, Massachusettsachusetts.

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01/01/1912

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

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Worcester (Mass.), 42.26250, -71.80222

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