Shorpy Higginbotham | |
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Born | Henry Sharpe Higginbotham November 23, 1896 Jefferson County, Alabama |
Died | January 25, 1928 | (aged 31)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Coal mine laborer |
Henry Sharpe Higginbotham, better known as Shorpy Higginbotham (November 23, 1896 — January 25, 1928)[1] was a laborer in an Alabama coal mine in the early twentieth century. He served in World War I before returning to the mines, where he was killed by a falling rock in 1928.[1] Higginbotham was the subject of a series of photographs by Lewis Hine that showed him as a boy working in the dangerous environment of a coal mine.[2][3] He is the namesake of the historical photography blog Shorpy.com, where he has become a symbol of child labor in the United States.[1]