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Description

From www.victorianweb.org/history/ashley.html, a educational site offering free info on the victorian age. Image is a copy of one from an official report of a parliamentary commission done in the mid 18th century.
Date 2007-02-21 (original upload date)
Source Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Second time from Commons as a GIF which I converted to PNG
Author Original uploader was Peaceupnorth at en.wikipedia
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Summary

A young "drawer" pulling a coal tub up a mine shaft

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