WILKES-BARRE P.A.

548 Feet above sea level

Surrounding mountains 1000 feet

Susquehanna River to the west

Pocono Mountains to the east

Endless Mountains to the west

Lehigh Valley to the south

Coal

Railroads

child labor laws

workers rights

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CHILD LABOR EARLY 1900s

Lewis Hine was a great American photographer. His photography is so powerful it changed the world and completely reformed child labor laws. His legacy cannot be measured. His photos are on exhibit at George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY.

Wilke-Barre was at the center of the child labor uproar that spread across America. The shame and outrage brought about child labor laws and worker's rights. The photos of Lewis Hine reveal the injustice of corporate abuse in conditions in the anthracite coal industry.