Newsboys begging for tobacco coupons, June 1910.(Photo from the Lewis Hine collection at the Library of Congress. For a super-nifty higher-res version, click on the photo.)
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
100 Years Ago in Philadelphia
Newsboys begging for tobacco coupons, June 1910.(Photo from the Lewis Hine collection at the Library of Congress. For a super-nifty higher-res version, click on the photo.)
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I was the one in the bowler hat. I've still got it, only it's far too big for me now.
Friend of mine, the lady who took the photo, reckons it's such a great scene it just might be worth writing a story about it. She even suggested a title, 'The Philadelphia Story'. It's kind of catchy.
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