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Percy Neville: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 3:53am.
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November 1913. Shreveport, Louisiana. "Percy Neville, 11 years old. Messenger boy #6 for Mackay Telegraph Company. He has been messenger for different companies for four years. Goes to the Reservation [red light district] every day." View full size. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Submitted by chlyn on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 8:05pm.
The standard comment about these messenger boys is, "Has been to the Reservation." Can someone please tell me who is sending telegrams to cathouses and why?
[If the cathouse doesn't have a telephone, you send a telegram by messenger. - Dave]
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Submitted by Denny on Wed, 10/31/2007 - 1:09am.
Interesting; I don't believe I've seen exactly this "gull-wing" style before. These mustache bars are a modern recreation of an early 20th-century style.
Denny Gill
Chugiak, Alaska
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