Western Union Messenger Boys, Lewis
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Western Union Messenger Boys, Lewis
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Entitled "A few of the messengers Western Union, Hartford, Connecticut. They are on duty, alternate nights, until 10 P.M." Telegraph boys were uniformed young men between 10-18 years of age who carried telegrams through urban streets. In most areas they used bicycles; in some dense areas they went on foot. Unlike the men in the telegraph office who worked indoors on fixed wages under close supervision, enjoyed union benefits, and managed the electrical transfer of information, telegraph boys worked outdoors under no supervision on piece wages, saw no union benefits, and managed the physical aspect of the industry in the form of handwritten or printed paper messages. Photographed by Lewis Hine, March 1909.
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