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Henry Sharpe Higginbotham, better known as Shorpy Higginbotham (November 23, 1896 — January 25, 1928) 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. 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. He is the namesake of the historical photography blog Shorpy.com, where he has become a symbol of child labor in the United States.

References

1. ^ Dave. "Shorpy Higginbotham". Shorpy.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
2. Manning, Joe. "Henry Sharp Higginbotham". Mornings on Maple Street. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
3. Wayne Flynt (1989). Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites. University of Alabama Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-8173-0424-9.

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