Herb began working when he was eight. His first job was ripping seams out of pants that his mother brought home from the shop, so that she could work more quickly. By the time he was fourteen, he had found several other ways to make money. He had a secondhand wagon, a Studebaker Junior, a toy that was modeled after the most popular Studebaker farm wagon. Every morning, he loaded the wagon with newspapers, muffins, fruit tarts, and rolls, which he sold from a street corner before going to school. Every evening, at the same street corner, he sold newspapers and meat pies, a type of meat pie that the boys who sold them called, among themselves, “rat pie.” On his way home, he visited every neighbor, looking for mending his mother could do or broken household gadgets that he could fix.
Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 4
Lewis Hine, “Nine-year-old Johnnie and the shucking-boss. He is also a padrone. For four years has brought these people from Baltimore.” Library of Congress
Lewis Hine, “12 year old newsboy, Hyman Alpert, been selling three years. Spends evenings in Boys Club. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.” Library of Congress
Lewis Hine, “Joseph Severio, 11, has been a peanut vender for 2 years. He works 6 hours per day, and is usually out on the streets well after midnight. He doesn't smoke, and gives all earnings to his father. Wilmington, Del, May 1910” Business Insider
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