49 photos
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Peter Percupu, Roumanian miner, unemployed, known in Scott's Run as Ground Hog. Too old to find employment in the mines, March 1937
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- 16 favorites
- 91,512 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
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Jack Smith, 42, Rhodell, West Virginia, Seated in the Beer Joint He Operates in a Wheel-Chair Bought for Him by His Friend Arnold Miller, President of the United Mine Workers Union...04/1974
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- 4 comments
- 54 favorites
- 84,175 views
- Date taken: 1974-04
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Coal City Club in Coal City, West Virginia, a Part of Beckley All of the Men Are Coal Miners 06/1974
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- 3 comments
- 38 favorites
- 76,080 views
- Date taken: 1974-06
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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David Shanklin, 19, Lives in a Coal Company Town near Sunbright, West Virginia, and Graduated From Logan County High School. His Girlfriend, Janet Edwards, 17, Still Attends High School in Logan...
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- 2 comments
- 47 favorites
- 73,221 views
- Date taken: 1974-04
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Loaded Coal Cars Sit in the Rail Yards at Danville, West Virginia, near Charleston. Awaiting Shipment to Customers...04/1974
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- 21 favorites
- 68,309 views
- Date taken: 1974-04
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Rear View of Supervisors' Housing in Dehue, West Virginia, a Youngstown Steel Corporation Company Town near Logan 04/1974
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- 1 comment
- 20 favorites
- 64,520 views
- Date taken: 1974-04
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Aerial of a Typical Company Town near Logan, West Virginia with the School at One End and the Company Store at the Other Company Towns Are Becoming a Thing of the Past 04/1974
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- 7 favorites
- 59,540 views
- Date taken: 1974-04
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner From Rhodell, West Virginia near Beckley, with His Wife, Della Mae 06/1974
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- 1 comment
- 12 favorites
- 37,985 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Jack Smith, 42, Left, Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley, Was a Miner Disabled When a Roof Caved in Who Had to Wait 18 Years to Get Workman's Compensation 04/1974
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- 1 comment
- 30 favorites
- 34,189 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner in Rhodell, West Virginia, Is Wheeled Down the Street by His Daughter, Donna, 16, to the Beer Joint He Operates 06/1974
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- 0 comments
- 10 favorites
- 32,092 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner Who Lives in Rhodell, West Virginia, Shown with One of His Daughters, Debra, in the Tavern He Now Operates 06/1974
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- 1 comment
- 13 favorites
- 31,214 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Russell Ramser Waits His Turn on the Treadmill at the Black Lung Laboratory at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley West Virginia 06/1974
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- 2 comments
- 17 favorites
- 28,630 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
- Tags: usnationalarchives, environmentalprotectionagency, documerica, disability, disabled, blacklung, respiratory, man, seated, shirtless, medical, laboratory, glasses, 1974, 1970s, westvirginia, coalminer, miner, union, labor, activism, retired, nara:arcid=556575
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Scotts' Run, West Virginia. Miner's child digging coal from mine refuse (Mexican). Bertha Hollow, 1936
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- 0 comments
- 15 favorites
- 27,111 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
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Two Miners Relaxing in a Beer Joint after Finishing Their Shift 06/1974
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- 38 favorites
- 26,176 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner Who Lives in Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley 06/1974
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- 1 comment
- 17 favorites
- 23,617 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Miner's child - Miller Hill Camp, March 1937
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- 19 favorites
- 23,274 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Woman gathering coal, March 1937
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- 12 favorites
- 19,945 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed miner, March 1937
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- 0 comments
- 29 favorites
- 19,158 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Woman gathering coal, March 1937
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- 15 favorites
- 19,088 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed miner, March 1937
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- 27 favorites
- 18,737 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
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Miner photographed in Scott's Run - As he dressed for a trip to Morgantown. Herb Venn, March 1937
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- 11 favorites
- 17,098 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
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Lilly Mae Sheets, Fireco, West Virginia, near Beckley, Stands Outside Her Raleigh County Home. Her Husband Was Hurt by a Roof Fall in the Mines in November, 1973, and Did Not Receive Workman's Compensation until March, 1974 05/1974
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- 5 comments
- 7 favorites
- 16,465 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Children of miners, March 1937
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- 0 comments
- 27 favorites
- 15,674 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
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Youngster Returning to School after Going Home During Recess to Get an Ice Cream Cone 04/1974
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- 8 favorites
- 15,288 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Miner's child - Father unemployable, March 1937
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- 1 comment
- 15 favorites
