Massachusetts Historic photos, documents, and people

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Antone Fontes. Said 11 years old, and worked here last year. Lives in E. Providence, R.I. Location: Makepeace near Wareham, Massachusetts.

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Tony Soccha, 65 Exchange Pl. (young). A bobbin boy in #7 room: been working there for a year. See 2641. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

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Name: In the Newsboys Reading Room. Boys seated at tables playing gamers. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Oct. 1909. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

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Signal lanterns of Paul Revere displayed in the steeple of this church, April 18, 1775, warned the country of the march ... to ... Concord

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Operating an automatic press. Boston Index Card Co., 113 Purchase Street. Lewis W. Hine. Humane ? Press. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

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14 year old Spinner - Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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Adolescent boy (illiterate) working in cotton mill Easthampton, Mass. Compare him with photo #3033. Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts.

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Boy holding broom near textile machinery Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

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John Bachman, 22 Nelson Street, Ward 6. Work in drawing-in room. 14 years old. Witness R.K. Conant. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.