Boys breaking stones in quarry, Mettray Colony, France
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Boys breaking stones in quarry, Mettray Colony, France
Boys at work breaking stones in a quarry at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s, the colony pioneered the cottage homes system where boys lived in small family groups. This model was later widely adopted in England for many workhouse children
Media ID 4481271
© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
1840s 1896 Agricultural Breaking Colony Cottage Groups Homes Inmate Inmates Mettray Penal Poverty Quarry Stonebreakers Stones Supervised Supervisor System Tours Workhouse
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