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May 21, 2008

Photo of the Day: Rolling Cigarettes (1909)

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Widow and boy rolling papers for cigarettes in their NYC apartment.  Click photo to enlarge.

I thought they put the tobacco in first...

Update:

I inadvertantly ommitted the photographer's name with this post.  It was Lewis W. Hine.  Thanks to reader, CB.

Links to previously posted photos by Lewis Hine are below the fold:

Empire State Bldg; Comanche, OK fingernail inspection; pin boys (1909-1911); S. Manchester, CT Silk Mill (1924); Boot Blacks, NYC (1924); Cranberry pickers (1911); Newsboys near Brooklyn Bridge (1908); Kids working Night Shift (1909); working girl (1910); Children shuck oysters 1911-1912; Cincinnati 1910; Working kids: 1908-1917;

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