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Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being carried off to the cemetery. Back of postcard reads: "Mine explosion at Monongah, W.Va. A Merry Christ and Happy New Year."

25. Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054401
Title:
Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being carried off to the cemetery. Back of postcard reads: "Mine explosion at Monongah, W.Va. A Merry Christ and Happy New Year."

26. Coal Miner posing for a picture

IDNO:
054402
Title:
Coal Miner posing for a picture
Date:
1907
Young orphans awaiting news at the Monongah Mine No. 8.

27. Orphans at the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054403
Title:
Orphans at the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Young orphans awaiting news at the Monongah Mine No. 8.
Wives waiting for their husbands at Monongah Mine No.8.

28. Wives waiting at Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054404
Title:
Wives waiting at Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Wives waiting for their husbands at Monongah Mine No.8.
Mourners view rows of caskets from the mine disaster.

29. Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054405
Title:
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Mourners view rows of caskets from the mine disaster.
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster.

30. The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054406
Title:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster.

31. Viewing the Dead from the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054407
Title:
Viewing the Dead from the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
A coal miner stands with his pickaxe, shovel, and canister.

32. Coal Miner

IDNO:
054408
Title:
Coal Miner
Date:
1907
Description:
A coal miner stands with his pickaxe, shovel, and canister.
A crowd stands outside one of the Monongah mines.

33. The Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054409
Title:
The Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
A crowd stands outside one of the Monongah mines.
Men in coats stand outside a mine entrance.

34. The Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054410
Title:
The Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Men in coats stand outside a mine entrance.

35. The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054411
Title:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
The caskets are pulled in a cart with the name "W. S. Thomas" on it, drawn by several horses. Many onlookers stand outside a church in the background.

36. Hauling Victims of the Monongah Mine Disaster to Burial

IDNO:
054412
Title:
Hauling Victims of the Monongah Mine Disaster to Burial
Date:
1907
Description:
The caskets are pulled in a cart with the name "W. S. Thomas" on it, drawn by several horses. Many onlookers stand outside a church in the background.