1937. Salvaging coal from the slag heap at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania. Coal pickers get 10 cents for each hundred-pound sack or two dollars a ton. One man can make from 10 to 20 sacks a day. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn.
Submitted by Francesca on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 11:02pm.
This photo has really good perspective to it. I like how most of the shot is taken up by the diagonal slag heap and you can see the hills in the background.
