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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.
I wonder how many rusty nails and glass shards had been hiding in those mud roads.
Like the Moonlight Towers, the Statesman is still Austin's daily newspaper, now known as the Austin American-Statesman.
Being a barefoot newsie, even in South Texas, had to be tough. Hope he ended up having a good life.
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.
than working in a Coal Mine, but then, what isn't.
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