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Telegraph Boys, Lewis Hine, 1908
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Title:
Telegraph Boys, Lewis Hine, 1908
Caption:
Postal Telegraph Messengers Indianapolis, Indiana. Telegraph boys were uniformed young men between 10-18 years of age who carried telegrams through urban streets. In most areas they used bicycles; in some dense areas they went on foot. Unlike the men in the telegraph office who worked indoors on fixed wages under close supervision, enjoyed union benefits, and managed the electrical transfer of information, telegraph boys worked outdoors under no supervision on piece wages, saw no union benefits, and managed the physical aspect of the industry in the form of handwritten or printed paper messages. Photographed by Lewis Hine, 1908.
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Category:
black & white • Occupations • History: United States
Credit:
Album / NYPL/Science Source
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Image size:
3497 x 3900 px | 39.0 MB
Print size:
29.6 x 33.0 cm | 11.7 x 13.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1900S • 1908 • 1990S • 20 20TH XX XXTH TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • 90S • AMERICA • AMERICAN • BLACK & WHITE • BOY • BOYS • BW • CHILD LABOR • CHILD • CHILDHOOD • CHILDREN • COURIER • DELIVERY BOY • DELIVERY-BOY • DELIVERYBOY • DISTRICT MESSENGER BOY • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: UNITED STATES • INDIANA • INDIANAPOLIS • JOB • LEWIS HINE • MESSENGER BOY • MESSENGER • NINETIES • NINETIES, THE • NINETY DECADE • OCCUPATION • OCCUPATIONS • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • POSTAL TELEGRAPH MESSENGER • TEEN • TEENAGER • TELEGRAM DELIVERY BOY • TELEGRAM DELIVERY • TELEGRAM MESSENGER • TELEGRAPH BOY • TELEGRAPH MESSENGER BOY • TWENTIETH CENTURY • UNIFORM • UNITED STATES • US • USA • WESTERN UNION • WORK • YOUNG • YOUTH
