Series of 7 Stereoviews of the Coal Mining Industry: Drilling for a Blast; Hauling Out Ore; On Way to Breakers; Cars On the Slope; Boys Picking Slate; Coal Breaker - Auto Slate Picker; Miners & Breaker Boys Ready for Home After a Day's Work
(Coal Mining Industry)
New York: Underwood, Very good occupational images; some photographed underground, others at surface; child labor with "Breaker Boys" and slate pickers at their tasks, ore cars laden and emptied, all workers looking rough and black as to be expected, not wearing any protective equipment, no mechanization seen here; back of mount gives a couple of paragraphs of information regarding the industry, perhaps most tellingly regarding the boys' lives of labor at the breakers and slate-picking; "...The United States employs in its coal mines over 750,000 men and boys...lives of the miners and laborers and engineers are strenuous and hazardous enough, but the the lot of the boys is the one to cause real concern...supposed to be over twelve years old...meanwhile undergo many hardships...lungs become diseased ...eyes endangered..."; photographer identifier at side of mount; identifying numbers are S 110 through S 116, all inclusive (seven cards total): and the numbers: 11255, 11257, 11254, 11256, 11258, 11259, 11260; light wear to card tips, edges; very good condition; an interesting and revealing portrait of early American industry, child labor and the growth of unions; Coal has once more come to the fore as an energy source for the present and future of this country and the world. Very Good (Item ID: 13398)
$150.00
