Willie Cheatham,Western Union messenger Boy,Montgomery,Alabama,Child Labor,1914

Title: Willie Cheatham, Western Union messenger #1. Says he is 16 years now; been messenger for 6 years. Late Sunday night, October 4th, I talked with him, still on duty, until 10 P.M. 'You bet I know every crooked house in town. Went to school with one of those girls when she was straight. He[r] mother died and she went bad. Some young girls were there too. I go out to Red Light some with messages and packages, and if I want to, I bust right in and sit down.' Hard face. Location: Montgomery, Alabama.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1914 October.
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Street trades.
Hine no. 3795.
Subjects:
Teenagers.
Messengers.
Telegraph industry.
United States--Alabama--Montgomery.
Glass negatives.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004004098/PP/
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