Engraving depicting the making of nails in the Dudley area of the Black Country: a girl pointing spike nails. While using the hammer in her hand, she would simultaneously work an 'oliver' or mechanical hammer with her foot. The weekly wage for this exhausting work was about 25p.

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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 19th, archival, archive, black, century, child, country, dudley, england, engraving, girl, hammer, historic, historical, history, labour, mechanical, nails, oliver, tools, young, youth