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Portrait photo of Dave, messenger, Alexandria, Virginia

Portrait photo of Dave, messenger, Alexandria, Virginia

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John Gibson, Newsboy, 13 years of age. Selling newspapers 7 years. Average earnings $1.25 per week. Selling newspapers own choice. Smokes. Visits saloons. Works 9 hours per day. John's brother is a messenger who directed investigator to a number of houses of prostitution, on Tatnall and Orange Sts. Investigator, Edward F. Brown.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.

John Gibson, Newsboy, 13 years of age. Selling newspapers 7 years. Ave...

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Naval messenger - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Naval messenger - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Happy but thoughtless. The messenger service is poor training for him. (Works for Dime Messenger Service).  Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia]

Happy but thoughtless. The messenger service is poor training for him....

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Mrs. Messenger & daughter Betty in balsah surf chair, 6/24/22

Mrs. Messenger & daughter Betty in balsah surf chair, 6/24/22

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"Birthday greetings from 20,000 Massachusetts citizens" is the message inscribed on the outside of a huge envelope and delivered July 4th to Pres. Coolidge by Louis Demontreux, Honor. Messenger of the Western Union from Boston [White House, Washington, D.C.]

"Birthday greetings from 20,000 Massachusetts citizens" is the message...

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Arab staff at the P.B.S. [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service] Other smaller group with messenger boys

Arab staff at the P.B.S. [i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service] Other ...

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The Messenger in full dress - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

The Messenger in full dress - stereoscopic view, public domain photorp...

No. 99. Variant image: LOT 11557-4, no. 6. Forms part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. Forms part of series... More

John Towers, 627 S. Connell Street. Postal Telegraph Company, Messenger #9. 15 years of age. In service 1 year. Visits houses of prostitution. Sometimes smokes. Edward F. Brown, Investigator.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

John Towers, 627 S. Connell Street. Postal Telegraph Company, Messenge...

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John Towers, 627 S. Connell Street. Postal Telegraph Company, Messenger #9. 15 years of age. In service 1 year. Visits houses of prostitution. Sometimes smokes. Edward F. Brown, Investigator.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

John Towers, 627 S. Connell Street. Postal Telegraph Company, Messenge...

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View of Red Light District on C. Street, N.W., near 13th, with Griffin Veatch, who was showing me around. No. 6 Special Messenger Service, 1223 New York Ave., N.W.; he lives 1643 Cramer St., N.E. He said he commenced the messenger service at 11 yrs. old. Has worked all night a couple of years, and now works until 10 P.M. Is known to Truant Officers. Family has had trouble with him. Says he is 17 but doesn't look it. Quite profane, but (apparently) not very wise about this district although he says he goes to these houses occasionally.  Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

View of Red Light District on C. Street, N.W., near 13th, with Griffin...

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Fourteen year old Western Union Messenger #43. Works until 10:30 P.M. Goes to Reservation some.  Location: Houston, Texas.

Fourteen year old Western Union Messenger #43. Works until 10:30 P.M. ...

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Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 7. 14 years of age. 1 year in service. Visits houses of prostitution. Guides soldiers to segregated district. Smokes. Still at school and works from 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. Investigator, Edward F. Brown.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger...

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The society called Shakers, in Logan County, Ky. continue their fulling mill in operation ... John McComb, Saml. G. Whyte, Agents. South Union Jasper Springs. Sept. 12th, 1815. Russellville. Printed at the office of the ‘Weekly Messenger' [1815]

The society called Shakers, in Logan County, Ky. continue their fullin...

Imprint 3.; Shakers. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 21, Folder 37.

[Architectural drawing showing elevation, cross section, and plan for a "hirondellier militair," a military aviary for swallows used as messenger birds] / Paris, le 25 j[...], '89.

[Architectural drawing showing elevation, cross section, and plan for ...

Includes descriptive text. Scale: Echelle de 0m.02 p.m. Tissandier collection.

Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. Said he was 14 years old.  Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. ...

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Several of the boys working in Benn's Messenger Service. Boy in middle is Thomas Knox (described in Brown's report on Messenger Service.)  Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Several of the boys working in Benn's Messenger Service. Boy in middle...

