Dime Messengers Service Boys,1228 H Street,Washington,DC,District of Columbia

Title: Group of Dime Messengers Service boys, 1228 H St., N.W., at the main office. The youngest boys are Eddie Tahoory (14 yrs. old) . Said to be a recent comer. Lives, 108 Fourth St., N.E., and Earle Griffith (15 yrs. old), 107 Fifteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. From a questionable home. Mother eloped with boarder. Took children with her. They said they never know when they were going to get home at night. Usually work one or more nights a week, and have worked until after midnight. They said last Christmas their office had a 9 yr. old boy running errands for them, and that he made a great deal of money from tips. They make about $7 a week and more, sometimes. Said 'The office is not allowed to send us into the red light district, but we go when a call sends us. Not very often.' Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1912 April.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Street trades.
Hine no. 2911.
Subjects:
Boys.
Messengers.
Telegraph industry.
Hours of labor.
United States--Washington (D.C.)
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004000311/PP/
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