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Major Miner: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 1:57pm.
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September 1938. Capels, West Virginia. "Coal miner waiting for lift home." Last seen here, six years ago. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
How sad
Submitted by GaryLeeB on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 6:44pm.
After a grueling days work in the coal mine, rolling a cigarette to relax. I don't think they had any idea in those days.
[If only we had been there to guide them. - Dave]
Black, all over
Submitted by Dbell on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 4:14pm.
Clothes, skin, lungs already, and smoking hand-roll on top.
Probably a relatively short life.
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