Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Newsboys picking up newspapers for delivery

Newsboys competed for the best sales locations, with the older, more experienced boys laying claim to the most profitable streetcorners or office buildings. The boys in this picture are scrambling to pick up their bundles of papers so that they can hit the streets and make money.

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1935
Identifer: location HC1.17 r15

Newsboys picking up newspapers for delivery