Coal Mine Drivers and Mules, Gary, West Virginia, 1908 by Lewis Hine

Coal Mine Drivers and Mules, Gary, West Virginia, 1908, by Lewis Hine shows a mule driver leading his animal through a timbered coal-mine tunnel, an oil headlamp casting light against the rock as another miner looks on from the tracks behind. Lewis Hine (1874–1940), an American photographer and sociologist, documented mine, mill, and factory labor across the United States for the National Child Labor Committee, using his camera as a tool for social reform.

Photographer: Lewis Hine (1874–1940). Date: 1908.

Coal Mine Drivers and Mules, Gary, West Virginia, 1908. Historic American Documentary Photography Canvas Print.