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'''Durward Nickerson''' (born [[1896]]) became, at the age of 16, a messenger for Western Union. He was residing in [[Bessemer]] after a 25-state "hobo trip" when photographer Lewis Hine met him in [[Birmingham]] in September [[1914]], while documenting child labor in Alabama. | '''Durward Nickerson''' (born [[1896]]) became, at the age of 16, a messenger for Western Union. He was residing in [[Bessemer]] after a 25-state "hobo trip" when photographer Lewis Hine met him in [[Birmingham]] in September [[1914]], while documenting child labor in Alabama. | ||
Nickerson took Hine on a tour through | Nickerson took Hine on a tour through Birmingham's [[Birmingham red light district|red light district]] on [[1st Avenue South|Avenue A]] on Saturday [[September 26]], relating tales of the "inmates he has known there," which Hines took as evidence of the "shady side of messenger work" that could be avoided in a more "profitable" profession. | ||
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Revision as of 19:23, 8 October 2008
Durward Nickerson (born 1896) became, at the age of 16, a messenger for Western Union. He was residing in Bessemer after a 25-state "hobo trip" when photographer Lewis Hine met him in Birmingham in September 1914, while documenting child labor in Alabama.
Nickerson took Hine on a tour through Birmingham's red light district on Avenue A on Saturday September 26, relating tales of the "inmates he has known there," which Hines took as evidence of the "shady side of messenger work" that could be avoided in a more "profitable" profession.
Reference
- Durward Nickerson photograph with caption (Lot 7480, v. 3, no. 3791) at the Library of Congress, found via shorpy.com