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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.