![Group of newsies hanging around Long Acre Square waiting for the theatre to close. Photo taken at the Victoria Theatra [i.e., Theatre], B'[road]way and 42nd St. James Thorpe (boy selling paper) 8 yrs. 640 10th Ave. Richard Farrell, 13 yrs., same address. Harry Farrell, 10 yrs., same address. August Habich, 10 yrs., same address. 10:30 P.M. Oct.', 1910. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Paul B. Schumm, Witness A.W. Meyer. 1323 Intervale [Ave.?], Bronx, N.Y.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvZ3JvdXAtb2YtbmV3c2llcy1oYW5naW5nLWFyb3VuZC1sb25nLWFjcmUtc3F1YXJlLXdhaXRpbmctZm9yLXRoZS10aGVhdHJlLXRvLTEwMjQuanBn/320/230/jpg "Group of newsies hanging around Long Acre Square waiting for the theatre to close. Photo taken at the Victoria Theatra [i.e., Theatre], B'[road]way and 42nd St. James Thorpe (boy selling paper) 8 yrs. 640 10th Ave. Richard Farrell, 13 yrs., same address. Harry Farrell, 10 yrs., same address. August Habich, 10 yrs., same address. 10:30 P.M. Oct.', 1910. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Paul B. Schumm, Witness A.W. Meyer. 1323 Intervale [Ave.?], Bronx, N.Y.")
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Group of newsies hanging around Long Acre Square waiting for the theatre to close. Photo taken at the Victoria Theatra [i.e., Theatre], B'[road]way and 42nd St. James Thorpe (boy selling paper) 8 yrs. 640 10th Ave. Richard Farrell, 13 yrs., same address. Harry Farrell, 10 yrs., same address. August Habich, 10 yrs., same address. 10:30 P.M. Oct.', 1910. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Paul B. Schumm, Witness A.W. Meyer. 1323 Intervale [Ave.?], Bronx, N.Y.
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Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, newspaper publishers relied on newspaperboys (“newsies”) to distribute their newspapers on city streets. The newsboys purchased their papers and usually had to sell all of them to make a decent profit. In 1899, with a sudden rise in the cost of newspapers, a contingent of New York City newsies staged a strike against big-time publishers like Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.
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Date
01/01/1910
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Schumm, Paul B., photographer
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Library of Congress
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