Boy pushing a truck loaded with coal from the
Boy pushing a truck loaded with coal from the coal face to the bottom of the pit shaft. On right of the picture squats a smaller boy, the trapper, whose task it was to open and close the trap door for the trucks. This was the first job a boy was given. Britain, circa 1848
Picture No
13907991
Media ID
48444482
Size
6000px x 3569px
(2.6MB)
Credit
World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
World History Archive
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