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Breaker Boy, Lewis Hine, 1910

"Breaker Boys" worked 14-16 hours a day in coal mines. They were young boys, usually between the ages of 8 and 12 years old, employed in breaking stage of coal mining, breaking mined coal into relatively uniform sized pieces by hand and separating out impurities such as rock, slate, sulphur, clay and soil. In 1908, Hine accepted a position as chief investigator and photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), a private organization founded in 1904 whose mission was to promote legislation to protect children from exploitation by American industry. At the time, children as young as four years old labored in a variety of trades eight to twelve hours a day in factories, tenements, and on the streets. For sixteen years Hine worked for the NCLC, often traveling incognito as an insurance inspector, to gain access to the work environment. He photographed throughout the country in mines, farms, canneries, tenement sweatshops, and on the street, ultimately producing more than five thousand negatives of child labor. His 1910 "Breaker Boy" photograph from South Pittston, PA, is one of the pictures that helped the public in a way cold statistics had not, and led to the enactment of laws banning child labor.
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Breaker Boy, Lewis Hine, 1910
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Traduction automatique: Les « Breaker Boys » travaillaient 14 à 16 heures par jour dans les mines de charbon. Il s’agissait de jeunes garçons, généralement âgés de 8 à 12 ans, employés à l’étape de la fragmentation des mines de charbon, qui consistaient à briser le charbon extrait en morceaux de taille relativement uniforme à la main et à séparer les impuretés telles que la roche, l’ardoise, le soufre, l’argile et la terre. En 1908, Hine accepta un poste d’enquêteur en chef et de photographe pour le National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), une organisation privée fondée en 1904 dont la mission était de promouvoir une législation visant à protéger les enfants de l’exploitation par l’industrie américaine. À l’époque, des enfants dès l’âge de quatre ans travaillaient dans divers métiers huit à douze heures par jour dans des usines, des immeubles et dans la rue. Pendant seize ans, Hine a travaillé pour le NCLC, voyageant souvent incognito en tant qu’inspecteur des assurances, pour avoir accès à l’environnement de travail. Il a photographié dans tout le pays des mines, des fermes, des conserveries, des ateliers clandestins et dans la rue, produisant au final plus de cinq mille négatifs du travail des enfants. Sa photographie de 1910, « Breaker Boy », prise à South Pittston, en Pennsylvanie, est l'une de celles qui ont aidé le public d'une manière dont les statistiques froides n'avaient pas pu le faire, et qui a conduit à la promulgation de lois interdisant le travail des enfants.
"Breaker Boys" worked 14-16 hours a day in coal mines. They were young boys, usually between the ages of 8 and 12 years old, employed in breaking stage of coal mining, breaking mined coal into relatively uniform sized pieces by hand and separating out impurities such as rock, slate, sulphur, clay and soil. In 1908, Hine accepted a position as chief investigator and photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), a private organization founded in 1904 whose mission was to promote legislation to protect children from exploitation by American industry. At the time, children as young as four years old labored in a variety of trades eight to twelve hours a day in factories, tenements, and on the streets. For sixteen years Hine worked for the NCLC, often traveling incognito as an insurance inspector, to gain access to the work environment. He photographed throughout the country in mines, farms, canneries, tenement sweatshops, and on the street, ultimately producing more than five thousand negatives of child labor. His 1910 "Breaker Boy" photograph from South Pittston, PA, is one of the pictures that helped the public in a way cold statistics had not, and led to the enactment of laws banning child labor.
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3457 x 4915 px | 48.6 MB
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29.3 x 41.6 cm | 11.5 x 16.4 in (300 dpi)
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