June 2009: Scouting images for a slideshow of 4th grade work:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7726011@N07/2360756963 (walking the tracks)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pingnews/2925261515/ (two men inside mine)
Public domain gov't archives (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsaquery.html)
"Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection"
http://kycoal.homestead.com/TheCoalMiners.html (starbats (at) yahoo (dot) com)
All images in this slideshow are either in the public domain, or licensed under a Creative Commons license. Many of the black and white images from the 1930's and '40's are courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection; more information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Individual image credits are as follows:
Cover image:
Abandoned mining town, Twin Branch, West Virginia, 1938. Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a38804
2) Coal breaker, Pike County, Kentucky, 1938. Rothstein, Arthur, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a09645
3) Miner working with Consolidated Coal Company, Kentucky, 1935. (detail) Shahn, Ben, photographer.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a16945
4) Boy employed by the Turkey Knob Mine, MacDonald, W.Va., 1908. Hine, Lewis, photographer. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
5) Rat by Peter Kemmer, via Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkmousie/2199520904/
6) Dirty Printmaking Hands by CrumpArt, via Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65029273@N00/514372467
7) Mother and widow and relatives weeping at the grave of deceased at memorial meeting near Jackson, Kentucky, Breathitt County, 1940. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a43430
8) Woman miner, photograph courtesy of The Charleston Gazette
9) Coal miner's son carrying home bag of coal swiped from cars, The "Patch," Chaplin, West Virginia, 1938. Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a39497
10) New River Gorge by S.J.Taylor, via Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/staylor336/1356434575/
11) Cemetery Across the Tracks from a Coal Mine, Westmoreland County, PA, 1936. Rothstein, Arthur, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b28311
12) Coal mining town in Welch, Bluefield section of West Virginia, 1940. Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a39721
13) Coal miner waiting for lift home. Caples, WV, 1938. Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a38712
14) MinerBoy by "nimrodcooper" via Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/78942451@N00/414793724
15) Hauling coal up the hill, picked up near mines, to his home. Chaplin, West Virginia, 1938. Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c29651
16) Young boys salvaging coal from the slag heaps, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania, 1937. Shahn, Ben, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a17102
17) Highway to Chicago, Illinois, 1939 (detail). Rothstein, Arthur, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a11032
18) Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake by "Sophro" via Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zackbittner/150189426/
19) Girl waiting at window, Pike County, KY, 1939. Rothstein, Arthur, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a39138
20) Bucket and gourd. Gees Bend, AL, 1937 (detail). Rothstein, Arthur, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b35962
21) King of the Hill, 2006, by "Vaguely Artistic" via Flickr (detail, color modified): http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaguelyartistic/82641374/
22) Children's favorite playground, around coal mine tipples. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia, 1938. Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a39856
23) Smiling with pleasure, a coal miner reads the paycheck enclosure, Eastern Pennsylvania mine, 1942 (detail). Perlitch, William, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b08665
24) Westland coal mine, Pittsburgh, PA (vicinity), 1942. Collier, John, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d10985
25) Homesteader at work in garden. Tygart Valley Homesteads, WV, 1939. Vachon, John, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c16669
26) Miner and mule at American Radiator Mine, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA, 1936. Mydans, Carl, photographer.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a00917
27) Coal miner and family, residents of company town. Kempton, West Virginia, 1939. Vachon, John, photographer.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b14329
28) Coal miner now on relief, with son. Zeigler, IL, 1939. Rothstein, Arthur, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b17305
29) Hand-carved gravestones in an old family cemetery where memorial meetings are held annually. In the mountains near Jackson, KY, 1940? Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a43656
30) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Miners in the cage enroute to the bottom of the mine, 1942. Collier, John, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d10616
31) Coal miner's son, Kempton, WV, 1939. Vachon, John, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a04188
possible closing slides: Coal miner's son at Granger Homesteads, Iowa, 1940. Vachon, John, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a06087
(another kid)
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a16675 (ditto)
xx) Child of coal miner, Jere, WV, 1938. Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a39163 (girl on porch)
xx) Coal miner's children. Pursglove, WV, 1938. Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a39465 (three on porch)
xx) Fence gate in coal miner's front yard, Mohegan, WV, 1938. Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a38672
xx) Miner's sons salvaging coal during May 1939 strike, Kempton, WV, 1939. Vachon, John, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a04199
xx) coal miner leaning against truck, black face: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a38837
xx) Why use the door? http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c29892
xx) two workers coming up out of the mine
xx) kid at doorway: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a39138
22 possibility) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a08310
xx) two miners seated in mine: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d09524
xx) Children playing in street gutter in front of their home. Company coal town, Kempton, West Virginia, 1939. Vachon, John, photographer. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a04086
27) Excavator by "hellagood," via Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/80436403@N00/10098320
May 2009: Scouting images for a 2009 NACAC presentation:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fras/2620018845/ (red collander)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/untitlism/2485638194/in/photostream/ (fisherman)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29093956@N00/1947517257 (old fashioned phone)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/1384952210 (soccer practice - teamwork)
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print (barn-raising... alternate teamwork)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21257461@N05/2550349404 (what's in my head
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