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A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm,...

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01/05/2012

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm,...

A group of berry pickers from Philadelphia on Giles Farm, Seaford Del. The children came before school vacation. They are now ready to leave Seaford and go to Riverton, N.J. to continue picking. Working yesterday from 6 A.M. to 3 P.M. They are all Italians. The boy who is smoking is confined in a Truant School of Philadelphia. He smokes 15 ciagarettes [i.e., cigarettes] a day. Sold papers in Philadelphia for some time. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

Date & Place: 1910 May.

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