Existing comment:
Work instead of School
Newsboys selling newspapers often ditched school and frequently worked late hours selling "extras." Lewis Hine, hired by the National Child Labor Committee, produced photographs of children's labor conditions in mines, factories, farm fields, and streets that heavily influenced public opinion for an amendment to regulate child labor.
Photograph of newsboys selling near the Capitol building, by Lewis Hine, April 10, 1912
Records of the U.S. House of Representatives |