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Please don't scare the birds 1908
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The Library of Congress /a> Please don't scare the birds 1908. I claim no rights other than colorizing this image if you wish to use let me know and always give due credit to The Library of Congress I have no commercial gain in publishing this image. Title Vance, a Trapper Boy, 15 years old. Has trapped for several years in a West Va. Coal mine. $.75 a day for 10 hours work. All he does is to open and shut this door: most of the time he sits here idle, waiting for the cars to come. On account of the intense darkness in the mine, the hieroglyphics on the door were not visible until plate was developed. Location: West Virginia. Contributor Names Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer Created / Published 1908 September. Subject Headings - Boys - Coal miners - Coal mining - United States--West Virginia Headings Photographic prints. Genre Photographic prints Notes - Title from NCLC caption card. - Attribution to Hine based on provenance. - In album: Coal mines. - Hine no. 163. - Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. - General information about the National Child Labor Committee collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc - Forms part of: National Child Labor Committee collection. Medium 1 photographic print. Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication.

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.luckyshot
09/13/20 5:59 PM GMT
Vintage Lews Hines photography about child labor abuse.
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If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine The Earth without art is just 'eh'.
::Vickid
09/13/20 6:25 PM GMT
This scene encourages one to contemplate about the past and how the world is evolving. Your work on this is perfect.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
::0930_23
09/13/20 9:09 PM GMT
It must have been boring and terrifying to set there in the dark for the lad Rob. The birds were needed to let the miners know if it was safe to work. If a bird died, it wasn't.
Hard times produce hard people.
Excellent photo and good colorization.
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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.koca
09/14/20 5:31 AM GMT
Excellent picture, Rob. Thank you for the narrative.
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::corngrowth
09/14/20 7:36 AM GMT
Rob, In addition to Owd Fella Tick's (OFT) above comment: miners took canaries into the mines because canaries would die from the gases escaping from the coals before the level of the gases increased to such an extent that it would kill the men or the gases explode. When the canary stopped singing it was a warning for the men to leave the mine quickly. That clarifies the text written on the door.

Mining was a tough job, especially for a 15 years young boy. Miners in general did not get that old. Not only because of the bad conditions in the mines as described above, but also that they were suffering from dust lungs.

That is why your perfect way of colorization isn't an embellishment of the situation, but the updating of it. Perfectly done again!
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::LynEve
09/14/20 1:00 PM GMT
Fabulous work and very very thought provoking
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::tigger3
09/14/20 1:15 PM GMT
Such hard times, and so much meaning behind this one, your touch of processing is excellent. tigs=^..^=
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.bfrank
09/14/20 8:52 PM GMT
Even though times are tough now...just look back and you might appreciate what you have. This picture evokes so much. Good job, Rob.
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