Vance,Trapper Boy,Coal Mine,West Virginia,Coal Miners,Lewis Wickes Hine,1908

Title: Vance, a Trapper Boy, 15 years old. Has trapped for several years in a West Va. Coal mine. $.75 a day for 10 hours work. All he does is to open and shut this door: most of the time he sits here idle, waiting for the cars to come. On account of the intense darkness in the mine, the hieroglyphics on the door were not visible until plate was developed. Location: West Virginia.
Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1908 September.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Coal mines.
Hine no. 0163.
Subjects:
Boys.
Coal miners.
Coal mining.
United States--West Virginia.
Photographic prints.
Bookmark /ncl2004000186/PP/
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