Children of Miners
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No Time for School in 1911- Child Miners Group before Child Labor Laws "No Time for School in 1911- Shown is a typical group of youngsters, aged nine to fourteen, at the end of a ten-hour shift in a W. Va coal mine in 1911. A day's wages averaged 50-75 cents. Known as 'breaker boys,' these children worked six days a week breaking up large chunks of coal, picking out slate and other impurities, and greasing coal cars. The A.F. of L. fought for passage of effective child labor laws to prohibit such exploitation of youthful workers in many mines, mills and factories." -
Miners' Children and Miner in front of their Tent during the Ludlow Strike Miners' Children and Miner in front of their Tent during the Ludlow Strike -
Miners' Children Dredging Coal Out of the Lackawanna River Miners' Children Dredging Coal Out of the Lackawanna River -
Miner's Wife and and a Group of Children with Strike Sign Children holding signs in the street. -
Miner's Children in front of Barracks Children are standing under the clothes line. -
Miner's Children in front of Barracks, Owings, W. Va. Miner's Children in front of Barracks, Owings, W. Va. -
Striking Miner's Families Outside Barracks Portrait of children and some women and men gathered outside a barracks. -
Miner's Children Three African American children sitting on the ground near a home and a woman on the left. -
Mining Family at the Dinner Table Two children drinking with their mother at the dinner table. -
Miner's Children Three children of a mining family stand in front of a fireplace. -
Miners' Children Walking on Railroad Tracks Near Coal Tipple and Miner's Houses Group walking on railroad tracks with coal buildings all around them. None of the subjects are identified. -
Children of the Continental Settlement at Cassville, W. Va. Three boys standing in front of houses.