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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lawson. He was a miner for sixty years and is now ninety-seven years old. During his years in the mines he had a leg broken, both hips out of place, skull smashed, was ruptured three times. Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company, Belva Mi
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The only houses with running water inside in this camp are those in which their tennants have made the installations at no expense to the company. Gilliam Coal and Coke Company, Gilliam Mine, Gilliam, McDowell County, West Virginia.
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Daughter of Lawson Mayo hanging up clothing. The house was in bad repair when they moved in; nothing has been repaired during their tenancy. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West Virginia.
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Box car made into home for miner. This is part of company housing project. Union Pacific Coal Company, Reliance Mine, Reliance, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
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Welch is the shopping and entertainment center for the nearby mining camps. Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia.
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Joshua Spradley, miner, sitting in doorway of his two rooms in garage house. He pays $10.60 per month rent, includes electricity. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West Virginia.
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Twin daughters of miner. Koppers Coal Division, Kopperston Mine, Kopperston, Wyoming County, West Virginia.
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Treaty of Alliance with France, Page 6
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Daughter of Lawson Mayo, disabled miner, in the kitchen of the four room house in which two adult and ten children live. Mr. Mayo is now in the hospital with silicosis. His disability was so diagnosed on Jan. 25, 1946. To this date he has received no disa
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Harry Fain, coal loader. Inland Steel Company, Wheelwright #1 & 2 Mines, Wheelwright, Floyd County, Kentucky.
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Coal camp children. Dixie Darby Fuel Company, Marne Mine, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky.
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Interstate Commerce Act, Page 2
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Ella Jane Fain (right) daughter of Harry Fain, miner, and her cousin have a coke in soda fountain prior to movie showing. Inland Steel Company, Wheelwright #1 & 2 Mines. Wheelwright, Floyd County, Kentucky.
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Four of Lawson Mayo's ten children. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West Virginia.
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Playground and recreation area for miners. Pittsburgh Coal Company, Westland Mine, Westland, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
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Members of the Nation's first Negro Navigation Cadets visited City Hall as guests of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia this afternoon. 02/16/1944
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Miners sitting in front of church. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West Virginia.
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Bill Daniels, a miner, and his two daughters on the front porch of their three room house for which they pay $7 monthly. There is no running water in the house; the privy is used by "four or five" families and is in bad condition. Mr. Daniels has about fo
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Coal cars moving from mine to tipple. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West Virginia.
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Dr. Rucker takes pulse of miner who has come in for a back-to-work slip. Patient complained of aches and pains all over; the doctor said he might have rheumatic fever, prescribed mild pain-relieving drug and signed a back-to-work slip. There was no examin
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Local UMWA union meeting is held on Sunday morning in schoolhouse. Inland Steel Company, Wheelwright #1 & 2 Mines, Wheelwright, Floyd County, Kentucky.
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The Sergent Family on their front porch. Reading from L. to R., Franklin D., Louis, Lucy, Mr. Blaine Sergent, Bobbie Jean, Mrs. Sergent, Wanda Lee and Donald. Mr. and Mrs. Sergent have two married sons living nearby, Rufus, who lives next door and is a co
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Washington, George, the Virginia Colonel, 1772
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Mr. and Mrs. Camillogasperetti, residents in company housing project. Huerfano Coal Company, Ludlow Mine, Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
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Bobbie Jean Sergent, 4, goes with Lucy, 26, who is blind, to get water. P V & K Coal Company, Clover Gap Mine, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky.
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Typical surfaced street and houses. Jewell Ridge Coal Company, Jewell Ridge Mine, Jewell Ridge, Tazewell County, Virginia.
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Mrs. Leanore Miller, widow of a miner, with a picture of her husband. She said, "there's more widows and orphens in this holler than men at work". Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company, Belva Mine, abandoned after explosion [in] Dec. 1945, Four Mile, Bell
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Nick Varanakis, miner, playing the Greek lire [sic] in his home. Independent Coal & Coke Company, Kenilworth Mine, Kenilworth, Carbon County, Utah.
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Three of Lawson Mayo's ten children admire the youngest baby. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West Virginia.
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Photograph of Mrs. John Whitehead
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Joe L. Montoya, miner, and two of his children. Royal Coal Company, Royal Mine, Carbon County, Utah.
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Treaty of Alliance with France, Page 5
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Miners, recently discharged from armed services. Many miners in the area come from farm families and are saving money to go back to their farms but will stay in the mines as long as there is "good money". Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company, Exeter Mine, Big
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Family of Henry Armour, one of top coal loaders in the mines here. Last year's income was in excess of $5400. Inland Steel Company, Wheelwright #1 & 2 Mines, Wheelwright, Floyd County, Kentucky.
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Changing shifts at the mine portal in the afternoon. Inland Steel Company, Wheelwright #1 & 2 Mines, Wheelwright, Floyd County, Kentucky.
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Mrs. Milong Bond, wife of tipple worker, looking out her kitchen window. The company never supplies screening for houses. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West Virginia.
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An Act to Alter the Flag
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Inaugural Address, Kennedy Draft, 01/17/1961 (Page 6 of 9)
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Presidential Proclamation 118 (Thanksgiving Day, 1864) (page 4 of 5)
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Presidential Proclamation 118 (Thanksgiving Day, 1864) (page 2 of 5)
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Transcript of Message to Congress Requesting Declaration of War Against Japan, 12/08/1941 (page 3 of 3)
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USS Nautilus (SS-571), the Navy's first atomic powered submarine, on its initial sea trials, 01/20/1955
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Credentials of Hiram Rhodes Revels, 01/25/1870 (Page 2 of 2)
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Inaugural Address, Kennedy Draft, 01/17/1961 (Page 1 of 9)
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Presidential Proclamation 118 (Thanksgiving Day, 1864) (page 3 of 5)
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Act "providing for renaming of the National Cultural Center the John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts," (Page 1 of 2)
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Transcript of Message to Congress Requesting Declaration of War Against Japan, 12/08/1941 (page 1 of 3)
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Election Certification of Hattie Caraway, 12/15/1932
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Presidential Proclamation 118 (Thanksgiving Day, 1864) (page 5 of 5)
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Compromise of 1850, (Page 3 of 6)
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