National Child Labor Committee,Neil Gallagher,Wilkes Barre,Pennsylvania,1909

Title: National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Pa. Born January 14, 1891. Went to work at about 9 years. Worked about two years in breaker. Went inside at about 11 years. 'Tripper,' tending door. 83 cents [a] day. Injured May 2, 1904. Leg crushed between cars. Amputated at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre. 'Baltimore Tunnell' - 'Black Diamond' D. & H. Co. Thomas Lewellin Superintendent (inside boys); Samuel Morgan, Superintendent. In Hospital 9 weeks. Amputated twice. No charge. Received nothing from company. 'Was riding between cars and we aren't supposed to ride between them.' No written rules, but they tell you not to. Mule driver (who was on for first day) had taken his lamp and he tried to reach across car to get it. Slipped between bumpers. Been working in breakers since. Same place $1.10 a day. Work only about 1/2 time. Work about 6 hour day. Left 3 months ago. Been in N.Y. - no work. Trying to get work in Poolroom. Applicant at Bureau for Handicapped, 105 E. 22nd Street, N.Y. Nov. 1, 1909. Father living, (Mother dead.) Miner same place. Hurt month ago Rock fall. 2 brothers 25, 27. Home 15 Pennsylvania St. Location: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1909 November.
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Miscellaneous.
Hine no. 0954.
Subjects:
Boys.
Coal miners.
Amputees.
Wounds & injuries.
United States--Pennsylvania--Wilkes Barre.
Glass negatives.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004000817/PP/
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