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Sea Urchin: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 2:01am.
October 1909. Boston, Massachusetts. "Truant hanging around boats in the harbor during school hours." Photgraph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
"Truant"??
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 10:42am.
That was a stretch, even for Lewis Hine. The man saw delinquency and vice everywhere he looked.
The Bad Seed
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 10:09am.
Hanging around boats and drinking, by the looks of it.
Sure Footed
Submitted by odjennings on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 9:43am.
Judging from those feet, the lad doesn't fall into the water much.
Someone call the cops
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 2:36am.
And pack this kid off to nursery school!
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