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Group of messengers, mostly Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co., on Tremont Street at 3:15 p.m. Some of the sweller [i.e., smaller?] ones are: Timothy Sexton,325 Columbia Street, Cambridge. Harry S. Friedman, 93 Brighton Street, Boston. Joseph Selva, 6 Fourth Street, East Cambridge. George O. Mara, 10 Leyland Street. Smallest one is: Soll Hamber, 71 Madison Avenue, Everett. He is Messenger #18 for Special Delivery Messenger Co., 3 Somerset Street.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Group of messengers, mostly Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co., on...

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Only woman to bring electoral vote. Miss Sharlot M. Hall of Prescott, Arizona, brought the Arizona electoral vote to Washington. She is the only woman messenger to be sent from any state. With her group, (left to right) are: B.P. Lester, Miss Hall, Senator Cameron and Mrs. R.L. Royal

Only woman to bring electoral vote. Miss Sharlot M. Hall of Prescott, ...

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Messenger House, Harwinton, Litchfield County, CT

Messenger House, Harwinton, Litchfield County, CT

Survey number: HABS CT-159 Building/structure dates: 1783 Initial Construction

A messenger delivers food to a restaurant in the Chinatown district of New York, New York

A messenger delivers food to a restaurant in the Chinatown district of...

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Marion Davis, Messenger #21 for Bellevue Messenger Service. Fourteen years old. "Been messenger, off and on, for two years. Not supposed to go to the Reservation under sixteen years, but I do just the same. The boss don't care and the cops don't stop me." Location: Houston, Texas

Marion Davis, Messenger #21 for Bellevue Messenger Service. Fourteen y...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3585. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A few of the messengers Western Union, Hartford, Conn. They are on duty, alternate nights, until 10 P.M. (See label #592). Messenger #32 is Thomas De Lucco with him (in Tenderloin district) recorded in report to Committee. Location: Hartford, Connecticut

A few of the messengers Western Union, Hartford, Conn. They are on dut...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 643. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

The Messenger in full dress - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

The Messenger in full dress - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 99. Variant image: LOT 11557-4, no. 6. Forms part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. Forms part of series... More

Richard Pierce, 723 Walnut St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 2. 14 years of age. 9 months in service. Works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Smokes. Visits houses of prostitution. Investigator, Edward F. Brown.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Richard Pierce, 723 Walnut St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger N...

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The Rabbi, Enoch Zundel, the true messenger from Jerusalem / drawn from memory and lithographed by A.A. Hoffay.

The Rabbi, Enoch Zundel, the true messenger from Jerusalem / drawn fro...

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The Imperial messenger, Tokyo - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

The Imperial messenger, Tokyo - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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Messenger who is on duty from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. down town. May 7, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Messenger who is on duty from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. down town. May 7, 1910....

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W. U. messenger.  Location: Utica, New York (State)

W. U. messenger. Location: Utica, New York (State)

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A young messenger, May 12th, 1910.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

A young messenger, May 12th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

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Julia Obear, messenger girl at the National Women's [i.e. Woman's] Party headquarters

Julia Obear, messenger girl at the National Women's [i.e. Woman's] Par...

Julia Obear on bicycle, facing front. National Photo Company Collection. No. 22880.

No more messenger boys for the National Woman's Party--from president to messenger all the members of the staff are feminine. This is in accordance with the stipulation of Mrs. Belmont when she donated the National Women's [i.e., Woman's] Party headquarters.  Photo of Julia Obear, messenger

No more messenger boys for the National Woman's Party--from president ...

Julia Obear, full-length portrait, with bicycle, facing right. Public domain image of bicyclist, bicycle, cyclist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Messenger from Pine Camp stops to ask directions in the newly acquired Pine Camp expansion. New York

Messenger from Pine Camp stops to ask directions in the newly acquired...

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Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Union messenger 236, one of the youngsters on the border-line, (15 yrs. old) works until 8 P.M. only.  Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Uni...

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The Messenger in full dress - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

The Messenger in full dress - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 99. Written on back: Office Copy. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

Fourteen year old Western Union Messenger #43. Works until 10:30 P.M. Goes to Reservation some.  Location: Houston, Texas.

