A view of the Pennsylvania Breaker. The dust was so dense at times as to obscure the view. This dust penetrates the utmost recess of the boy's lungs. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania. [graphic]
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer.
still image
Photographic prints. gmgpc
Glass negatives. gmgpc
1911 January.
eng
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Coal mines.
Hine no. 1944.
Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1214.
Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
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Forms part of: National Child Labor Committee collection.
Boys.
Coal miners.
Coal mining.
United States South Pittston.
National Child Labor Committee collection
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.01133
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.05473
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https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a01123
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