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Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the Judge think[s] he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre,' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas.

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

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Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixteen year old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the judge think he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me "There ain't a house in 'The Acre' (Red Light) that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there." Says he makes from $15.00 to $18.00 a week. Eugene Dalton. Location: Fort Worth, Texas.

Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this sixtee...

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Louis Gabriel, 123 4 Street, Washington, D.C., (13 yrs. old.), S.W., and brother Eddie (10 yrs. old) and Johnnie, 7 yrs. old. I found Louis and Eddie selling after midnight, April 17th, with about 50 papers left on their hands. "We got stuck". Eddie says he is often up until 10 or 12 P.M., and sometimes up at 4 A.M. Sunday. They said they make several dollars some days, "Wid de tips." The younger ones were very voluble about tips."I allus axes em fer nickels," Johnnie said. The 2 older boys, Louis and Eddie, are on probation at Juvenile Court. Family is well known to charities. Father taken into Court for non-support. Has deserted. April 19 at 1 A.M. I found Louis and Eddie still selling Extras. They said they made $3 to-night, but last night they, "got stuck bad." For three nights in succession they had been out selling until after midnight, as many others of their age had been. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Louis Gabriel, 123 4 Street, Washington, D.C., (13 yrs. old.), S.W., ...

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Juvenile Court. Small boy who is habitual truant. A street boy. Thursday, May 5, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Juvenile Court. Small boy who is habitual truant. A street boy. Thursd...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1359. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Sam Maddox, 132 N St., S.E., Washington, D.C. Western Union No. 227, one of the young boys pretty close to the age limit. Was born Oct. 3, 1898, which makes him 13 yrs. old. Has permit to work from Juvenile Court. Has been troublesome in school. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

Sam Maddox, 132 N St., S.E., Washington, D.C. Western Union No. 227, o...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2919. Date not recorded on caption card; probably April 1912 based on captions for photos with neighborin... More