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Friday, January 27, 2017

Beacon Street house being demolished, Boston, January 27, 1917.

Note the wood being scavenged.

Firewood location, City of Boston, 1917

On this day, in 1917, in Boston.

Firewood in Boston. . . something that wouldn't be a daily occurrence now.

Scenes of Child Labor in Boston, 1917.

Very young newsie.

On this day, in 1917.

Street vendor

Selling oranges

Selling celery

Selling balloons.

Selling bananas.

Selling firewood.

Selling fruit.

Collecting bags to be mended.

Selling lemons

Selling lemons.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Teenage labor in the bed spring factory. January 25, 1917.

Monday, January 23, 2017

The Messengers

G. Leary, age 14. $5.00 per week wages, $2.50 per week tips.

Edward Williams, $5.00 a week. No uniform. Note the classic working man's newsboy cap.

Joseph Amico, 14 years old, $5.00 per week, deliverer of shoes.

January 23, 1917.

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Boston Newsies. December 18, 1916.

LOC Title: Group of newsies (youngest 10 years) selling Boston papers at noon. In Barre and Montpelier newsies are excused from school a little early at noon and at night in order to get to their papers earlier. December 18, 1916.

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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