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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. 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/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvdHJhcHBlci1ib3ktc29uLW9wZW5zLWFuZC1jbG9zZXMtZG9vci10aGF0LWNvbnRyb2xzLXZlbnRpbGF0aW9uLWhlLWlzLXVuZGVyZ3JvdW5kLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%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.")
Vance, a Trapper Boy, 15 years old. Has trapped for several years in a West Virginia Coal mine. $.75 a day for 10 hours work. All he does is to open and shut this door: most of the time he sits here idle, waiting for the cars to come. On account of the intense darkness in the mine, the hieroglyphics on the door were not visible until plate was developed. Location: West Virginia.
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Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1908
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
West Virginia Central Junction, 39.47148, -79.06114
Source
Library of Congress
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