A Newsboy in Mobile, Alabama – October 1914
One-hundred years ago, this youngster was likely shouting out headlines related to the Battle of Warsaw or the Boston Braves’ victory in the first ever World Series sweep.
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The photo above is another by the American photographer and social advocate Lewis W. Hine, whose work often documented working children. The youngster above, barefoot but otherwise fairly well-adorned, probably shouted headlines that day detailing events in war-torn Europe. The theatre advertisement to his right reads “Oct. 24,” only a few days after the Battle of Warsaw ended in German defeat. A shadow slips into the picture from the bottom right, one which you imagine probably belonged to Hine himself.
For more of Hine’s photos, you can visit The History Place.