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21 photos and 2 illustrations tagged messenger, from 10 members of Flickr Commons.

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Upton Sinclair (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Roger said:
    ?? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair
  • Wystan said:
    Ardent Socialist and social reformer; author of the shocking bestseller, "The Jungle," (1906) a novel that exposed deplorable conditions in the meatpacking industry in Chicago. In 1914, the date of this photo, the movie version of "The Jungle" was released. Sinclair himself appeared at the beginning and end of the film. Born in Baltimore, Sinclair as a child moved with his family to New York City, and grew up there.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thank you victuallers2 and Wystan for the information on Upton Sinclair. We will add some of it to the image description when we update.
  • Wystan said:
    Another 1914 Bain/LOC photo of Upton Sinclair in New York City:
  • Mr Flikker said:
    Do you mean to tell me that the LOC needs to be told about Upton Sinclair? Something is very, very wrong here.

Messenger dog with its handler, in France, during World War I

from National Library of Scotland

  • 13 older comments, and then…
  • Takehiko said:
    very interesting!

    thanks


  • CraigShipp.com Photos - Events / People / Places said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called WorldWar, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Sam Nunley said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Buster Dog, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • carlosbezz said:
    Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado streetdog, e nós adoraríamos ter a sua foto adicionada ao grupo.
  • carlosbezz said:
    Congratulations!
    This is a wonderful shot!
    You are invited to post it to:


    artland

Messenger boy working for Mackay Telegraph Company. Said fifteen years old. Exposed to Red Light dangers. Location: Waco, Texas. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Elijah said:
    What does "Exposed to Red Light dangers" mean?
  • Ammon Skidmore said:
    Exposure to the red-light district in his messenger job.
  • Elijah said:
    Makes sense, but an odd sounding euphemism.
  • Elijah said:
    The interesting thing about his bike is that it wouldn't look out of place for a modern bicycle delivery worker, except the angle of the seat.
  • Michael Neubert said:
    The present fashionable aspect of single speed bicycles with a steel frame and no brakes comes from present-day (ie, last 30 years, lets say) bicycle messengers who wanted something that is simple to maintain, reliable, strong, and also (one assumes) different than what regular folks ride. In the last five or so years these same bikes have become popular with so-called "hipsters" and others. Mechanically this bicycle is much more like a modern "fixie" (fixed-gear bike) than either one is like a bike used today for road racing or mountain biking, etc. So yes, if you could get an unused bike like this kid has from the early 1900s and a new fixie side by side, they would look very much the same. The elegance of a bicycle is in this basic design, not in the application of certain modern technologies to that design.