Freddie Kafer, a very immature little newsie selling Saturday Evening Posts and newspapers at the entrance to the State Capitol.... Sacramento, California (LOC)

    Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940,, photographer.

    Freddie Kafer, a very immature little newsie selling Saturday Evening Posts and newspapers at the entrance to the State Capitol. He did not know his age, nor much of anything else. He was said to be 5 or 6 years old. Nearby, I found Jack who said he was 8 years old, and who was carrying a bag full of Saturday Evening Posts, which weighed nearly 1/2 of his own weight. The bag weighed 24 pounds, and he weighed only 55 pounds. He carried this bag for several blocks to the car. Said he was taking them home. Sacramento, California

    1915 May.

    1 photographic print.

    Notes:
     Title from NCLC caption card.
    In album: Street trades.
    Hine no. 3922.
    The "j" in Jack is not capitalized on the caption card, but is on the card for #3924.

    Subjects:
     Boys.
    Newspaper vendors.
    United States--California--Sacramento.

    Format: Photographic prints.
    Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Part Of: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) 2004667950

    General information about the Lewis Hine child labor photos is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.03963

    Call Number: LOT 7480, v. 3, no. 3922

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    2. pennylrichardsca (3 months ago | reply)

      There's a Fred Jacob Kafer, 1909-1990, buried at Eagle's Point Cemetery in Oregon, a WWII veteran; but I think he was also born in Oregon. Anyway, just in case:
      www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr& GSvcid=1884...;

    3. Benjamoon von Schwulemann (3 months ago | reply)

      Cruel circumstance.

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