Lot 199

Anthracite Miners and Breaker Boys Stereoview

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Stereoview photograph titled “Miners and breaker boys ready for home after day’s work, Anthracite Mines, Pa.” The image shows a group of miners and young breaker boys gathered at the entrance of a mining facility beside rail tracks and mechanical equipment used for coal extraction.

The child labor workers are posed together at the end of their shift, providing a candid look at the individuals who labored in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal industry. The inclusion of young breaker boys reflects the widespread use of child labor in coal processing operations during this period.

Published by Underwood & Underwood, the stereograph formed part of a documentary series illustrating American industry and labor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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