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Picture 5 (5)
Picture 5 shows a child selling newspapers on a Saturday afternoon. This is analogous to the situation of Kotrina, Vilimas, and Nikalojus, three children sent to the city to sell newspapers in the book The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair.
Picture 6 (6)
Picture 6 shows boys in the packingroom of Brown Mfg. Co, Evansville. This picture also illustrates the packingrooms of Jurgis' first workplace as mentioned in The Jungle.