
Indianapolis Newsboys Waiting for the Base-ball Edition In a Newspaper Office. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.
Summary
In the 19th and 20th centuries, newspaper publishers relied on newspaperboys (“newsies”) to distribute their newspapers on city streets. The newsboys purchased their papers and usually had to sell all of them to make a decent profit. In 1899, with a sudden rise in the cost of newspapers, a contingent of New York City newsies staged a strike against big-time publishers like Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.
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Date
01/01/1908
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Indianapolis (Ind.), 39.76833, -86.15806
Source
Library of Congress
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