Strike among the coal-miners of Pennsylvania - "Blacklegs," or working...
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Miners going into the slope, Hazelton, Pennsylvania
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Breaker boy - Public domain scan / photograph
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Drivers and Trappers Going Home: Barnesville Mine. Location: Fairmont,...
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Dave, a young "pusher" at Bessie Mine, Alabama. (See photo and label #...
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Mine Locomotive - National Parks Gallery
Coal miners pose on an electric-powered mine locomotive at Kaymoor; 1914
Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A group of men standing next...
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Coal miners, Birmingham, Alabama
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A group of men standing next to each other on train tracks, West Virgi...
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Coal miners' shacks along railroad tracks, center of mining town. Osag...
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Coal miners after work. Capels, West Virginia
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A black and white photo of a couple of kids, West Virginia. Farm Secur...
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A black and white photo of people walking on a train track, West Virgi...
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Coal miners waiting for next "trip" into the mines. Maidsville, West V...
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A black and white photo of a group of people, West Virginia. Farm Secu...
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A black and white photo of a group of men, West Virginia. Farm Securit...
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Although life above ground was segregated, underground black miners worked side by side with white miners.
Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. For some...
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Pacific Coast Coal Co, New Castle mine, showing town of Newcastle (CUR...
*Subjects (LCTGM): Coal mining--Washington (State)--Newcastle; Coal miners--Washington (State)--Newcastle; Cities & towns--Washington (State) Subjects (LCSH): Pacific Coast Coal Company; Newcastle (Wash.)
Bank Boss (on right) Brake Boy (in centre) Laura Mine, Red Star, West ...
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Coal miners going home from work, Omar, W. Va., Sept. 1938.
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Breaker boys in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania Coal Co. ...
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National Child Labor Committee, No. 69. Man with punching machine to d...
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Drivers going home, 5:30 P.M. from mine Macdonald, West Virginia. Witn...
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Group of Breaker boys. Smallest is Sam Belloma, Pine Street. (See labe...
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At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is en...
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![[The slopes in Kozlu near Ereğli]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXNsb3Blcy1pbi1rb3psdS1uZWFyLWVyZWdsaS02NDAuanBn/40/33/webp "[The slopes in Kozlu near Ereğli]")
[The slopes in Kozlu near Ereğli]
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Coal miners, Birmingham, Alabama
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A black and white photo of a group of men, West Virginia. Farm Securit...
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Coal miners switching motor. Note live wires. The "Patch," Chaplin, We...
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Coal miners' shacks. Scotts Run, West Virginia
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Coal miners waiting for bus to go home, Osage, West Virginia
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Coal miners coming to work in friend's truck; pay him for their rides....
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A view of Ewen Breaker of the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Coal Co. The d...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1943. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More
A black and white photo of two men standing in front of a bus, Coal mi...
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Coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky, c.1930s
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In the tunnel of a coal mine, Pittsburg, Penn'a.
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Miners going into the slope, Hazelton, Pa., U.S.A.
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Miner returning from work at New Hill - Th...
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Coal miners, Birmingham, Alabama
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Coal miners, Birmingham, Alabama
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Tipple Boy, (see Photo 150) Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virginia...
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Group of boys working in #9 Breaker Pennsylvania Coal Co., Hughestown ...
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A young leader and a driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Pasq...
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At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is en...
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Entrance to a West Virginia. coal mine: a "drift" mine. The live-wire ...
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Young boy carrying armful of steel rods, "spragging irons" along the e...
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A view of Ewen Breaker of the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Coal Co. The d...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1938. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More
![Tom Vitol (also called Dominick Dekatis) 76 Parsonage Street, Hughestown Burough [i.e., Borough] Works in Breaker #9. Probably under 14. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvdG9tLXZpdG9sLWFsc28tY2FsbGVkLWRvbWluaWNrLWRla2F0aXMtNzYtcGFyc29uYWdlLXN0cmVldC1odWdoZXN0b3duLWJ1cm91Z2gtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Tom Vitol (also called Dominick Dekatis) 76 Parsonage Street, Hughestown Burough [i.e., Borough] Works in Breaker #9. Probably under 14. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.")
Tom Vitol (also called Dominick Dekatis) 76 Parsonage Street, Hughesto...
