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Wigan Pit Brow Lasses (Sometime in the 1860s). Women were able to be coal miners in the U.K. until 1842 when it was outlawed for women and children to work in the mines. So they moved to the equally dangerous, highly industrialized work in the pit brow, cleaning and processing the coal. More information here: www.wigan.gov.uk/... Victorian Women, Victorian Era, British History, Women In History, Vintage Photographs, Vintage Images, Old Pictures, Old Photos, City Gallery

Victorian Women

British History

Women In History

Vintage Photographs

Wigan Pit Brow Lasses (Sometime in the 1860s). Women were able to be coal miners in the U.K. until 1842 when it was outlawed for women and children to work in the mines. So they moved to the equally dangerous, highly industrialized work in the pit brow, cleaning and processing the coal. More information here: www.wigan.gov.uk/...

1930 | 43 Pictures That Show The Dust And Sweat Of Britain’s Coal Mines Chernobyl, Iconic Photos, Vintage Photos, Photos Originales, Coal Miners, Foto Real

Photos Originales

1930 | 43 Pictures That Show The Dust And Sweat Of Britain’s Coal Mines

Women Coal Miners, 1890. I'm surprised, my father told me in the 60's that everyone believed women were bad luck in the mines. Vintage Pictures, World History, Asian History, Portraits, Coal Mining, Interesting History

Vintage Pictures

Interesting History

Women Coal Miners, 1890. I'm surprised, my father told me in the 60's that everyone believed women were bad luck in the mines.

A coal miner crawling through confined workings with a safety lamp, possibly at Houghton Colliery, Houghton le Spring Family History, American History, Foto Art, Dog Runs, High Art, Historia

American History

A coal miner crawling through confined workings with a safety lamp, possibly at Houghton Colliery, Houghton le Spring

Jonty Lambert - Stanley miner | by Beamish MuseumJonty Lambert - Stanley miner Jonty Lambert in his pit clothes, taken outside houses at Jacky's Pit, Stanley, 1909. His stance indicates he may have had rickets which was common among miners of that era. Durham, Westerns, Working People, Vintage Trucks, Rare Photos

Jonty Lambert - Stanley miner | by Beamish MuseumJonty Lambert - Stanley miner Jonty Lambert in his pit clothes, taken outside houses at Jacky's Pit, Stanley, 1909. His stance indicates he may have had rickets which was common among miners of that era.

11 yo coal miner Lewis Hine, Colorized Photos, Le Far West, Color Photography, Vintage Photography, Historical Photos

Colorized Photos

Color Photography

Vintage Photography

Historical Photos

11 yo coal miner

Coal Mining Towns | Women coal miners, Vansant, Va., in 1976. Courtesy Earl Dotter (www ... Antique Photos, Appalachian People, Appalachian Mountains, Billy Elliot, Historical Pictures

Appalachian People

Appalachian Mountains

Historical Pictures

Coal Mining Towns | Women coal miners, Vansant, Va., in 1976. Courtesy Earl Dotter (www ...

young boys at work, Lewis Hine. hine was instrumental at getting the labor laws passed regarding children Lewis Wickes Hine, Empire State, Missouri, Wisconsin, Severe Weather, High Resolution Photos

Lewis Wickes Hine

High Resolution Photos

young boys at work, Lewis Hine. hine was instrumental at getting the labor laws passed regarding children

COAL STRIKE OF 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major cities (homes and apartments were heated with anthracite or "hard" coal). PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT became involved and set up a fact-finding commission that suspended the strike. . . . (PHOTO: Coal miners in Hazleton, PA., 1905) World History Facts, Rms Titanic, West Virginia, Railroad Tracks, The Past, Thing 1, Canvas Prints, Car

World History Facts

Railroad Tracks

COAL STRIKE OF 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major cities (homes and apartments were heated with anthracite or "hard" coal). PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT became involved and set up a fact-finding commission that suspended the strike. . . . (PHOTO: Coal miners in Hazleton, PA., 1905)

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Buddhist Meditation

Mining Town/ Pa. - Hosted by Google Great Pictures, Genealogy, Pennsylvania, Collections, Earth, Deep

