Group of Breaker Boys in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States. 1911 January. This photographic print is from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) 2004667950; Library of Congress. Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine, 1874 – 1940. Photo attributed to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1949.
Breaker Boys in No. 9, Pennsylvania Coal Co., 1911
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