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A group of men standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War Infor...
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Two men sitting on a bench in front of a building, West Virginia. Farm...
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A black and white photo of a train station, West Virginia. Farm Securi...
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Coal miners going home from work. Omar, West Virginia
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A black and white photo of a dirt road, West Virginia. Farm Security A...
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A black and white photo of a man wearing a helmet, West Virginia. Farm...
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A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm ...
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Aberaman Miners' Training Centre
Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Canolfan Hyfforddi Glowyr Aberaman.Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002).Dyddiad/Date: October 5, 1951.Cyfrwng/Medium: Negydd ffilm / Film negative.Cyfeiriad/Referenc... More
Miners Waiting for Their Examination at the Appalachian Regional Hospi...
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Brown Mine. Man digging coal by machinery low ceiling: scales off and ...
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STRIP MINE NEAR ST. DAVID, (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGE...
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Tipple Boy, (see Photo 150) Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virginia...
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Trapper Boy, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virginia. Boy had to st...
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![Trapper Boy, "Son." Opens and closes door that controls ventilation. He is underground from 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. (Much of the work of mining, loading and carrying is dome [i.e., done] by machinery.) Boy has been trapping for several years. Asked if these boys did this one thing all the time, the boss said, "Oh, they change around from one door ro [i.e., or] another." Location: West Virginia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvdHJhcHBlci1ib3ktc29uLW9wZW5zLWFuZC1jbG9zZXMtZG9vci10aGF0LWNvbnRyb2xzLXZlbnRpbGF0aW9uLWhlLWlzLXVuZGVyZ3JvdW5kLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Trapper Boy, \"Son.\" Opens and closes door that controls ventilation. He is underground from 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. (Much of the work of mining, loading and carrying is dome [i.e., done] by machinery.) Boy has been trapping for several years. Asked if these boys did this one thing all the time, the boss said, \"Oh, they change around from one door ro [i.e., or] another.\" Location: West Virginia.")
Trapper Boy, "Son." Opens and closes door that controls ventilation. H...
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Miners going into the slope, Hazleton, Pa., U.S.A.
Pennsylvania stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More
National Child Labor Committee. No. 191. Frank, a Miner Boy, going hom...
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Harley Bruce. a young coupling-boy at tipple of Indian Mountain Mine, ...
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![National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Born January 14, 1891. Went to work at about 9 years. Worked about two years in breaker. Went inside at about 11 years. "Tripper," tending door. 83 cents [a] day. Injured May 2, 1904. Leg crushed between cars. Amputated at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre. "Baltimore Tunnell" - "Black Diamond" D. & H. Co. Thomas Lewellin Superintendent (inside boys); Samuel Morgan, Superintendent. In Hospital 9 weeks. Amputated twice. No charge. Received nothing from company. "Was riding between cars and we aren't supposed to ride between them." No written rules, but they tell you not to. Mule driver (who was on for first day) had taken his lamp and he tried to reach across car to get it. Slipped between bumpers. Been working in breakers since. Same place $1.10 a day. Work only about 1/2 time. Work about 6 hour day. Left 3 months ago. Been in N.Y. - no work. Trying to get work in Poolroom. Applicant at Bureau for Handicapped, 105 E. 22nd Street, N.Y. Nov. 1, 1909. Father living, (Mother dead.) Miner same place. Hurt month ago Rock fall. 2 brothers 25, 27. Home 15 Pennsylvania St. Location: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbmF0aW9uYWwtY2hpbGQtbGFib3ItY29tbWl0dGVlLW5vLTk1NC0xLWxlZ2dlZC1ib3ktbmVpbC1nYWxsYWdoZXItd2lsa2VzLWJhcnJlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Born January 14, 1891. Went to work at about 9 years. Worked about two years in breaker. Went inside at about 11 years. \"Tripper,\" tending door. 83 cents [a] day. Injured May 2, 1904. Leg crushed between cars. Amputated at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre. \"Baltimore Tunnell\" - \"Black Diamond\" D. & H. Co. Thomas Lewellin Superintendent (inside boys); Samuel Morgan, Superintendent. In Hospital 9 weeks. Amputated twice. No charge. Received nothing from company. \"Was riding between cars and we aren't supposed to ride between them.\" No written rules, but they tell you not to. Mule driver (who was on for first day) had taken his lamp and he tried to reach across car to get it. Slipped between bumpers. Been working in breakers since. Same place $1.10 a day. Work only about 1/2 time. Work about 6 hour day. Left 3 months ago. Been in N.Y. - no work. Trying to get work in Poolroom. Applicant at Bureau for Handicapped, 105 E. 22nd Street, N.Y. Nov. 1, 1909. Father living, (Mother dead.) Miner same place. Hurt month ago Rock fall. 2 brothers 25, 27. Home 15 Pennsylvania St. Location: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.")
