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145. Women and Children next to a Barrack

IDNO:
003655
Title:
Women and Children next to a Barrack
Two barracks in a coal mining town, Osage, West Virginia.

146. Barracks at Osage, W. Va.

IDNO:
003656
Title:
Barracks at Osage, W. Va.
Description:
Two barracks in a coal mining town, Osage, West Virginia.

147. Miner's House

IDNO:
003657
Title:
Miner's House
Barracks in Maidsville, Monongalia County, West Virginia.

148. Barracks at Maidsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
003658
Title:
Barracks at Maidsville, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Barracks in Maidsville, Monongalia County, West Virginia.

149. Barracks Under Construction at Ida May, W. Va.

IDNO:
003659
Title:
Barracks Under Construction at Ida May, W. Va.
Close-up view of Jamison No. 9 barracks taken on a snowy winter day.

150. Barracks at Jamison No. 9

IDNO:
003660
Title:
Barracks at Jamison No. 9
Description:
Close-up view of Jamison No. 9 barracks taken on a snowy winter day.
Sign on barracks that reads, 'Homes of Union Miners who were evicted from the Weaver Coal Co. houses.'

151. Barracks at Irona, W. Va.

IDNO:
003662
Title:
Barracks at Irona, W. Va.
Description:
Sign on barracks that reads, 'Homes of Union Miners who were evicted from the Weaver Coal Co. houses.'
Sign on side of building reads, 'The 1917 scale means starvation wages, slavery conditions [and] sacrafice of honor to coal miners.'

152. Barracks at Irona with 1917 Scale Protest Sign, Irona, W. Va.

IDNO:
003663
Title:
Barracks at Irona with 1917 Scale Protest Sign, Irona, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Sign on side of building reads, 'The 1917 scale means starvation wages, slavery conditions [and] sacrafice of honor to coal miners.'
John L. Lewis standing on a platform decorated in stars and stripes.

153. Lewis, John L. Giving a Speech

IDNO:
003664
Title:
Lewis, John L. Giving a Speech
Date:
undated
Description:
John L. Lewis standing on a platform decorated in stars and stripes.

154. UMWA Supporters Including Van Bittner and Wife

IDNO:
003665
Title:
UMWA Supporters Including Van Bittner and Wife
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Sign reads, 'We ar on strike against a reductions in wages. And for an American standard of living. Fill your tank with unionism and step on the gas. We stand for organized labor. If a man owns his own soul, he will "dig" union price coal.'

155. Strike Sign on Barracks at Irona, W. Va.

IDNO:
003666
Title:
Strike Sign on Barracks at Irona, W. Va.
Description:
Sign reads, 'We ar on strike against a reductions in wages. And for an American standard of living. Fill your tank with unionism and step on the gas. We stand for organized labor. If a man owns his own soul, he will "dig" union price coal.'

156. Miner's Families in front of Barracks at Lewistown, W. Va.

IDNO:
003667
Title:
Miner's Families in front of Barracks at Lewistown, W. Va.