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Central Glass: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 2:31pm.
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October 1908. "Central Glass Company. Wheeling, West Virginia. Dozens of small boys here." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
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WV Glass
Submitted by Lost World on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 11:34am.
Glass was a big business in WV in those days. At the very least these kids learned the skilled trade of glassblowing, and probably later went on to work in the machine-blown glass trade.
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