Vintage Portrait of a Western Union Messenger Boy, Early 1900s #3242660 (License: Personal Use)

This sepia-toned portrait shows a young boy, probably aged 10-12, dressed in a slightly oversized wool jacket over a buttoned collar shirt, with a Western Union delivery cap featuring a metal badge. His expression is serious and weary, reflecting the realities of child labor in early 20th-century America; the image bears signs of age-scratches, dust, and tonal fading-typical of glass plate negatives from that era.

Commonly used in educational, historical, or museum contexts to illustrate child labor, early telecommunications, or Progressive Era social reform. Matches user intent for research, classroom use, or historical storytelling about urban working-class youth.