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Visits Houses of Prostitution
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 4:09am.
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May 1910. Wilmington, Delaware. "Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden Street. 14 years of age. Western Union Telegraph messenger No. 7. One year in service. Visits houses of prostitution. Guides soldiers to segregated district. Smokes. Still at school and works from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Don’t Smoke but Visits Saloons
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 4:02am.
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May 1910. Wilmington, Del. "Barney Goldstein, 83 W. 5th Street. 10 years old, selling newspapers 1 year. Average earnings 50 cents per week. Don’t smoke but visits saloons. Works five hours per day." Photo by Lewis Hine. View full size.
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All Earnings Go to Father
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 3:57am.
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May 21, 1910. "Joseph Severio, Peanut Vendor. Wilmington, Delaware. 11 years of age. Pushing cart 2 years. Out after midnight. Ordinarily works 6 hours per day. Works of own volition. Doesn't smoke. All earnings go to father." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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Jazz Feeds: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 5:22am.
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Transplants: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 4:40am.
Japanese American internees transplanting celery at Tule Lake Relocation Center, California. 1942 or 1943. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency, photographer unknown. View full size.
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Tule Lake: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 4:31am.
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Tule Lake Relocation Center near Newell, California. 1942 or 1943. Japanese American emergency relocation camp with Abalone Mountain in the distance. Photographer unknown. View full size.
Five Smiling Women: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 4:30am.
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Five smiling women. Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. 1942 or 1943. Photographer unknown. View full size.
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