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These were all of the small boys I found working at the Suffolk (Virginia) Knitting Mills, the day I was there. One of the smallest boys had been working there for two years. Not many under fourteen. Location: Suffolk, Virginia.

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Group of Dime Messengers Service boys, 1228 H St., N.W., at the main office. The youngest boys are Eddie Tahoory (14 yrs. old) . Said to be a recent comer. Lives, 108 Fourth St., N.E., and Earle Griffith (15 yrs. old), 107 Fifteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. From a questionable home. Mother eloped with boarder. Took children with her. They said they never know when they were going to get home at night. Usually work one or more nights a week, and have worked until after midnight. They said last Christmas their office had a 9 yr. old boy running errands for them, and that he made a great deal of money from tips. They make about $7 a week and more, sometimes. Said "The office is not allowed to send us into the red light district, but we go when a call sends us. Not very often." Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

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Men sitting on a bench at county fair, Gonzales, Texas

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These were all of the small boys I found working at the Suffolk (Virginia) Knitting Mills, the day I was there. One of the smallest boys had been working there for two years. Not many under fourteen. Location: Suffolk, Virginia.

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