Johnnie Burns and his Basement Branch (See photo 1461). Also photo of his boy whom he says is "ungovernable." Burns says the 4 year old twins will be selling soon. 3518 Evans Avenue. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, newspaper publishers relied on newspaperboys (“newsies”) to distribute their newspapers on city streets. The newsboys purchased their papers and usually had to sell all of them to make a decent profit. In 1899, with a sudden rise in the cost of newspapers, a contingent of New York City newsies staged a strike against big-time publishers like Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.