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Austin Statesman: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 9:24pm.
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October 1913. Austin, Texas. "Sunday morning. Paul Luna, 9-year-old newsie who is up at 4 a.m. Sundays." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Looking at a barefoot kid like that
Submitted by StefanJ on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 1:18pm.
I wonder how many rusty nails and glass shards had been hiding in those mud roads.
Austin Newspaper
Submitted by Al-Thib on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 9:56pm.
Like the Moonlight Towers, the Statesman is still Austin's daily newspaper, now known as the Austin American-Statesman.
Poor kid.
Submitted by Otis R. Needleman on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 8:38pm.
Being a barefoot newsie, even in South Texas, had to be tough. Hope he ended up having a good life.
The Replacement
Submitted by fanhead on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 7:20am.
In the event that Shorpy ever retires as the face of this website, I believe young Mr. Luna captures the spirit and could fill in nicely.
Well it's still better
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 12:46am.
than working in a Coal Mine, but then, what isn't.
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