Mining Town/ Pa. - Hosted by Google

Young boy salvaging coal from the slag heaps, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania Keystone State, Sad Life, My Ancestors, Where The Heart Is, Young Boys, Mom And Dad

Where The Heart Is

Young boy salvaging coal from the slag heaps, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Coal Breaker Boy. Boys picking slate in a great coal breaker, anthracite mines, Pa. 1913. Stereograph Cards Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Society Problems, New Inventions, Industrial Revolution, Library Of Congress

Society Problems

Industrial Revolution

Library Of Congress

Coal Breaker Boy. Boys picking slate in a great coal breaker, anthracite mines, Pa. 1913. Stereograph Cards Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

In "The Home Run That Tours America" Jack learns his ancestors were coal miners who changed America with their labor movement, just like Clark's family of Pullman Porters did with the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters. Jack wonders, "Maybe my ancestors shoveled coal that fueled Clark's family's train." Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jack And The Beanstalk, Mining Equipment, Archaeology

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Jack And The Beanstalk

Mining Equipment

In "The Home Run That Tours America" Jack learns his ancestors were coal miners who changed America with their labor movement, just like Clark's family of Pullman Porters did with the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters. Jack wonders, "Maybe my ancestors shoveled coal that fueled Clark's family's train."

Colliery Girls, Wigan. Uk History, History Facts, Old Photographs, Victorian Life, Victorian Photos

Old Photographs

Victorian Photos

Colliery Girls, Wigan.

America's Children 1930 Shorpy Historical Photos, West Virginia History

Shorpy Historical Photos

West Virginia History

America's Children 1930

The Coal Mine.I got to go down in my Dads work place. Marianna Mine 58 before it caught on fire. Harlan County, Chicago Museums, Long Walls, Heaven On Earth, Geology, Beautiful Homes

Chicago Museums

Heaven On Earth

Beautiful Homes

The Coal Mine.I got to go down in my Dads work place. Marianna Mine 58 before it caught on fire.

Coal Mining Pictures West Virginia - Bing Images Ken Burns, Dust Storm, Dust Bowl, Great Depression, Photo Archive, Photo Galleries

Great Depression

Photo Galleries

Coal Mining Pictures West Virginia - Bing Images

File picture of miners at the coal face of Kellingley colliery which is set to close today, as workers endure their final shifts Research Images, Thats All Folks, Band Of Brothers, Famous Stars

Research Images

Thats All Folks

Band Of Brothers

File picture of miners at the coal face of Kellingley colliery which is set to close today, as workers endure their final shifts

Miner on porch with family in doorway, Wilder, TN. Jack Corn Photography Family Pictures

Family Pictures

Miner on porch with family in doorway, Wilder, TN. Jack Corn Photography

Breaker Boys- picking out the impurities in coal by hand-the adult has a whip in his hand & these boys are so young!--IMWVCT Us History

Breaker Boys- picking out the impurities in coal by hand-the adult has a whip in his hand & these boys are so young!--IMWVCT

This photograph shows four boys who worked in a coal mine Battle Of Blair Mountain, Fotografia Social

Battle Of Blair Mountain

Fotografia Social

This photograph shows four boys who worked in a coal mine

Coal breaker boys - Kingston, PA 1900 Thats The Way

Coal breaker boys - Kingston, PA 1900

Rodney Jones

Inside a coal mine My dad was a coal miner and was killed in a bad explosion when I was 7. I am now 58 & am still "his Coal miner's daughter" with a bucket of Pa. coal in my living room:):) Minions, Horror, Train Tracks, Abandoned Places, Wyoming

Abandoned Places

Inside a coal mine My dad was a coal miner and was killed in a bad explosion when I was 7. I am now 58 & am still "his Coal miner's daughter" with a bucket of Pa. coal in my living room:):)

Charles Berger

Pit Pony - 1928 All The Pretty Horses, Beautiful Horses, Zebras, Work Horses, Work With Animals, Horse Love, Horse Art

All The Pretty Horses

Beautiful Horses

Work With Animals

Pit Pony - 1928