- 15,085 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518416, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Coal Slag Heap Burns Above Company Houses near Hutchinson West Virginia, near Logan, in the Southern Part of the State Spontaneous Combustion, Lightning...04/1974
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- 0 comments
- 8 favorites
- 14,565 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Jack and Della Mae Smith in Front of the Beer Joint He Operates in Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley 06/1974
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- 2 comments
- 6 favorites
- 14,540 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Peter Percupu, Roumanian miner, unemployed, known in Scott's Run as Ground Hog. Too old to find employment in the mines, March 1937
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- 0 comments
- 6 favorites
- 14,482 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518423, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Sessa Hill - The mine is a small locally owned operation where conditions are generally bad, 1936
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- 0 comments
- 3 favorites
- 14,317 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518364, usnationalarchives, lewishine, mine, 1936, scottsrunwestvirginia, sessahillmine, westvirginia
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Children of employed miners at Miller Hill, March 1937
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- 12 favorites
- 14,227 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518415, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. The Shack Community Center, 1936
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- 1 favorite
- 14,192 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518360, usnationalarchives, lewishine, 1936, scottsrunwestvirginia, shackcommunitycenter, westvirginia, greatdepression
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View of the Main Highway Which Runs through the Unincorporated Town of Clothier, West Virginia, near Madison in Logan County...04/1974
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- 9 favorites
- 13,497 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Chaplin Hill, 1936
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- 12,998 views
- Date taken: 1936
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518363, usnationalarchives, lewishine, 1936, mine, camps, scottsrunwestvirginia, westvirginia, chaplinhill, miinecamp, governmentsanitaryprivies, greatdepression
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Recreation and community activities, March 1937
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- 1 comment
- 6 favorites
- 12,917 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518403, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed miner, March 1937
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- 1 comment
- 9 favorites
- 12,478 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518413, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Peter Percupu, Roumanian miner, unemployed, known in Scott's Run as Ground Hog. Too old to find employment in the mines, March 1937
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- 0 comments
- 2 favorites
- 12,063 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518417, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed miners, March 1937
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- 1 comment
- 5 favorites
- 11,947 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518408, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. A group of men and women, March 1937
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- 2 comments
- 1 favorite
- 11,328 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518406, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Typical Shot of Miners' Homes by the Railroad Tracks While the Supervisor's House Is Up the Hill...04/1974
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- 8 favorites
- 11,304 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Recreation and community activities, March 1937
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- 0 comments
- 6 favorites
- 11,023 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518404, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Doren Bishop, Robin Mines Superintendent for the Alma Coal Corporation, Looks at the Opening of a New Mine near Clothier and Madison, West Virginia...04/1974
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- 1 comment
- 4 favorites
- 11,012 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
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Outdoor privy - Scene taken from the main highway. The stream is Scott's Run, March 1937
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- 1 favorite
- 10,746 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518418, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. A gathering of men and women, March 1937
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- 0 comments
- 2 favorites
- 10,399 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518405, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Shack Community Center, March 1937
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- 1 comment
- 3 favorites
- 10,141 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
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The Main Street through the Small Mining Town of Rhodell West Virginia, near Beckley 06/1974
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- 6 favorites
- 9,973 views
- Date taken: 1974
- Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
- Tags: usnationalarchives, environmentalprotectionagency, documerica, nara:arcid=556564, rhodell, westvirginia, beckley
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed miners, March 1937
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- 0 comments
- 2 favorites
- 9,965 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518419, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed miners, March 1937
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- 0 comments
- 0 favorites
- 9,597 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518401, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Recreation and community activities, March 1937
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- 0 comments
- 1 favorite
- 9,537 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518402, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Recreation and community activities, March 1937
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- 0 comments
- 0 favorites
- 9,079 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
- Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
- Tags: nara:arcid=518412, usnationalarchives, lewishine, thegreatdepression, 1937, westvirginia, scottsrun
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