All Photos

Tipple Boy, (see Photo 150) Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, W. Va. Witness E. N. Clopper. Location: MacDonald, West Virginia.

Bank Boss, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, W. Va., and a great fall of Slate that blocked entry. Witness E. N. Clopper. Location: MacDonald, West Virginia.

Trapper Boy, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, W. Va. Boy had to stoop on account of low roof, photo taken more than a mile inside the mine. Witness E. N. Clopper. Location: MacDonald, West Virginia.

Drivers going home, 5:30 P.M. from mine Macdonald, W. Va. Witness - E. N. Clopper. Location: MacDonald, West Virginia.

Tipple Crew, (see photo #146) Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, W. Va. Oct. 1908 Witness E. N. Clopper. Location: MacDonald, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Glass Blower and Mold Boy. Boy has 4 1/2 hours of this at a stretch, then an hour's rest and 4 1/2 more: cramped position. Day shift one week: night shift next. (see label on photo 162.) Grafton, W. Va. Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

"Carrying in Boy" at the Lehr. Glass Factory, Grafton, W. Va. (See label on #162.) Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

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Lunch Time, Economy Glass Works, Morgantown, W. Va. Plenty more like this, inside. Location: Morgantown, West Virginia.

Midnight in a Glass Works. Grafton, W. Va. (see photo 162). Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

Frank S. Betz Co., (Optical Instruments, etc.,) Hammond, Ind. Very few young boys or girls. Location: Hammond, Indiana.

Tipple Boy and Drivers. Maryland Coal Co. Mine, near Sand Lick, Grafton, W. Va. Boy with mule was afraid at first to be in the picture: another boy said he feared we might make him go to school. Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

coal mining coal miner

Crescent Glass Works, Clarksburg , W. Va. At the Rolling Machine. Location: Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Night shift at Glass Works, Grafton, W. Va. 11:30 P.M. Going to work after 1 hour recess. (see label on #162.) Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

Midnight in a Glass Works in Grafton, W. Va. Boys at the "Glory-Hole" where object is reheated before going to finisher. Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

Boy braking on motor train 10 hrs. a day. Where mining, loading, etc. is done by machinery. Live wire above is sometimes not higher than a man's head. Location: Gary, West Virginia.

Carrying-in Boy at the Lehr, (15 years old) Glass Works, Grafton, W. Va. Has worked for several years. Works nine hours. Day shift one week, night shift next week. Gets $1.25 per day. Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

Blower and Mold Boy, Seneca Glass Works, Morgantown, W. Va. (see label on #171) (see photos 170 & 171). Location: Morgantown, West Virginia.

Bank Boss (on right) Brake Boy (in centre) Laura Mine, Red Star, W. Va. Location: Red Star, West Virginia.

Upton Stopper Co., Morgantown, W. Va. Plenty of Small Boys The one by the machine is a "catching up" boy He seemed about 10 yrs. old. Oct. 1908. See 183. L.W.H. Location: Morgantown, West Virginia.

A Blower With Foot Mold. question: "Why cannot mold boys done away with?" Seneca Glass Works, Morgantown, W. Va. (See photos 165 & 171.) Location: Morgantown, West Virginia.

H. Northwood Glass Co., Wheeling W. Va. Many small boys here. Location: Wheeling, West Virginia.

Girls in Packing Room. Central Glass Co., Wheeling West Virginia. Several very young girls pack here. Location: Wheeling, West Virginia.

Central Glass Company, Wheeling, W. Va. Dozens of small boys here. Location: Wheeling, West Virginia.

Central Glass Co., Wheeling, W. Va. Blower and Mold Boy. Location: Wheeling, West Virginia.