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October 1909. Boston, Massachusetts. "Truant hanging around boats in the harbor during school hours." Photgraph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
That was a stretch, even for Lewis Hine. The man saw delinquency and vice everywhere he looked.
Hanging around boats and drinking, by the looks of it.
Judging from those feet, the lad doesn't fall into the water much.
And pack this kid off to nursery school!
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