Keywords: children media news newspapers newspaper carriers newspapercarriers child labour childlabour employment jobs portrait studio thunder bay thunderbay fort william fortwilliam ontario canada history blackandwhite groupshot people monochrome team sport sport black and white Date: c. 1905-07 Description: A formal studio portrait of Herald newspaper carriers (unclear whether they are carriers for the Evening Herald or the Morning Herald). The fifteen boys in the photo range in age from 6-14. Selling newspaper was just one of the many jobs that children were expected to do during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Jobs on farms or in factories, mines, and mills were also frequently filled with boys their age. Far left: Walter Biggar Back row, third from left: Mac MacKinnion Back row, third from right: John Ferguson Seated on floor, right: Norman Ferguson Accession No.: 983.69.1 Date: c. 1905-07 Description: A formal studio portrait of Herald newspaper carriers (unclear whether they are carriers for the Evening Herald or the Morning Herald). The fifteen boys in the photo range in age from 6-14. Selling newspaper was just one of the many jobs that children were expected to do during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Jobs on farms or in factories, mines, and mills were also frequently filled with boys their age. Far left: Walter Biggar Back row, third from left: Mac MacKinnion Back row, third from right: John Ferguson Seated on floor, right: Norman Ferguson Accession No.: 983.69.1 |