Child coal worker

A child worker employed at Brown Mine in Brown, West Virginia, photographed by Lewis Hine in September 1908. The boy was employed as a "driver" which would guide horses carrying coal out of the mine. This boy worked every day from 7 am until 5:30 pm.

 

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