Tony Valenti, Page One

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Tony Valenti, Page One

Tony Valenti, Tampa, Florida, March 1913. Photo by Lewis Hine.

One of America's youngest newsboys. 4 years old and regular seller. Tampa, Florida, March 1913, Lewis Hine.

I contacted Penny Carnathan of the Tampa Tribune, who contacted historian Gary Mormino, who then contributed a story about my search, which included the above photo. Some followup research by Penny, Gary, another Tampa historian, Paul Camp, and me, has identified this boy as Tony Valenti. I have since interviewed two of his sons. See Penny's and Gary's subsequent story in the Tribune at the link below.

Tampa Tribune article

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