Several of the boys working in Benn's Messenger Service. Boy in middle...
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Benn Pitman in 1854 From a daguerreotype in the possession of his sist...
Cover illustration shows reproduction of daguerreotype portrait of Pittman, who popularized shorthand in the United States, with board and paint brush. Illus. in: The phonographic magazine, v. 25, no. 10 (1911 ... More
![All work in Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. (see photos taken at breaker later). Philip Kurato (on left end of photo) 177 So. Main St., Pittston, Pennsylvania Working in breaker for 6 months, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Told the school Principal the other day he was 13 years old. Jo Tabone (middle) 141 Thompkin St., benn [i.e., been] working three years in Ewen Breaker. Said 14 years old but doesn't appear to be. Charlie Bootha (right-end) said he was 12 years old. Works at Ewen Breaker. Lives in Sebastopol. Couldn't spell his own name and didn't know name of street he lives on. Seems to be under 12 years old. All were suspicious of my sending them to school. Philip Kurato's step-mother told me (through an interpreter) that he has a birth certificate showing him to be 13 years old; that he has been working in the breaker for two years - and that Squire Barrett gave him his working papers. The step-mother owns a home near by, said to be worth $1,500. Location: Port Griffith, Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYWxsLXdvcmstaW4tZXdlbi1icmVha2VyLXBlbm5zeWx2YW5pYS1jb2FsLWNvLXNlZS1waG90b3MtdGFrZW4tYXQtYnJlYWtlci1sYXRlci0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "All work in Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. (see photos taken at breaker later). Philip Kurato (on left end of photo) 177 So. Main St., Pittston, Pennsylvania Working in breaker for 6 months, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Told the school Principal the other day he was 13 years old. Jo Tabone (middle) 141 Thompkin St., benn [i.e., been] working three years in Ewen Breaker. Said 14 years old but doesn't appear to be. Charlie Bootha (right-end) said he was 12 years old. Works at Ewen Breaker. Lives in Sebastopol. Couldn't spell his own name and didn't know name of street he lives on. Seems to be under 12 years old. All were suspicious of my sending them to school. Philip Kurato's step-mother told me (through an interpreter) that he has a birth certificate showing him to be 13 years old; that he has been working in the breaker for two years - and that Squire Barrett gave him his working papers. The step-mother owns a home near by, said to be worth $1,500. Location: Port Griffith, Pennsylvania.")
All work in Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. (see photos taken at b...
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A. Shirley Benn - Public domain portrait photograph
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Sir Arthur Shirley Benn - Public domain portrait photograph
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"The devil passes" by Benn W. Levy
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Devil Passes" at the Columbia theater. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
Boy's working in Benn's Messenger Service. Boy in middle is Thomas Kno...
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The Devil passes Comedy drama by Benn W. Levy : opening Dec. 26.
Poster for Federal Theatre Projects presentation of "The Devil Passes" at the Columbia, 135 O'Farrell St., San Francisco, Calif., showing the Devil holding playing cards in one hand and a bottle in the other. W... More
Benn. Conger, portrait bust - Public domain photograph, glass negative
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