Historical Portrait
11:00 A.M. Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin. They were all smoking. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.
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Young newspaper sellers smoking on Jefferson Street near Franklin in St. Louis, Missouri, 1910. Public-domain historical photograph by Lewis Hine.
About this photograph
Lewis Hine photographed these newspaper sellers on Jefferson Street near Franklin in St. Louis, Missouri, at eleven in the morning on May 9, 1910. The caption identifies the spot as Skeeter's Branch and notes that all the boys were smoking.
The record gives no further information about the individuals, their ages, or the circumstances of their work. The location of Skeeter's Branch and what it referred to are not explained.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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