More details on this photo and what I know about the lives of these
newsies at
www.mynonurbanlife.com/2010/02/albany-newsies-1910.html
A group of newsies selling evenings in saloons and stores. Taken in alley back of City Jail at 10 P.M. Left to right: Dominick Mardilo, 28 1/2 Fulton Street; Roderick Towle, 44 Sheridan Ave.; William Towle, brother, 44 Sheridan Ave.; Louis Strasburg, 40 Mulberry Street; Max Erlich, 101 Dallius Street. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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chocolatepoint 40 months ago | reply
While I'm familiar with Mr. Hines work, I really enjoyed hearing about one of his photos in a local context. Nice blogging, Carl.
carljohnson 40 months ago | reply
Thanks - I've got a couple of his shots from Schenectady, too, that I'll post once I've done some more digging. I had to best of intentions of seeing if I could learn anything more about these boys, but when a first run through Ancestry didn't get me anywhere, I got on to more important work. Trying to do much more local history on my blog as I've got a real backlog of things to talk about.
carljohnson 40 months ago | reply
New info! Lives of newsies (or at least a couple of interesting facts about them) at www.mynonurbanlife.com/2010/02/albany-newsies-1910.html
chocolatepoint 40 months ago | reply
Nice research on what happened to the the newsies!