Pittston, PA miners, 1911, photograph by Lewis Hine

A group of six miners stand next to their loaded cart
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A group of six miners stand next to their loaded cart
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"Resting with load at the head of the slope. Small boy is Jo Puma, a nipper. Jo's mother showed me the passport which shows Jo to be 14 years old, but he has no school certificate, although working in the mine. Pittston, Pa.
Record Group 102: Records of the Children's BureauSeries: National Child Labor Committee Photographs taken by Lewis Hine"

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