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Newsboy Strike - Additional Resources not at the CT State Library

Extra! Extra! Read All About the Newsboys Strike of 1899
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5:30 A.M. Emma and her brother starting out to sell and peddle before school. They sell after school and on Saturday and Sunday also.... (1909 LOC image)
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Library of Congress (LOC) full title: 5:30 A.M. Emma and her brother starting out to sell and peddle before school. They sell after school and on Saturday and Sunday also. Albert is 10 years old and been at it 1 year. Emma is 11 years old. She and Paul have been at it 2 years. Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, photographer. 5:30 A.M. Emma and her brother starting out to sell and peddle before school. They sell after school and on Saturday and Sunday also. Albert is 10 years old and been at it 1 year. Emma is 11 years old. She and Paul have been at it 2 years.Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut. Bridgeport United States Connecticut, 1909. March. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018674316/.
Newsgirls waiting for papers.... (1909 LOC image)
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Full title: Newsgirls waiting for papers. Largest girl, Alice Goldman has been selling for 4 years. Newsdealer says she uses viler language than the newsboys do. Besie Goldman and Bessie Brownstein are 9 years old and have been selling about one year. All sell until 7:00 or 7:30 P.M. daily. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, photographer. Newsgirls waiting for papers. Largest girl, Alice Goldman has been selling for 4 years. Newsdealer says she uses viler language than the newsboys do. Besie Goldman and Bessie Brownstein are 9 years old and have been selling about one year. All sell until 7:00 or 7:30 P.M. daily.Location: Hartford, Connecticut. United States Connecticut Hartford, 1909. March. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018674325/
6:00 A.M. Sunday, March 7, 1909. Boys starting out with Sunday papers. (1909 LOC image)
Library of Congress (LOC). Related resources suggested at bottom of page. Full title: Hartford, Conn. 6 A.M. Sunday. See photo and label 602 [Caption #602: "6:00 A.M. Sunday, March 7, 1909. Boys starting out with Sunday papers. Some were only 8 and 9 years old. Many more youngsters start out at 7 A.M. Some of these little fellows had been selling until 7 and 8 P.M. and later Saturday night."] and 664 [#664: "8, 9 and 10 years old starting out at 6 A.M. Sunday"] Location: Hartford, Connecticut. / Photo by [...]

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, photographer. Hartford, Conn. 6 A.M. Sunday. See photo and label 602 Caption #602: "6:00 A.M. Sunday, March 7, . Boys starting out with Sunday papers. Some were only 8 and 9 years old. Many more youngsters start out at 7 A.M. Some of these little fellows had been selling until 7 and 8 P.M. and later Saturday night." and 664 #664: "8, 9 and 10 years old starting out at 6 A.M. Sunday" Location: Hartford, Connecticut. / Photo by. United States Connecticut Hartford, 1909. March. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018674477/
Sunday noon. Some of the newsboys returning Sunday papers. Many of them had been out since 5 and 6 A.M. Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut. (1909 LOC image)
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, photographer. Sunday noon. Some of the newsboys returning Sunday papers. Many of them had been out since 5 and 6 A.M. Hartford, Conn.Location: Hartford, Connecticut. United States Connecticut Hartford, 1909. March. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018674401/

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Newsboys Strike

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