Fourteen year old Western Union Messenger #43. Works until 10:30 P.M. ...

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Mercury; or, The secret and swift messenger. Shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance. By the Right Rev. ... John Wilkins, late lord bishop of Chester.

Mercury; or, The secret and swift messenger. Shewing, how a man may wi...

This is the third treatise making up the mathematical works of John Wilkins, of which the first is A discovery of a new world, and the second is Mathematical magic. cf. recto of front. Publisher's advertisement... More

A. D. T. Messengers, Indianapolis. (There is no law regulating messenger service in Indiana).  Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

A. D. T. Messengers, Indianapolis. (There is no law regulating messeng...

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Boy's working in Benn's Messenger Service. Boy in middle is Thomas Knox, (described in Brown's report).  Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Boy's working in Benn's Messenger Service. Boy in middle is Thomas Kno...

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Messenger boys, City Hall Park, N.Y.  Location: New York, New York (State)

Messenger boys, City Hall Park, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (St...

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Two Beaumont messengers, 14 and 17 years old. The latter has been messenger here for 2 years. Works until midnight. The Red Light District flourished here. Location: Beaumont, Texas

Two Beaumont messengers, 14 and 17 years old. The latter has been mess...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3679. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Telegraph messenger, Berlin - Public domain portrait photograph

Telegraph messenger, Berlin - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows a woman telegraph messenger on a bicycle in Berlin, Germany during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Hasty messenger #2. See night messenger report.  Location: Sacramento, California / Lewis W. Hine.

Hasty messenger #2. See night messenger report. Location: Sacramento,...

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New general post office bldg. [i.e., building] in Jerusalem, opened June 17, 1938 by H.E. [i.e., His Excellency] Messenger boy, with scissors on tray, for H.E. [i.e., His Excellency] to cut ribbon

New general post office bldg. [i.e., building] in Jerusalem, opened Ju...

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Percy Neville, eleven year old messenger boy. Messenger boy #6 for Mackay Telegraph Company. He has been messenger for different companies for four years. Goes to the Reservation every day. See Hine report on Messengers.  Location: Shreveport, Louisiana.

Percy Neville, eleven year old messenger boy. Messenger boy #6 for Mac...

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Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Union messenger 236, one of the youngsters on the border-line, (15 yrs. old) works until 8 P.M. only.  Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Uni...

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Fourteen year old messenger #2 Western Union, Shreveport. Says he goes to the Red Light district all the time. See Hine report on Messengers.  Location: Shreveport, Louisiana.

Fourteen year old messenger #2 Western Union, Shreveport. Says he goes...

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G. Leahy, 1249 Cambridge Street. Messenger for Metropolitan Messenger and Mailing Co., 67 Bromfield Street. Said 14 years old. Gets $5 a week wages, and makes $2.50 a week in tips. Taken at 3:15 p.m. on Tremont Street.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

G. Leahy, 1249 Cambridge Street. Messenger for Metropolitan Messenger ...

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[Street types of New York City: Messenger boy and bike]

[Street types of New York City: Messenger boy and bike]

Photoprint copyrighted by Elizabeth Alice Austen. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Occupations; Child Labor Messengers; Bicycles.

Overgrown Messenger Boys. Boston 1915 Exhibit.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Overgrown Messenger Boys. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Mass...

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Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Virginia Lives, 201 Freeman Street. Been working here one month. He, and several other very young boys, work until 10:30 P.M. See also photo and label 2258, and report on messengers of Virginia  Location: Norfolk, Virginia.

Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Virginia Lives...

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Messenger from Pine Camp drives through the newly acquired expansion area. Watertown, New York

Messenger from Pine Camp drives through the newly acquired expansion a...

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Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenger, getting a sheaf of telegrams to deliver

Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenge...

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Percy Neville, eleven year old messenger boy. Messenger boy #6 for Mackay Telegraph Company. Says he has been messenger for different companied i.e., companies for four years. Goes to the Reservation every day. See Hine report on Messengers. Location: Shreveport, Louisiana

Percy Neville, eleven year old messenger boy. Messenger boy #6 for Mac...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3705. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window "Mercy, The Rainbow of God's Covenant. His eternal protection of his creatures and the dove, his messenger"]

[Design drawing for stained glass window "Mercy, The Rainbow of God's ...

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Postal Telegraph Messenger, Indianapolis.  Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Postal Telegraph Messenger, Indianapolis. Location: Indianapolis, Ind...

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Isaac Boyett, "I'm de whole show." The twelve year old proprietor, manager and messenger of the Club Messenger Service, 402 Austin Street, Waco Tex. The photo shows him in the heart of the Red Light District where he was delivering messages as he does several times a day. Said he knows the houses and some of the inmates. Has been doing this for one year, working until 9:30 P.M. on Saturdays. Not so late on other nights. Makes from six to ten dollars a week.  Location: Waco, Texas.

Isaac Boyett, "I'm de whole show." The twelve year old proprietor, man...

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Overture "The Messenger" [orchestra] - American sheet music, 1870-1885

Overture "The Messenger" [orchestra] - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

View of Red Light District on C. Street, N.W., near 13th, with Griffin Veatch, who was showing me around. No. 6 Special Messenger Service, 1223 New York Ave., N.W.; he lives 1643 Cramer St., N.E. He said he commenced the messenger service at 11 yrs. old. Has worked all night a couple of years, and now works until 10 P.M. Is known to Truant Officers. Family has had trouble with him. Says he is 17 but doesn't look it. Quite profane, but (apparently) not very wise about this district although he says he goes to these houses occasionally.  Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

View of Red Light District on C. Street, N.W., near 13th, with Griffin...

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A few of the messengers Western Union, Hartford, Conn. They are on duty, alternate nights, until 10 P.M. (See label #592). Messenger #32 is Thomas De Lucco with him (in Tenderloin district) recorded in report to Committee.  Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

A few of the messengers Western Union, Hartford, Conn. They are on dut...

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Mercury; or, The secret and swift messenger. Shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance. By the Right Rev. ... John Wilkins, late lord bishop of Chester.

Mercury; or, The secret and swift messenger. Shewing, how a man may wi...

This is the third treatise making up the mathematical works of John Wilkins, of which the first is A discovery of a new world, and the second is Mathematical magic. cf. recto of front. Publisher's advertisement... More

New Haven, Conn. March 8, 1909. Messenger boys. They work until 11 P.M.  Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

New Haven, Conn. March 8, 1909. Messenger boys. They work until 11 P.M...

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Small messenger boy. Office Washington near 12 St.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Small messenger boy. Office Washington near 12 St. Location: St. Loui...

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President Roosevelt's peace messenger

President Roosevelt's peace messenger

Cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt standing at "The Hague" watching a pigeon carry the message "arbitration" toward an area labelled "War!" and "Venezuela".

Wilbur Gold, Western Union Messenger #14, twelve years old; works until 11 P.M. usually, but all night when they are busy. (See report of L.W.H.)  Location: Tampa, Florida.

Wilbur Gold, Western Union Messenger #14, twelve years old; works unti...

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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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A Tampa messenger boy.  Location: Tampa, Florida.

A Tampa messenger boy. Location: Tampa, Florida.

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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 thinks 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...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3666. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Twelve year old messenger #7. Edison Green. Works on day shift now. "I got acquainted with the Red Light people over in Oklahoma City where I was messenger for three years, but I carry messages out to them here." Location: Houston, Texas

Twelve year old messenger #7. Edison Green. Works on day shift now. "I...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3581. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Durward Nickerson, Western Union messenger #55. One of the by-products of messenger work. Lives in Bessemer, R.F.D. #1. Saturday night, September 26, 1914 he took investigator through the old Red Light on Ave. A, pointed out the various resorts, told him about the inmates he has known there. Only a half dozen of them were open now, and those very quietly. Durward has put in 2 years in the messenger work and shows the result of temptations open to him. He recently returned from a hobo trip through 25 states. He was not inclined to tell much about the shady side of messenger work, but one could easily see that he has been through much that he might have avoided in a profitable kind of work. 18 years old. See Alabama report. ].  Location: [Birmingham, Alabama].

[Durward Nickerson, Western Union messenger #55. One of the by-product...

