Connecticut Historic photos, documents, and people

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Group of shed workers at Wetstone farm, 14 of them were 12 to 14 yrs. old. Location: Vernon, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.

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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.

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7:00 A.M. Sells before school, after school and Saturday and Sunday. Begins at 6 A.M. Been selling 3 years. Bridgeport, Conn. Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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Group of newsboys from 7 years to 21. There were no newsgirls at this time. On the Green at New Haven, Conn. Aug. 26, 1924. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

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Group of newsboys from 7 years to 21. There were no newsgirls at this time. On the Green at New Haven, Conn. Aug. 26, 1924. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.

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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.

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3 "leaf-boys" 9 and 9 and 11 years old, Cybalski Tobacco Farm. Location: Hazardville, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.

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Girl "passing leaves" to "stringer." Both 14 years. Hackett Farm. Location: Buckland, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.

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Sunday noon. Some of the newsboys returning Sunday papers. Many of them had been out since 5 and 6 A.M. Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.