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One of the strippers in Tampa, Fla., Cigar factory. Location: Tampa, Florida.

factory or plant

Girls working in Tampa, Fla., Box Factory. I saw 10 small boys and girls. Has had reputation for employment of youngsters but work is slack now. Jan. 28, 1909. Location: Tampa, Florida.

factory or plant

Have been selling 2 years. Youngest, Yedda Welled, is 11 years old. Next, Rebecca Cohen, is 12. Next, Rebecca Kirwin, is 14. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

John Pento, 14 years old, has been selling for 7 years. Daniel and Angelo, are his twin brothers. They are 7 years old and been selling one year. Sell until 8 P.M. some nights. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Tommy De Lucco 9 years old, newsie. Been selling 2 years. Sells until 8 P.M. at times. Location: Hartford, Connecticut. / Photo by ...

Small Hartford newsboys. Some are 7 and 8 years old. Many more as small. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Matro Starola 8 years old. Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Hartford Newsgirls. Tallest, Celia Barr, has been selling 2 years. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

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

One of the boot-blacks. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

8:30 P.M. Group of newsboys selling at the depot, Hartford, Conn. Smallest boy 11 years old. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Some of the night force at the Western Union Telegraph Office, Hartford, Conn. When I passed through this alley next morning (Sunday) at 6:00 A.M. I found some of these boys had been playing Poker all night. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

Hartford, Conn., newsboys. Boy in middle, Joseph De. Lucco, has been selling for 8 years. Was arrested for stealing papers a while ago. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

United Workers Boy's Club. New Haven, Conn. Getting hold of the newsboys. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

United Workers Boy's Club, New Haven, Conn. In the gymnasium. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

Group of newsboys at the Times Office, Hartford, Conn. The newsgirls mingle and jostle these boys in the office and in the yard. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

8 P.M. Smallest boy, Sammie Kaplen, 8 years old. Next, James Welled, 8 years old, been at it half a year. Next, Ben Kosmitsky, 13 years old, one year at work. Next, Sam Kaplen, 14 years old, two years at work. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

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

Bowling alley boys, New Haven, Conn. Many of these work until late at night. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

bowling bowling alley

High school route boys. Adolescents. Some in back row have been newsboys for seven, eight and nine years. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

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

10:00 P.M. Solomon -----. Began selling at 7 years of age. Been selling 6 years (four years at night). 11:30 P.M. Is at it early Sunday A.M., Hartford, Conn. Hartford, Connecticut.

Newsboys, 9, 10 and 11 years old. Location: New Haven, Connecticut. / Photo by ...

New Haven, Conn. Smallest boy 10 years old been at it a year and half, sells until 6 or 7 P.M. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.