National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, ...
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Arthur Havard, a young driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. L...
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Brown Mine. Man digging coal by machinery low ceiling: scales off and ...
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Mining coal three miles under ground, Pennsylvania
Stereograph showing two men in mine shaft; one seated using pick ax and the other with mule and cart filled with coal. Copyright 1895 by, Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New Yo... More
Loading cage with car of coal at bottom of shaft, Scranton, Pa.
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Miners going into the slope, Hazelton, Pennsylvania
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Coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky. Great Depression public domain photogr...
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Coal miners, Birmingham, Alabama
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A group of men standing next to each other holding buckets. Great Depr...
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Two men sitting next to each other on the ground, possibly related to:...
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A group of men standing on a train track, West Virginia. Farm Security...
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A group of people walking up a set of stairs, West Virginia. Farm Secu...
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A black and white photo of a train on tracks, West Virginia. Farm Secu...
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A black and white photo of a man in a truck, West Virginia. Farm Secur...
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An old black and white photo of a house, West Virginia. Farm Security ...
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A group of men standing next to each other, West Virginia. Farm Securi...
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Coal miners hanging around company store during strike. Kempton, West ...
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Stand by the boys in the trenches--Mine more coal / Walter Whitehead 1...
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Holding the door open while a trip? goes through. Willie Bryden, a nip...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1922. Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1212. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Cong... More
Breaker #9, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania Coal Co. One of these is ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1947. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di... More
Boring for coal at Dudleston (18946396012)
Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Tyllu am lo yn Dudleston. Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002) Dyddiad/Date: 01/03/1955 Cyfrwng/Medium: Negydd ffilm / Film negative Cyfeiriad/Reference: (gch07922) ... More
Shorpy Higginbotham, a "greaser" on the tipple at Bessie Mine, of the ...
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Tipple Crew, (see photo #146) Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virgin...
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Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. For some...
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A view of the Pennsylvania Breaker. The dust was so dense at times as ...
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![Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvaG9sZGluZy10aGUtZG9vci1vcGVuLXdoaWxlLWEtdHJpcC1nb2VzLXRocm91Z2gtd2lsbGllLWJyeWRlbi1hLW5pcHBlci0xNjQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.")
Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a n...
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![Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvaG9sZGluZy10aGUtZG9vci1vcGVuLXdoaWxlLWEtdHJpcC1nb2VzLXRocm91Z2gtd2lsbGllLWJyeWRlbi1hLW5pcHBlci0xNjQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.")
Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a n...
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These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.)...
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Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser ...
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![A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYS1sb25lbHktam9iLXdhaXRpbmctYWxsLWFsb25lLWluLXRoZS1kYXJrLWZvci1hLXRyaXAtdG8tY29tZS10aHJvdWdoLWl0LXdhcy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.")
A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...
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![At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground in aPennsylvania Coal Mine. Smallest boy, next to right hand end is a nipper. On his right is Arthur, a driver, Jo on Arthur's right is a nipper. Frank, boy on left end of photo, is a nipper, works a mile underground from the shaft, which is 5000 Ft. down. Location: [South Pittston?], Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYXQtdGhlLWNsb3NlLW9mLXRoZS1kYXktanVzdC11cC1mcm9tLXRoZS1zaGFmdC1hbGwtd29yay1iZWxvdy1ncm91bmQtaW4tYXBlbm5zeWx2YW5pYS0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground in aPennsylvania Coal Mine. Smallest boy, next to right hand end is a nipper. On his right is Arthur, a driver, Jo on Arthur's right is a nipper. Frank, boy on left end of photo, is a nipper, works a mile underground from the shaft, which is 5000 Ft. down. Location: [South Pittston?], Pennsylvania.")
At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground...
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