“At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground in a Pennsylvania coal mine. Smallest boy, next to right hand end is a nipper. On his right is Arthur, a driver, Jo on Arthur’s right is a nipper. Frank, boy on left end of photo, is a nipper, works a mile underground from the shaft, which is 5,000 feet down.” –December 1910 or January 1911
Attribution: Photo by Lewis Hine, courtesy of the Library of Congress.