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Boys playing at an anthracite coal breaker

Boys picking slate from coal. Packer #5 breaker

Breaker boys at Eagle Hill Colliery near Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Eagle Hill Colliery breaker boys with breaker in background

Breaker boys, Eagle Hill Colliery near Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Breaker boys at work at breaker operation near Pottsville, Pennsylvania

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

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…

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…

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