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01/11/2012

Harley Bruce, a young coupling-boy at tipple of Indian...

Harley Bruce, a young coupling-boy at tipple of Indian Mountain Line of Proctor Coal Co., near Jellico, Tenn. He appears to be 12 or 14 years old, and says he has been working there about a year. It is hard work and dangerous. Not many young boys employed in or about the mines of this region. Location: Jellico vicinity, Tennessee.
People in photo include: Harley Bruce

Date & Place: 1910

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