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Pack boys in Pacific Mill, George Driscoll, 14 years, Mike Foley, 15 years. Been working 1 1/2 years. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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Pack boys in Pacific Mill, George Driscoll, 14 years, Mike Foley, 15 years. Been working 1 1/2 years. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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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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