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The Teaser: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 10:24am.
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June 13, 1911. "The Teaser," a ride at Coney Island's Luna Park. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Surf Avenue: 1913
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 10:10am.
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July 16, 1913. Surf Avenue on Coney Island, with Feltman's Clam Bake on the left. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2007
We'll start the day with a selection of working kids snapped by Lewis Hine, whose photographs, 100 years after they were taken, seem to exist in eerily infinite supply.
Bread Brothers: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 8:38pm.
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February 1, 1917. Vincenzo Messina, 15 years old, and brother Angelo, 11 years old, baking bread for their father at 174 Salem Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Vincenzo is working nights now. Angelo helps a great deal, tends store and helps bake, too. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Night Shift: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 12:19am.
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November 1909. Two of the boys on night shift in the More-Jones Glass Co., Bridgeton, New Jersey. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Solomon the Newsie: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 12:18am.
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March 1909. Hartford, Conn. Solomon —— . Began selling at 7 years of age. Been selling six years (four at night). View full size. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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The Shining: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 12:17am.
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August 1908. Greek bootblack in Indianapolis. An interesting example of a time exposure where the subject either enters the frame after the shutter opens or leaves it before it closes. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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