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Seattle Telegraph newspaper booth, ca 1890 (SEATTLE 1702)

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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.

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Seattle Telegraph newspaper booth, ca 1890 (SEATTLE 1702)

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On verso of image: [illeg.] W cor. Sprague and Post Sts., Spokane Falls, Wash.
Subjects (LCTGM): Seattle Telegraph; Newspapers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Newspaper vendors--Washington (State)--Spokane Falls
Subjects (LCSH): Journalists--Washington (State)--Seattle; Journalists--Washington (State)--Spokane Falls

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