Group of messengers at Dime Messenger Service, They said they never knew when they were going to get home at night. Usually work one or more nights a week, said last Christmas their office had a 9 yr. old boy running errands for them, and that he made a great deal of money from tips. They make about $7 a week, and more, sometimes. Said, The office is not allowed to send us into the red light district, but we go when a call send us. Not very often. This is their present quarters.

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Caption	Group of messengers at Dime Messenger Service, They said they never knew when they were going to get home at night. Usually work one or more nights a week, said last Christmas their office had a 9 yr. old boy running errands for them, and that he made a great deal of money from tips. They make about $7 a week, and more, sometimes. Said, The office is not allowed to send us into the red light district, but we go when a call send us. Not very often. This is their present quarters.
Accession Number	P2902
Photographer	Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Work Type	Photographs
Process	gelatin silver prints
Location	United States -- Washington (D.C.)[?] -- Washington[?]
Date - Created	1912
Measurements	5 X 7 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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