United States Historic photos, documents, and people

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Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living near the W. Va. Collegiate Institute, the State Colored Agri. College. Location: Charleston vicinity, West Virginia

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"Want any more MEN?" 7 year old Alec applying for job on tobacco farms. "Like fun I take what what sic they give me. A dollar a day is the cheapest I work." Location: Connecticut.

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6:00 A.M. at Post Office Square. Truck load of tobacco workers bound for American Sumatra Tobacco Farm, South Windsor. They return about 7 P.M. Location: Hartford, Connecticut

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Herschel Bonham, Route A, Box 118, an 11-year-old boy cultivating peas. He belongs to a cotton club in school. Father says he can pick 200 pounds of cotton a day. Location: Lawton, Oklahoma

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6:00 A.M. at Post Office Square, Truck load of tobacco workers bound for American Sumatra Tobacco Farm, South Windsor. They return about 7:00 P.M. Location: Hartford, Connecticut

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6:00 A.M. at Post Office Square, Truck load of tobacco workers bound for American Sumatra Tobacco Farm. South Windsor. They return about 7 P.M. Location: Hartford, Connecticut

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Charlie Talley, 9 years old, lives at 204 N. Douglas St., Starts out about 4 a.m. every day in the week and Sunday. Goes to school too, he says. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Abe Singer, 14-year old helper at Wax Florists, 143 Tremont Street. He delivers bundles, tends the door, etc. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hin

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Passing away the time on the corner. 2 are 9 years old and started out at 5 a.m., 1 is 10 years old and started out later. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma /