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Printer's Helper: 1917
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 09/04/2017 - 10:47am.
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February 1917. "Horace Lindfors, 14-year-old printer's helper, sizing up leads for Riverside Press, First Avenue, New York City." 5x7 inch glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. View full size.
The Life and Times of Horace Lindfors
Submitted by Doc Dave on Mon, 09/04/2017 - 3:28pm.
He seems to have been born 8 - April - 1902 and lived to Oct 1982. He worked as a printer for some period of time at the Washington Times Herald. He married Sara Antilla in September of 1935. Whatever else he got from his time as a printers helper he did end up with a lifelong career.
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