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"3 a.m. Sunday, February 23, 1908. Newsboys selling on Brooklyn Bridge. Harry Ahrenpreiss, 30 Willet St. Said was 13 years old. Abe Gramus, 37 Division St. Witness Fred McMurray." View full size. Photo & caption: Lewis Wickes Hine.
The title for this photo, "3 a.m. Sunday, Brooklyn: 1908," is not entirely correct (it's actually Manhattan not Brooklyn), and the caption "Newsboys selling on Brooklyn Bridge" is not accurate either, since it's on the street Park Row, not on the bridge. The actual location is in front of Herring's Restaurant located at 83 Park Row, Manhattan, about 1/2 block north of the bridge.
[The caption is saying the boys do their selling on the Brooklyn Bridge, not that the photo was taken there. - Dave]
Would be nice to see some old photos of New Bedford and surrounding towns like Dartmouth and Fairhaven.
Although the young man in this picture is identified as Harry Ahrenpreiss he is most likely Harry Ehrenpreis. Harry appears in the 1900 census living at 375 Norfolk St in Manhattan. This is in the same neighborhood as Willett St. Both are at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge. His father is Sam Ehrenpreis a peddler. He is listed as being six years of age with an older sister and brother and a younger sister. I don't believe this family appears in later censuses. Ahrenpreiss is a name not found anywhere in the census. The only reference in Google is to this photograph.
That kid at front left looks like 12 going on 37. You wouldn't want to meet this gang in a dark alley.
37 Division Street is now the Chinatown Day Care.
It looks like it might have been hard to get across the bridge if you didn't buy a paper.
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