Louis Gabriel,123 4 Street,Washington,DC,District of Columbia,Lewis W. Hine

Title: Louis Gabriel, 123 4 Street, Washington, D.C., (13 yrs. old.), S.W., and brother Eddie (10 yrs. old) and Johnnie, 7 yrs. old. I found Louis and Eddie selling after midnight, April 17th, with about 50 papers left on their hands. 'We got stuck'. Eddie says he is often up until 10 or 12 P.M., and sometimes up at 4 A.M. Sunday. They said they make several dollars some days, 'Wid de tips.' The younger ones were very voluble about tips.'I allus axes em fer nickels,' Johnnie said. The 2 older boys, Louis and Eddie, are on probation at Juvenile Court. Family is well known to charities. Father taken into Court for non-support. Has deserted. April 19 at 1 A.M. I found Louis and Eddie still selling Extras. They said they made $3 to-night, but last night they, 'got stuck bad.' For three nights in succession they had been out selling until after midnight, as many others of their age had been. 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. 2920.
Date not recorded on caption card; probably April 1912 based on captions for photos with neighboring numbers.
Subjects:
Boys.
Newspaper vendors.
Hours of labor.
Juvenile delinquents.
United States--Washington (D.C.)
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004002435/PP/
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