Messenger Boys for American Locomotive Works, Schenectady, New York (1910)

The boy with the cigarette told the photographer (Lewis Wickes Hine) that he was fourteen years old.

 

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Nearly all of these urchins were discovered in the photography archives of the Library of Congress (and available without copyright restrictions online). Otherwise, urchin photos will be credited to the appropriate photographer with a link to its source (unless they come from my own collection of photographs from unknown photographers). If there is ever a copyright concern, do not hesitate to contact me.