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Messenger boy, delivering bundles Union Square, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

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

New York, United States

Messenger boys on a hurry (?) call. Union Square, N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State)

New York, United States

Oyster barge approaching the oyster fleet on the reef, Mobile Bay. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster boat with load coming up to the barge to unload. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster barge nearing the fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Group of Workers, Peters Shoe Co., De Soto, Mo. (See label 1700.) Location: De Soto, Missouri.

Some of the youngsters working in Peters Shoe Co., De Soto, Mo. Location: De Soto, Missouri.

Some of the Young Girls (not the youngest) working in Peters Shoe Co., De Soto, Mo. Location: De Soto, Missouri.

A Boy (may be over 14) at Heavy Work. Shoveling Ore at Daisy Bell Mine, Aurora, Mo.,. Location: Aurora, Missouri.

Three Boys Shoveling Zinc Ore from Car Into Wagon, Near Big Bonanza Mine, Aurora, Mo. Youngest boy is Robert Nichols, next larger is Hobart Crawford. They both go to school and work on Saturdays. The other boy works every day. Location: Aurora, Missouri.

Two of the Boys Working in Phoenix American Cob Pipe Factory, Washington, Mo. Smallest boy is Joe Krummel. See sign, "Wanted--Men and Boys." Around corner was a sign, "Girls Wanted." Couldn't get any photos of girls. Location: Washington, Missouri.

Crowded tenement used by cranberry pickers ("Bravas") or black Portuguese. Location: Wareham, Massachusetts.

Smallest boy in group is Duke Gray, 66 Coburn Street, doffs in No. 1 spinning room and has been there one month. Seems 13 years old. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Majorique Bonclair. See 2592. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Joseph Philip, 5 Wall St., pin boy in Les Miserables Bowling Alley, said 11 years old and worked until midnight every night: said he made $2.25 last week and $1.76 the week before. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.

Solomon Sickle, 11 yr. old gum vendor, 321 Seventh St., Washington, D.C., Says he sells until 8 P.M. Very illiterate, been in this country only six months. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Location: Lafayette, Georgia.

Toppers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. Location: Lafayette, Georgia.

One of the smallest workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Ga. I saw only two I thought under 12. Location: Lafayette, Georgia.

Some of the youngest spinners in Floyd Cotton Mill, Rome, Ga. I saw but a few young workers here. Location: Rome, Georgia.

A 12 year old knitter in the Rome Hosiery Mill. Been there some time. Earns four to five dollars a week. Location: Rome, Georgia.

Housing conditions, Floyd Cotton Mill. Location: Rome, Georgia.

Some of the workers in the Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill live in shacks like these. Location: Rome, Georgia.