Kids at Work
Threshing crew at work
Husking Corn, 1939
Farm Family Picking Tomatoes, 1945
Newsboys in Iowa City, 1923
Farm Family Working Together
Printer's Devil 
Farm Life for Children During the Depression
Printer's Devil
Time Frame: late 1800's
Printer's devils were young boys who worked in newspaper offices cleaning machinery. By the end of the day they were very dirty. Their dirty appearance earned them the name.
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