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Trapper Boy, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, W. Va. Boy had to stoop on account of low roof, photo taken more than a mile inside the mine.
In 1938, Federal regulation of child labor was achieved in Fair Labor Standards Act. For the first time, minimum ages of employment and hours of work for children are regulated by federal law
Source: Library of Congress, National Child Labor Committee Collection
