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Jul 14, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Beginning in Havana in 1865, factory workers paid for a reader, or lector, to keep their minds active & engaged during long hours of monotonous labor. On a raised platform, the lector #read aloud everything from newspapers to classics. #photo-#Cuba, 1900 #books#History#writing
And it appears wearing your hat as you worked was also a popular trend.
