Snapshots of the Past

Our Newsboy – Antique Wall Art

Our Newsboy — historic image
Our Newsboy. Historic image from the Family Life collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This rare historic image captures Our Newsboy in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

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Titled simply "Our Newsboy," this picture presents its subject as someone belonging to a household, which sets it apart from the more typical street views of boys selling papers. Newsboys were a common sight in American cities from the late 1800s into the early 1900s, when many children sold papers on busy corners to help support their families. Pictures like this one often sit between family keepsake and record of working childhood, so the boy's clothing and surroundings are worth a close look. The record does not name him or give a date, so the details of his own life remain unknown.

Original scan4,522 × 9,007 px · prints to 15 × 30 in at 300 dpi
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