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Rescue box with lid open to see contents inside.

1. Miner's Rescue Box

IDNO:
002800
Title:
Miner's Rescue Box
Date:
undated
Description:
Rescue box with lid open to see contents inside.
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.'

2. Safety Posts

IDNO:
002808
Title:
Safety Posts
Date:
undated
Description:
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.'
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.

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

IDNO:
002810
Title:
New River Coal Company Safety Float at Mt. Hope, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
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.

4. Mine Rescue Crewman

IDNO:
029007
Title:
Mine Rescue Crewman
Date:
undated
Men wearing breathing apparatus.

5. Coal Mine Safety Training

IDNO:
029056
Title:
Coal Mine Safety Training
Date:
undated
Description:
Men wearing breathing apparatus.
A photograph of men outside of a building wearing safety masks.

6. Man with Breathing Apparatus at Safety Training

IDNO:
029225
Title:
Man with Breathing Apparatus at Safety Training
Date:
undated
Description:
A photograph of men outside of a building wearing safety masks.
A photograph of men carrying out an individual on a stretcher as part of a safety training exercise.

7. Mine Rescue Squad Training

IDNO:
029227
Title:
Mine Rescue Squad Training
Date:
undated
Description:
A photograph of men carrying out an individual on a stretcher as part of a safety training exercise.