Ethel Shumate, Cigarette Girl

November 16th, 2007
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Via Shorpy: June 1911. Ethel Shumate. Has been rolling cigarettes in Danville (Virginia) factory for six months. Lives at 614 Upper Street. Said she was 13 years old, but it is doubtful.

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