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11 a.m. May 9, 1910. St. Louis, Missouri. "Newsies at Skeeter's branch. They were all smoking." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
This is Joe Manning. I think I found who these boys are, but the possible descendants didn't seem interested. I haven't given up hope.
Was this picture a part of the St. Louis Boys that you published eons ago, and Joe Manning had found one of them?
[They're part of this group. Although they're not among Joe Manning's discoveries. - Dave]
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