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Glass Blower and Mold Boy. Boy has 4 1/2 hours of this at a stretch, then an hour's rest and 4 1/2 more: cramped position. Day shift one week: night shift next. (see label on photo 162.) Grafton, West Virginia. Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

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Glass Blower and Mold Boy. Boy has 4 1/2 hours of this at a stretch, then an hour's rest and 4 1/2 more: cramped position. Day shift one week: night shift next. (see label on photo 162.) Grafton, West Virginia. Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

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Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1908

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

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West Grafton, 39.33704, -80.02536

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