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He Sells Celery: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 3:53pm.
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April 1912. 10:30 p.m. at Center Market in Washington, D.C. Eleven-year-old celery vendor Gus Strateges, 212 Jackson Hall Alley. He sold until 11 p.m. and was out again Sunday morning selling papers and gum. Has been in this country only a year and a half. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
apr. 1912
Submitted by locutus on Sat, 01/26/2008 - 6:34am.
wow. this picture was taken the same month the Titanic sank. amazing.
interesting
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 01/26/2008 - 12:38am.
so this photo was taken the same month the Titanic sank; amazing.
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