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Little Girl, Leafless Tree

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on December 26, 2020December 26, 2020
  • 1900s

Fear of photography. Click to see the full photo.

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Please, Sir — May I Have Another Snickers?

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on October 31, 2018
  • Children

Halloween is one of the few occasions when creepy children are welcome. See a little trick-or-treater whose “trick” is something you don’t want to test.

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Cocoon-Collecting, 10-Cents a Quart — 1908-1910

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on October 21, 2017
  • 1900s

Between 1908 and 1910, the city of Buffalo, New York issued a challenge to the city’s children: collect as many Tussock Moth cocoons as possible, and collect a bounty of ten cents a quart. Kids made lots of money and Buffalo’s trees were saved.

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