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Company Men: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/19/2017 - 1:24pm.
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January 1911. Pittston, Pennsylvania. "Four Breaker Boys working in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Boy on left is Tony Ross, 142 Panama Street. Other small boy is Mike Ross, cousin." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. View full size.
A Grim Life
Submitted by DoneThat on Wed, 07/19/2017 - 8:28pm.
Well done article on the life of a breaker boy.
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Submitted by pennsylvaniaproud on Wed, 07/19/2017 - 2:12pm.
Four Shorpy wannabes. Hard coal breaker boys. Tough dirty job for anybody.
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