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Skeeters Branch Newsies (Oil Painting)
Oil painting on canvas by Marek Pękacz of Lewis Wickes Hine photos of " Newsies at Skeeter's Branch , Jefferson near Franklin, St. ... 
 
Posted by Marek Pękacz - 07/16/2019 - 4:58pm -

Oil painting on canvas by Marek Pękacz of Lewis Wickes Hine photos of "Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin, St. Louis." From the artist: "With my painting I would like to make the photo vivid in colours, enliven the boys and eternalise their dreams. Think about the childhood that they hadn't experienced. Take into consideration those children, who now only a few hours flight from here, suffer anguish because of greed and profit. "Child's labour is constantly common in many parts of the world, according to statistics by UNICEF, there are around 150,000,000 working children in 2019. "Watching the black and white photo of Lewis Hine, I saw young boys in men's poses, smoking cigarettes, full of dreams, fighting hunger and poverty every day. "I wanted to revive these boys and immortalize their dreams." (Colorized Photos)
St. Louis Newsies: 1910
A colorized version of this 1910 photo by Lewis Hine. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Colorized Photos) ... 
 
Posted by Fredric Falcon - 06/26/2009 - 1:55pm -

A colorized version of this 1910 photo by Lewis Hine. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Colorized Photos)
Proctor, Vermont: 1910
... illiterate. View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. Proctor or Rutland? Did (does?) Vermont Marble Company have two ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/01/2008 - 11:31am -

September 1910. Boy working at Vermont Marble Company in Proctor. Very illiterate. View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. Proctor or Rutland?Did (does?) Vermont Marble Company have two plants: one in Proctor and one in Rutland, or was it just one in between the two? [Four of the Vermont Marble photo captions say Proctor; five say Center Rutland. - Dave] (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Hotel Vermont: 1911
... Coincidence The Bowling Academy at left is where Lewis Hine, the man who made Shorpy famous, photographed two pin boys whose work kept ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/27/2018 - 10:06am -

Burlington, Vermont, circa 1911. "Hotel Vermont." Last glimpsed here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Gift cards, 100 years ago.To the left of the Western Union sign, a small sign that says "Mileages bought and sold" caught my eye. A little research reveals this phrase appearing in newspapers and photos from around 1900 to 1915. I couldn't find a definite explanation, but based on the context of some of those ads, I think it was possible, at that time, to buy a certain number of miles on a particular railroad - sort of like buying a gift card today. ["Mileages" were the coupons in mileage books, which allowed X miles' worth of "interline" travel over multiple railroads. Below, an excerpt from "The Modern Railroad" (1911), and an example of an interline mileage exchange ticket stub. Selling the remaining coupons to a broker before they expire lets the holder avoid a loss on his unused miles. - Dave]         In addition to the railroad selling its tickets there are also railroad passenger traffic organizations, half a dozen or more important ones across the country, which are engaged in selling various forms of railroad transportation. In some cases this takes the shape of a mileage-book which may be honored by fifteen or twenty different lines. The book will perhaps be sold for $25 and will permit of 1,000 miles’ riding at a saving over local fares, if the purchaser comply with its provisions. If he has complied with its provisions within the year’s life of the book, he will be paid $5 rebate upon return of its cover which has given him his riding at two cents a mile. Sometimes these books take the form of “scrip” which is silent upon mileage but which has its strip divided into five-cent portions, sold at wholesale, as it were, at a fraction less than five cents each. Edit, 31 July 2018: Today I learned, thanks! This also jogged a memory of reading one of those signs on the back of a hotel-room door, and seeing "mileage books" as one of the things you were supposed to deposit in the hotel safe instead of keep in your room. I'm still not quite sure why mileage books aren't mentioned much in publications after about 1915. I did find a law in New York State, still on the books, that requires railroads with fares between 2 and 3 cents per mile to issue mileage books for no more than 2 cents per mile. Maybe as fares went up, the laws weren't updated, and therefore the railroads were no longer obligated to issue mileage books. Hotel Vermont? Not with a bit of imagination.I do believe that to be Rick's Cafe with Sidney Greenstreet (Ferrari), wearing his fez hat and just crossing the street to enter as everything magically turns into Vichy-Casablanca of December 1941. Waiting inside, in addition to Rick, are Victor Lazo, Ilsa, Sam, Capt. Renault, Major Strasser and the lovable Carl (Cuddles Sakall). After all, everybody comes to Rick's, though not always for long as Peter (Ugarte) Lorre has already been eliminated. Academic CoincidenceThe Bowling Academy at left is where Lewis Hine, the man who made Shorpy famous, photographed two pin boys whose work kept them up late on school nights. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/nclc.03374/ [Coming soon to a website near you! - Dave] https://www.shorpy.com/node/23650 Loved the awnings back then!Still there! Went to a Brazilian Restaurant on the ground floor a few years back. (The Gallery, DPC, Horses)
My Little Pony: 1924
... I am however, making myself chuckle imagining this as a Lewis Hine photo: Child at left says thirteen years old, but is doubtful. Gets ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 7:05pm -

October 11, 1924. Washington, D.C. "Toy department at Woodward & Lothrop." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. How exciting.My goodness, what an...enthusiastic bunch they are. Hope the photographer wasn't keeping them awake or anything. I am however, making myself chuckle imagining this as a Lewis Hine photo: Child at left says thirteen years old, but is doubtful. Gets two dollars per week wages plus saddle sore ointment. "Been ridin' ol' Sam here eighteen months," he says. "Oughta get promoted to Bessie real soon." (The Gallery, D.C., Horses, Kids, Natl Photo, Stores & Markets)
Winter Job (Colorized): 1910
Colorized from this Shorpy original. This Lewis Hine photo really spoke to me for some reason -- not that I ever spent time as ... 
 
Posted by BrentOntario - 08/23/2013 - 6:12pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. This Lewis Hine photo really spoke to me for some reason -- not that I ever spent time as a child labourer in a coal mine that I recall. Anyway, this is my first attempt at Photoshop colorizing. View full size. (Colorized Photos)
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