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Youngster Pulling Weeds

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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
Aug. 11, 1971
Description Level
Item
Accession No.
1991107618204
Physical Description
Black and white negative
Scope and Content
Debbie Ann Crowe, 4, demonstrates the pressures placed upon her in the capacity of youngest weed puller in a company of six. The youngsters entered a north Lethbridge shop to look for summer employment and found it pulling weeds outside the front door for the wage of 15 cents flat rate; not even mi…
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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
Aug. 11, 1971
Description Level
Item
Creator
The Lethbridge Herald
Physical Description
Black and white negative
Physical Condition
Excellent
Scope and Content
Debbie Ann Crowe, 4, demonstrates the pressures placed upon her in the capacity of youngest weed puller in a company of six. The youngsters entered a north Lethbridge shop to look for summer employment and found it pulling weeds outside the front door for the wage of 15 cents flat rate; not even minimum wage. But the seemingly low wages did not deter the children as they worked for one and a half hours, even offering to add window cleaning to their list of duties.
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