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A Fast Crowd: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/27/2007 - 9:48am.
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June 18, 1916. Sunday recreation at Sandy Beach for mill boys ages 14-16. Fall River, Massachusetts. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
Horseplay: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/27/2007 - 9:43am.
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Mill boys showing off at Sandy Beach. June 1916. Fall River, Massachusetts. View full size. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. What else are these boys up to? Read on.
Peyton Place: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/27/2007 - 9:41am.
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June 1916. "Pick-up at Sandy Beach merry-go-round. Girls are 14-16. Wearing short dresses." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
'Pick-up' in the Park: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/27/2007 - 9:38am.
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June 1916. A Sunday afternoon "pick-up" at Sandy Beach. Girls about 15. Fall River, Massachusetts. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
Kids These Days: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/27/2007 - 1:02am.
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June 1916. Sandy Beach near Fall River, Massachusetts. "Two girls in foreground about 15. Mr. Tebbutt says dance hall bad conditions. Penny picture machine attracting crowds." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Drivers and Trapper: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 8:51pm.
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September 1908. Young mule drivers and trapper boy at the Brown Mine near Brown, West Virginia. Underground from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. View full size.
Douglas Dam: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 4:31pm.
June 1942. Construction work at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Douglas Dam. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
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