#53 A Bohemian family of four makes cigars at home in their tenement. Working from six in the morning ’til nine at night, they earn $3.75 for a thousand cigars, and can turn out together 3,000 cigars a week, 1890

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#53 A Bohemian family of four makes cigars at home in their tenement. Working from six in the morning ’til nine at night, they earn $3.75 for a thousand cigars, and can turn out together 3,000 cigars a week, 1890

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