James Loqualla, Newsboy

James Loqualla, Newsboy
James Loqualla, Newsboy

James Loqualla, Newsboy

Date1910
Artist (American photographer, 1874–1940)
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 3 5/16 × 3 7/8 in. (8.4 × 9.8 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-89
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextLewis Hine took this photograph of ten-year-old newsboy James Loqualla in Wilmington, Delaware, as documentation of child labor for the National Child Labor Committee. He worked alongside investigator Edward F. Brown, who recorded the following details about the subject:

James Loqualla, newsboy, 10 years of age.
Selling newspapers 3 years.
Average earnings 50 cents per week.
Earnings not needed at home.
Don't smoke.
Visits saloons.
Works 7 hours per day.

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