Paul & Anthony Zazzaro, Hartford, Connecticut

Lewis Hine caption: 8 A.M. A cold and windy day. Small boy, Paul Zozzaro, 9 years old, begins at 7 A.M. daily. Then goes to school. Sells after school until 6 P.M. and later. Older brother, Tony, gets up at 5 every morning and sells before school. Then after school again. … [Read more...]

Joseph & Meyer Bishop, Hartford, Connecticut

Lewis Hine caption: 9:30 P.M. A common case of "team work." Smaller boy (Joseph Bishop) goes into [one of the?] saloons and sells his last papers. Then comes out and his brother gives him more. Joseph said, "Drunks are me best customers." "I sell more'n me brudder does." "Dey buy … [Read more...]

Matthew Stavola, Hartford, Connecticut

Lewis Hine caption: Matro Starola 8 years old. Hartford, Conn. March 1909, Lewis Hine. In the first week of March 1909, Hine took three dozen photographs of newsboys and newsgirls in downtown Hartford. Most of the children were born to Russian-Jewish or Italian immigrants, and … [Read more...]

Albert & Emma Buecher, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Lewis Hine caption: 5:30 A.M. Emma and her brother starting out to sell and peddle before school. They sell after school and on Saturday and Sunday also. Albert is 10 years old and been at it 1 year. Emma is 11 years old. She and Paul have been at it 2 years. Location: … [Read more...]

George Okertich, St. Louis, Missouri

Lewis Hine caption: Newsboy. Little Fattie. Less than 40 inches high, 6 years old. Been at it one year. May 9th, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri. "Some of the youngsters photographed by Lewis Hine had been selling newspapers on street corners since they were six or seven … [Read more...]

Raymond Klose, St. Louis, Missouri

Lewis Hine caption: 1:00 A. M. Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin. They were all smoking. Location: St. Louis, Missouri. "I can't get over the tattered shirt he was wearing. It's hard to think that my grandmother would have dressed him … [Read more...]

Owen McCormack, Marvin Adams & Unidentified Newsboy, St. Louis, Missouri

Lewis Hine caption: Truants selling papers at Jefferson & Washington 11 A.M. Monday May 9th, 1910. Smallest boy is Marvin Adams, 2637 Washington Ave. Said he got his papers "off'n de other feller." Other boy is Owen McCormack, 2651 Washington Avenue. Location: St. Louis, … [Read more...]

Marvin Adams, St. Louis, Missouri

Marvin Adams was apparently eight years old when he was photographed. His pants have holes in the knees, but otherwise, he looks okay. His sporty hat might cause some viewers to believe that he was already streetwise, which was one of the fears about young newsboys … [Read more...]

Owen McCormack, St. Louis, Missouri

All three boys were respectably dressed, but Owen McCormack was the only one wearing a tie. His coat looks a little big, and his shirt collar looks a little tight around the neck, but he appears friendly and at ease, as he gazes into the late morning sun. I found him in all of … [Read more...]

Morris Levine, Burlington, Vermont

Lewis Hine caption: Morris Levine, 212 Park Street. 11 years old and sells papers every day--been selling five years. Makes 50 cents Sundays and 30 cents other days. Location: Burlington, Vermont, December 17, 1916. "He was always up, always happy. He loved to stop and talk to … [Read more...]

Meyer Rome, Burlington, Vermont

Lewis Hine caption: Meyer Rome, 48 Bright Street. 8 years old. Been selling six weeks--sells Sundays only. Makes from 25 cents to 75 cents. Location: Burlington, Vermont, December 17, 1916. "My father first came to Burlington by himself in 1905 and worked to get enough money … [Read more...]

Sidney Ashcraft, Cincinnati, Ohio

Lewis Hine caption: Sidney Ashcraft, 10 years old, 517 Hannibal St., N., Cincinnati. Bundle Carrier. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, August 1908. According to Child Labor in City Streets, by Edward N. Clopper (MacMillan Co. 1912), in Cincinnati from June to December 1909, there … [Read more...]

Isaac Boyett, Waco, Texas

Lewis Hine caption: Isaac Boyett, "I'm de whole show." The twelve year old proprietor, manager and messenger of the Club Messenger Service, 402 Austin Street, Waco. The photo shows him in the heart of the Red Light district where he was delivering messages as he does several … [Read more...]

Jeff Miller, Houston, Texas

Lewis Hine caption: Jeff Miller, a young delivery boy for Magnolia Pharmacy. This is especially bad for him as he has recently returned from the Seabrook Reform School where he had spent a year. He would not tell me why he was sent there. Location: Houston, Texas, October … [Read more...]

Eva Tanguay, Lawrence, Massachusetts

(L-R): Paul, Eva, Joseph (father), Rose (not Muriel as Hine claimed), Alfred, and Imelda. The house in the picture is across the street from the Tanguay house. Lewis Hine caption: Part of the family of Eva Tanguay, 61 Sylvester St., doffer in spinning room of Ayer mill. A half … [Read more...]

The Real Dr. Frankenstein

The following articles appeared in the Westphalia Times (Kansas), in 1885 and 1886. November 12, 1885 M.F. Moore sold his drug store to Knapp & Son, and Dr. Frankenstein will conduct it. Dec 17, 1885 Dr. Franckinstein showed us Tuesday, pieces of a frog or snake … [Read more...]

John Endyke, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lewis Hine caption: John Endyk, 90 Springfield St., been in Mill-room of Wood Mill one year. Birth certificate makes him 14. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts, September 1911. "It was amazing to see a photograph of him in that time period. It was a miserable time for those … [Read more...]

Leon Valcourt, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lewis Hine caption: Bleach-room boy--Leon Halcourt, 34 Melvin St., 16 years old. Pacific Mills. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts, November 1910, Lewis Hine. Lewis Hine was visiting Lawrence for the first time. He took about 15 pictures over several days, mostly of children … [Read more...]

Wilfred Valliere, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lewis Hine caption: Smallest boy is Thomas Losesque, 82 Margin Street. Other is Wilfred Valliere, 79 Margin Street, probably 14. Both work in mill room at Wood Mill. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts, September 1911. "He did his best to raise a family of five boys. As millions … [Read more...]

Thomas Levesque, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lewis Hine caption: Smallest boy is Thomas Losesque, 82 Margin Street. Other is Wilfred Valliere, 79 Margin Street, probably 14. Both work in mill room at Wood Mill. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts, September 1911. "He played the violin. He would play old French songs. One … [Read more...]