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Max Schwartz (8 yrs. old) and Jacob Schwartz. 163 Howard St. Newark, N.J. Sell until 10 P.M. sometimes. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Max Schwartz (8 yrs. old) and Jacob Schwartz, 163 Howard St., Newark, N.J. Sell until 10 P.M. sometimes. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Smallest boy is Max Schwartz (8 yrs. old) and Jacob Schwartz, 163 Howard St., Newark, N.J. Sell until 10 P.M. sometimes. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Smallest boy is Max Schwartz (8 yrs. Old) and Jacob Schwartz, 163 Howard St., Newark, N.J. Sell until 10 P.M. sometimes, photo by. Location: Newark, New Jersey / Lewis W. Hine.

Joseph and Rosy, 10 and 8 yrs. old. He sells until evening. She is one of 5 or 6 girls who sell (afternoons) in Newark. Location: Newark, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Some of Newark's small newsboys. Afternoon. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Some of Newark's small newsboys. Afternoon. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Some of Newark's small newsboys. Afternoons. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Some of Newark's small newsboys. Afternoon. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Newsie selling at the Hudson Tunnel Station, Jersey City. Boy on left is Patrick Drohan, 37 Susex St., 12 yrs. old. Next to him Stanley Fazurowski i.e., Fozurowski?, 9 yrs. old. Largest boy is 13. Location: Jersey City, New Jersey.

Richards Diercks, Messenger, 305 Montgomery St. And John Sennick, 89 Morris St., Jersey City. The newsboy had sold out at 9:30 P.M. and was on his way home. Location: Jersey City, New Jersey.

Doffers in Cherryville Mfg. Co., N.C. Plenty of others. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

11 years old. Beginning to doff. Son of one of Gastonia's preachers . His two brothers, 14 and 16 years old, are also in the mill. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Mill at High Shoals, N.C. 8 P.M. Mill was running. Location: High Shoals, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

No. 266. Spinners in Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

One of the doffers Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Nov. 10, 1908. L. W. H. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

Noon hour at Vivian Cotton Mills, Cheryville, N.C. Shows the character of the "hands" in a better class mill, --well ventilated and lighted. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A doffer in the Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

Spinner in Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Been at it 2 years. Where will her good looks be in ten years?. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

Melville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Location: Cherryville, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Willie Lee, 24 Ozark Mill, Gastonia, N.C. 10 years old. Been in mill 2 months. Doffer. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.

Noon, June 10, 1909. Parker Mills, Warren, R.I. All these and about a dozen more I saw working in this mill that A.M. when I visited the mill. The smallest boy in middle has been working there 3 years. Location: Warren, Rhode Island.

6 A. M., June 9, 1909. I found only a few youngsters going into this mill. American Thread Co., Westerly, R.I. Location: Westerly, Rhode Island.

These boys and few more (not many) smaller ones work in Lorraine Mfg. Co., Westerly, R.I. Location: Westerly, Rhode Island.