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J.B. Hayes, White House messenger, 1/30/20

J.B. Hayes, White House messenger, 1/30/20

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Civilian defense uniforms. Summer "parade." This girl is wearing a messenger's insignia

Civilian defense uniforms. Summer "parade." This girl is wearing a mes...

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Washington, D.C. Air raid wardens' meeting in zone nine, Southwest area. Chairman, secretary and a messenger applauding a warden's report. Sidney Goldstein, the messenger, is the son of the neighborhood grocer

Washington, D.C. Air raid wardens' meeting in zone nine, Southwest are...

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Washington, D.C. Air raid wardens' meeting in zone nine, Southwest area. Chairman, secretary and a messenger applauding a warden's report. Sidney Goldstein, the messenger, is the son of the neighborhood grocer

Washington, D.C. Air raid wardens' meeting in zone nine, Southwest are...

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Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenger. She has been a messenger for nine months

Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenge...

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Curtin Hines. Western Union messenger #36. Fourteen years old. Goes to school. Works from four to eight P.M. Been with W[estern] U[nion] for six months, one month delivering for a drug store. "I learned a lot about the 'Reservation' while I was at the drug store and I go there some times now."  Location: Houston, Texas.

Curtin Hines. Western Union messenger #36. Fourteen years old. Goes to...

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Overture "The Messenger" [cornet] - American sheet music, 1870-1885

Overture "The Messenger" [cornet] - American sheet music, 1870-1885

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Red light resorts on Ohio Avenue near 14th St. and young messenger who was showing me around. (See label #2940).  Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia].

Red light resorts on Ohio Avenue near 14th St. and young messenger who...

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A few of the messengers Western Union, Hartford, Conn. They are on duty, alternate nights, until 10 P.M. (See label #592). Messenger #32 is Thomas De Lucco with him (in Tenderloin district) recorded in report to Committee.  Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

A few of the messengers Western Union, Hartford, Conn. They are on dut...

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The  Messenger boy march - Public domain sheet music. Piano, march.

The Messenger boy march - Public domain sheet music. Piano, march.

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Messenger boys. They work until 11 P.M.  New Haven, Connecticut / Photo by [Lewis W. Hine]

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Day messenger.  Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Day messenger. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

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Jacksonville, Florida, messenger boy. (See Report of E.F. Brown and Lewis W. Hine.)  Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

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Preston DeCosta [i.e., De Costa?], fifteen year old messenger #3 for Bellevue Messenger Service. I ran across him and took photos while he was carrying notes back and forth between a prostitute in jail and a pimp in the Red Light. He had read all the notes and knew all about the correspondence. He was a fine grained adolescent boy. Has been delivering message and drugs in the Red Light for 6 months and knows the ropes thoroughly. "A lot of these girls are my regular customers. I carry 'em messages and get 'em drinks, drugs, etc. Also go to the bank with money for 'em. If a fellow treats 'em right, they'll call him by number and give him all their work. I got a box full of photos I took of these girls - some of 'em I took in their room." Works until 11:00 P.M.  Location: San Antonio, Texas.

Preston DeCosta [i.e., De Costa?], fifteen year old messenger #3 for B...

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Civilian defense uniforms. Summer "parade." This girl is wearing a messenger's insignia

Civilian defense uniforms. Summer "parade." This girl is wearing a mes...

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Celebrated trotting horse Prospero, by messenger Duroc, by Henry Clay: Driven by Dan Mace. Record, 2:20

Celebrated trotting horse Prospero, by messenger Duroc, by Henry Clay:...

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Willie Cheatham, Western Union messenger #1. Says he is 16 years now; been messenger for 6 years. Late Sunday night, October 4th, I talked with him, still on duty, until 10 P.M. "You bet I know every crooked house in town. Went to school with one of those girls when she was straight. He[r] mother died and she went bad. Some young girls were there too. I go out to Red Light some with messages and packages, and if I want to, I bust right in and sit down." Hard face.  Location: Montgomery, Alabama.

Willie Cheatham, Western Union messenger #1. Says he is 16 years now; ...

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A Western Union Messenger Boy Leaving Office. Cincinnati.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

A Western Union Messenger Boy Leaving Office. Cincinnati. Location: C...

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