The Cincinnati Newsies
TEACHERS
This image was taken in August 1908 by Lewis Wickes Hine. The Cincinnati Times-Star, located at 800 Broadway Street, was an afternoon daily newspaper owned by the Taft family from 1880-1958 until it was purchased by The Cincinnati Post. The first six floors of the building were the printing plant. The building had a newsboy entrance.
This image was taken in August 1908 by Lewis Wickes Hine. The Cincinnati Times-Star, located at 800 Broadway Street, was an afternoon daily newspaper owned by the Taft family from 1880-1958 until it was purchased by The Cincinnati Post. The first six floors of the building were the printing plant. The building had a newsboy entrance.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-nclc-03201
This image shows the Cincinnati newsboys at the Times Star Office waiting for the signal to sell the base-ball extra at 5pm.
Questions:
- Why would the boys’ job have been important to the city of Cincinnati?
- Why don’t we have this job today?