Keywords: 8 P.M. Flashlight photo of messengers absorbed in their usual game of poker in the "Den of the terrible nine."... - NARA - 523167.tif Scope and content 8 P M Flashlight photo of messengers absorbed in their usual game of poker in the Den of the terrible nine Waiting room for Western Union Messengers Hartford Conn They play for money Some lose a whole months wages in a day and then are afraid to go home The boy on right hand has been messenger for 4 years Began at 12 years of age He works all night now During an evening's conversation he told me stories about his experiences with prostitutes to whom he carries messages frequently that were revolting Hartford Conn General notes 523167 Local identifier 102-LH-592 Department of Commerce and Labor Children's Bureau 1912 - 1913 NARA-Author Hine Lewis Wickes 1874-1940 Photographer 1122914 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1909-03-05 Record group Record Group 102 Records of the Children's Bureau 1908 - 2003 Record group ARC 431 National Child Labor Committee Photographs taken by Lewis Hine compiled ca 1912 - ca 1912 documenting the period 1908 - 1912 Series ARC 523064 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-102-LH-592 yes Other versions <gallery> File 8_P M _Flashlight_photo_of_messengers_absorbed_in_their_usual_game_of_poker_in_the_ Den_of_the_terrible_nine _-_NARA_-_523167 tif tif File 8_P M _Flashlight_photo_of_messengers_absorbed_in_their_usual_game_of_poker_in_the_ Den_of_the_terrible_nine _-_NARA_-_523167 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Child labor in the United States NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs |