Extremes meet. One of the youngest and one of the older messenger boys in Mobile. The small boy is Emmet Brewster, Postal messenger #3. 11 years old; been working there 7 months. Makes $10 to $15 a month. Finished the third grade in school. I saw him carrying messages late at night. See Alabama report. Location: Mobile, Alabama.

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Caption	Extremes meet. One of the youngest and one of the older messenger boys in Mobile. The small boy is Emmet Brewster, Postal messenger #3. 11 years old; been working there 7 months. Makes $10 to $15 a month. Finished the third grade in school. I saw him carrying messages late at night. See Alabama report. Location: Mobile, Alabama.
Accession Number	P3797
Photographer	Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Work Type	Photographs
Process	gelatin silver prints
Location	United States -- Alabama -- Mobile
Date - Created	1914
Measurements	4.5 X 6.5 in.
Subject	Messengers
Rights	This item may be be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by UMBC for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/specoll/repro.php or contact Special Collections at speccoll(at)umbc.edu.
Credit Line	The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Repository	University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Digital - Format	jpg

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