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From left to right: Jake Sibloski, Walter Miller, Louis Roncaglione, Andrew Vargo and Fred Lamb.

1. Scarbro Team which Won the International First Aid Contest at Denver, Colorado in 1920

Crowds gather to watch miners participate in Safety Day exercises.

2. Safety Day Is Important

Cars line the hillside above the stadium where Safety Day exercises are held.

3. Safety Day Is Important

4. MacDonald Girls First Aid Team at the Tenth Annual First Aid Meet at Scarbro, W. Va.

Group portrait of miners and rescue equipment.  This group took first place at competitions St. Louis.  From Left to Right: Frank Colline, Edward Graff, Howard Samuels, Andrew Lightfoot, R.P. Nicholls and Fred Lamb.

5. New River Coal and Coke Company's International Mine Rescue Champions

Four pictures showing the proper and wrong ways to scotch and clean under cages.

6. Safety Procedures for Scotching and Cleaning Under Cage

Two pictures of a miner retracking a mine car. Left is the safe way to retrack, right is the unsafe way to retrack.

7. Methods for Retracking Mine Cars

Miner sitting in between posts that hold the roof of the mine up. 'Safety First is stressed in every possible way at White Oak mines.  Note the posts to protect this man at his labor.  He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his working place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night, ready for him to work tomorrow.'

8. Safety Posts

Safety float of the New River Coal and Coke Co. on the Fourth of July. Floats with safety themes highlighted many parades in Fayette and Raleigh Counties.

9. New River Coal Company Safety Float at Mt. Hope, W. Va.

Bulletin board emphasizing safety themes.

10. Summerlee Safety Bulletin Board

Outside view of the Carlisle Mine Rescue Station with a man standing in the doorway.

11. Carlisle Mine Rescue Station

Directors cup at annual employees first aid meet at Scarbro.

12. New River Company Directors Cup at Annual Employees First Aid Meet at Scarbro, W. Va.