![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/320/222/jpg "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.")
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![Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow chested, stoop shouldered under-sized and weight, said--"Been in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint grown none for 5 years. Doff at night and get 60 cents. Couldn't stand the sweepin' at the other mill, so mother moved us over here so I could get a job at doffin'." "Night work is 12 hours at a stretch." His sister (14 years old) has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 cents a day. (See small photo,--Maggie Burton). No. 315. Other boy--Frank Goodson--Been in mill 6 years. This mill was running nights at the time the photograph was taken. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvYm95LW9uLXJpZ2h0LWNoYXJsaWUtYnVydG9uLTktb3phcmstbWlsbC10aGlzLWFuYWVtaWNzaWMtaG9sbG93LWNoZXN0ZWQtc3Rvb3AtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow chested, stoop shouldered under-sized and weight, said--\"Been in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint grown none for 5 years. Doff at night and get 60 cents. Couldn't stand the sweepin' at the other mill, so mother moved us over here so I could get a job at doffin'.\" \"Night work is 12 hours at a stretch.\" His sister (14 years old) has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 cents a day. (See small photo,--Maggie Burton). No. 315. Other boy--Frank Goodson--Been in mill 6 years. This mill was running nights at the time the photograph was taken. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.")
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.
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Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1910
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
pennsylvania
Source
Library of Congress
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