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- Freeze Frame
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- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
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- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
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- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
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- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
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Serafino and Chub: 1911
January 1911. "Serafino driving Chub, his mule. Shaft #7, Pennsylvania Coal Company mine at South Pittston." Bright spots are open flames of lamps on the boys' hats. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Ghostly Images of a Mine
Amazing how this photograph seemed to capture a gathering of ghostly figures at a dark, almost misty looking part of the mine.
Sam Keys
It says Samuel Keys up the left beam.
[Funny. Doesn't sound Greek. But yes. I think you're right! - Dave]
S.K.
While delta would be more sexy, I still think that if a girl was working down there, it'd read "S [heart] K [heart]". :)
Mule Lifespan
I wonder how long a mule lasted in a coal mine?
Ahhh
I think this is the most terrifying picture.
Also, I think those are initials: S.K. You weren't being sarcastic, were you?
[It's S-delta-K-delta. With the name "Sami" underneath. Looks Eastern European/Bulgarian/Serbian/Turkish. - Dave]
Serafino & Chub
This photo is so surreal. Serafino's eyes are amazingly creepy! Looming up from the darkness.
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