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Breaker boys at an unknown anthracite region breaker

Breaker boys at Eagle Hill Colliery near Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Breaker boys at work at unknown colliery

These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.) They were very suspicious of my motives. Sam Bellom (boy on left end of photo), 58 Pine Street. Been working in breaker #9 for two years, he says. He says, also, that he is 14…

Group of Breaker Boys in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Smallest boy is Angelo Ross. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania

Breaker boys in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pa. Coal Co. Smallest boy is Angelo Ross, Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania

Breaker boys working in Kohinor mine, Shenandoah City, Pennsylvania

A few of the young breaker boys working in the Bliss breaker of the Delaware, Lehigh & Western near Nanticoke, Pa. Location: Nanticoke vicinity, Pennsylvania.