tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post8493718582633105109..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Labor Day for childrenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-65965830697903859822011-09-07T17:41:12.143-04:002011-09-07T17:41:12.143-04:00Wow, I didn't know all of that. Yikes... it...Wow, I didn't know all of that. Yikes... it's so hard to imagine putting kids to work like that, in those conditions.looloolooweezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285571872065043306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-11354864358296069052011-09-06T06:34:44.375-04:002011-09-06T06:34:44.375-04:00Oops, forgot to add the link! Here it is now, to t...Oops, forgot to add the link! Here it is now, to the Commons stream of photos from the National Library of Ireland:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-37110786517545905422011-09-06T06:32:43.158-04:002011-09-06T06:32:43.158-04:00Via Twitter, we heard from the National Library of...Via Twitter, we heard from the National Library of Ireland (@NLIreland) that life for working class children in Ireland in the early 20th c. could be equally hard. They enclosed this photo: <br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/yournlireland/6096114654/in/photostream/<br /><br />The rest of their early photographs of life in Ireland in the photostream are worth checking out, too.Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-37502532328116040442011-09-05T15:43:03.603-04:002011-09-05T15:43:03.603-04:00It started so well, until it got to the before 6 a...It started so well, until it got to the before 6 and after 9 thing!!<br /><br />I love Newsies too and good to hear it's being staged. Such great music!MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-34647788270150993692011-09-05T15:23:09.270-04:002011-09-05T15:23:09.270-04:00So in reading this, I'm wondering if you are f...So in reading this, I'm wondering if you are familiar with the Movie 'Newsies' which was about the 1899 News Boys Strike in NYC. And it's now going to the Stage at The PaperMill Playhouse in Millburn NJ from mid Sept thru mid Oct. We've got tickets cause it's my neices favorite movie.Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17621358091229477687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-50767822866891224872011-09-05T15:22:33.218-04:002011-09-05T15:22:33.218-04:00Excellent reminder for Labor Day, and for modern s...Excellent reminder for Labor Day, and for modern spoiled American teens too. Not much time for video games and texting when you've put in a nine-hour day at a factory or textile mill, is there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-20524425048240284532011-09-05T12:39:09.976-04:002011-09-05T12:39:09.976-04:00Good grief. This just amazed me. It's so easy ...Good grief. This just amazed me. It's so easy to be unaware of earlier labor conditions.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.com