Unemployed bachelor in coal miners camp on Scotts Run, W.Va. He is typical of the stranded men in an abandoned camp, - speaks English poorly but was proud of the portrait on the wall.
Photograph
Unemployed bachelor in coal miners camp on Scotts Run, W.Va. He is typical of the stranded men in an abandoned camp, - speaks English poorly but was proud of the portrait on the wall.
1937
Gelatin silver print
19.1 x 17.4 cm.
Gift of the Photo League Lewis Hine Memorial Committee
1978.0731.0025
Inscriptions verso-(applied label with typescript) "113. Unemployed bachelor in
coal miners camp on Scotts Run. W. Va. He is typical of the stranded
men in an abandoned camp, - speaks English poorly but was proud of
the portrait on the wall."
(rubberstamp) "Not To Be Reproduced Before Jan. 1938"
"Photo-study by Lewis W. Hine for National Research Project of WPA
12 S. 12th St. Philadelphia, Pa."
(in pencil) "5677"
coal miners camp on Scotts Run. W. Va. He is typical of the stranded
men in an abandoned camp, - speaks English poorly but was proud of
the portrait on the wall."
(rubberstamp) "Not To Be Reproduced Before Jan. 1938"
"Photo-study by Lewis W. Hine for National Research Project of WPA
12 S. 12th St. Philadelphia, Pa."
(in pencil) "5677"
