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Breaker boys, or possibly mule drivers or door boys/trappers (due to lamps on caps needed in mines and not used by breaker boys)

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Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pennsylvania

Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pennsylvania. Appears to be a mixture of mule drivers (with lighted caps) and breaker boys (without caps).

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Breaker boys, Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania

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Labeled a breaker boy, but possibly a mule driver.

Photo labeled a breaker boy, he could possibly be a mule driver or a door boy/trapper (due to lamp on cap needed in the mines for those jobs, and not used by breaker boys.)

Tags: anthracite coal region, breaker boys, child labor, mule driver, slate pickers