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Copy-taken from the West Virginia Review, Vol. 4, Oct. 1926-Sept. 1927, "Building a Mining Community", April 1927, Article by C. A. Cabell, President of Carbon Fuel Company. The picture is on page 209 of Vol 4, April 1927.<br />

1. Modern Miners' Cottages

IDNO:
002830
Title:
Modern Miners' Cottages
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Copy-taken from the West Virginia Review, Vol. 4, Oct. 1926-Sept. 1927, "Building a Mining Community", April 1927, Article by C. A. Cabell, President of Carbon Fuel Company. The picture is on page 209 of Vol 4, April 1927.
Women and child stand on porch of cottage.

2. Miner's Cottage, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
002831
Title:
Miner's Cottage, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
Women and child stand on porch of cottage.
Women and child stand on porch of cottage.

3. Miner's Cottage, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
002832
Title:
Miner's Cottage, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
Women and child stand on porch of cottage.

4. Miners' Dwellings, Wyatt, Harrison County, W. Va.

IDNO:
002836
Title:
Miners' Dwellings, Wyatt, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909

5. Miner's Children in front of their House, Wyatt, Harrison County, W. Va.

IDNO:
002838
Title:
Miner's Children in front of their House, Wyatt, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920-1930
Men on the porch of a house in a coal camp. Saddled horse standing in front of the porch.

6. Dwelling in Coal Camp

IDNO:
002841
Title:
Dwelling in Coal Camp
Description:
Men on the porch of a house in a coal camp. Saddled horse standing in front of the porch.
Very early miner's homes, wooden buildings in the woods near train tracks.

7. Miners' Tenements

IDNO:
002843
Title:
Miners' Tenements
Date:
ca. 1887-1892
Description:
Very early miner's homes, wooden buildings in the woods near train tracks.
Justus C. Beury and family on porch.

8. Beury Homestead, Shamokin, Pa.

IDNO:
002846
Title:
Beury Homestead, Shamokin, Pa.
Description:
Justus C. Beury and family on porch.
Very early miner's homes, log buildings close to a forest.

9. Miners' Homes

IDNO:
002847
Title:
Miners' Homes
Date:
1892/09/20
Description:
Very early miner's homes, log buildings close to a forest.

10. Miners' Homes in Winter

IDNO:
002849
Title:
Miners' Homes in Winter
A road separates rows of company houses built into the hillside.

11. Coal Company Houses in Northern West Virginia

IDNO:
002854
Title:
Coal Company Houses in Northern West Virginia
Description:
A road separates rows of company houses built into the hillside.
Caption on back reads, 'Shinnston, West Virginia (Jan. 00, 1945...Joe Akers, 32 year old bituminous coal miner, and 400,000 fellow miners in America's bituminous coal industry, are World's most prosperous coal miners. (See lead off story for additional data.) Photo shows: Joe Akers' house. He bought it in 1943 for $5000. There is plenty of ground-100'x 110' and he has a nice vegetable garden in the back. Attached to this garage is a warm water shower where he washes up after work. The house is located on one of the principle streets of Shinnston and the mine is at Owings, only 6 miles away. The house has two downstairs bedrooms and two small bedrooms and bath upstairs. Joe's car is a 1940 model. From Hamilton Wright Org For: Bituminous Coal Industry Photo Gratis'

12. Day in the Life of a Coal Miner

IDNO:
002855
Title:
Day in the Life of a Coal Miner
Date:
1945/01
Description:
Caption on back reads, 'Shinnston, West Virginia (Jan. 00, 1945...Joe Akers, 32 year old bituminous coal miner, and 400,000 fellow miners in America's bituminous coal industry, are World's most prosperous coal miners. (See lead off story for additional data.) Photo shows: Joe Akers' house. He bought it in 1943 for $5000. There is plenty of ground-100'x 110' and he has a nice vegetable garden in the back. Attached to this garage is a warm water shower where he washes up after work. The house is located on one of the principle streets of Shinnston and the mine is at Owings, only 6 miles away. The house has two downstairs bedrooms and two small bedrooms and bath upstairs. Joe's car is a 1940 model. From Hamilton Wright Org For: Bituminous Coal Industry Photo Gratis'