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2 A.M. February 12,1908. Papers just out. Boys starting out on morning round. Ages 13 years and upward. At the side door of Journal Building near Brooklyn Bridge. New York, New York (State) – Antique Photo Print

2 A.M. February 12,1908. Papers just out. Boys starting out on morning round. Ages 13 years and upward. At the side door of Journal Building near Brooklyn Bridge. New York, New York (State), 1908 February. — historic photograph
2 A.M. February 12,1908. Papers just out. Boys starting out on morning round. Ages 13 years and upward. At the side door of Journal Building near Brooklyn Bridge. New York, New York (State), 1908 February.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of 2 A.M. February 12,1908. Papers just out. Boys starting out on morning round. Ages 13 years and upward. At the side door of Journal Building near Brooklyn Bridge. New York, New York (State). Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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2 A.M. February 12,1908. Papers just out. Boys starting out on morning round. Ages 13 years and upward. At the side door of Journal Building near Brooklyn Bridge. New York, New York (State)

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Taken at 2 a.m. on February 12, 1908, this photograph shows boys at a side door of the Journal Building near the Brooklyn Bridge, just as the newspapers came off the presses and were being readied for the morning round. The caption gives their ages as 13 and up, and smoking is among the activities recorded in the scene. The picture is attributed to Lewis Hine, the photographer who documented child labor for the National Child Labor Committee, and it belongs to his series on street trades in New York. Its late-night timing makes it a useful record of the young workers who handled the city's papers while most residents slept.

Created / published1908 February.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints.
NotesTitle from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 0018-A.
SubjectsBoys. Newspaper vendors. Smoking. Night work.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,089 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-130040

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