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Jerald Schaitberger of 416 W. 57th St. N.Y. who helps an older boy sell papers until 10 P.M. on Columbus Circle. 7 yrs. old. 9:30 P.M., October 8, 1910. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Paul B. Schumm. – Vintage Wall Art

Jerald Schaitberger of 416 W. 57th St. N.Y. who helps an older boy sell papers until 10 P.M. on Columbus Circle. 7 yrs. old. 9:30 P.M., October 8, 1910. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Paul B. Schumm., 1910 October 8. — historic photograph
Jerald Schaitberger of 416 W. 57th St. N.Y. who helps an older boy sell papers until 10 P.M. on Columbus Circle. 7 yrs. old. 9:30 P.M., October 8, 1910. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Paul B. Schumm., 1910 October 8.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

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This historic photograph of Jerald Schaitberger of 416 W. 57th St. N.Y. who helps an older boy sell papers until 10 P.M. on Columbus Circle. 7 yrs. old. 9:30 P.M., October 8, 1910. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Paul B. Schumm. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Jerald Schaitberger of 416 W. 57th St. N.Y. who helps an older boy sell papers until 10 P.M. on Columbus Circle. 7 yrs. old. 9:30 P.M., October 8, 1910. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Paul B. Schumm.

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At 9:30 on the night of October 8, 1910, seven-year-old Jerald Schaitberger was on Columbus Circle in New York, helping an older boy sell newspapers until 10 p.m. Paul B. Schumm made the photograph, which was filed among the street-trades pictures in Lewis Hine's album, part of the documentation of child labor gathered in the early 1900s. Night selling by children was a familiar sight on the city's busy streets, and the caption's note of the boy's home on West 57th Street offers a glimpse of where such young workers came from.

Created / published1910 October 8.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints.
NotesTitle from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1601. No text recorded after comma on caption card. Non-Hine photographer: Schumm, Paul B. Reproduction no.
SubjectsBoys. Newspaper vendors. Night work.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,106 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116840

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