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Rescue box with lid open to see contents inside.

1. Miner's Rescue Box

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

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.

4. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Men in white uniform work on a practice victim.

5. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

6. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Crowds gather to watch miners participate in Safety Day exercises.

7. Safety Day Is Important

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

8. Safety Day Is Important

9. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

10. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

11. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Men rehearsing mine safety procedures.

12. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

13. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

14. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

15. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Man speaks into a microphone on a platform.  Other men standing on platform.

16. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch near parking area.

17. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

18. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Men in white uniforms watch mine safety exercises.

19. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

20. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

21. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

22. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

23. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

24. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

25. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures.

26. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures on a practice victim.

27. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

28. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

29. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Crowds watch groups of men rehearsing mine safety procedures.

30. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

31. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

32. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of miners in a safety class.

33. Miners in Safety Class

Men practicing first aid techniques at Beall High School in Frostburg.

34. First Aid Meeting at Beall High School, Frostburg, Md.

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

Safety First Sign on metal framing at coal mine facilities in Thomas, W. Va.

36. Safety First Consideration Sign at Thomas, W. Va.

Group portrait of men, some in rescue attire, standing in front of the mine rescue car.

37. Mine Rescue Car

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

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

Group portrait of an inspection party on horses at Consolidation Mine No. 214.

39. Inspection Party at Consolidation Mine No. 214

Group portrait of an inspection party at Consolidation Mine No. 204.

40. Inspection Party at Consolidation Mine No. 204

41. Miners Riding Safety Man-Trip Cars in Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

Fire boss board at Jamison Mine No. 9.

42. Fire Boss Report Board at Jamison Mine No. 9

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

43. Safety Procedures for Scotching and Cleaning Under Cage

44. Various Grades of Coal Awaiting Transport

State Mine rescue station at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

45. State Mine Rescue Station at Jamison No. 9, Farmington

First aid toom with chair and table.

46. First Aid Room at Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

Boswell safety car on tracks outside of a building.

47. Boswell Safety Car, Thomas, W. Va.

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

48. Methods for Retracking Mine Cars

Group portrait of a mine safety team at Thomas, W. Va.

49. Mine Safety Team, Thomas, W. Va.

An emergency stretcher of the Davis Coal and Coke Company at Thomas, W. Va.

50. Emergency Stretcher Outfit

51. Fire Engine at Jamison No. 9

Rescue box with lid open to see inside contents.

52. Miner's Rescue Box

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

53. Carlisle Mine Rescue Station

Man standing in first aid room with various equipment on top of table.

54. First Aid Room at Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

Examination table and medical supplies.

55. First Aid Room at Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

Mr. McDowell, first from left, and the Miners Rescue team at Thomas, W. Va.

56. Mine Rescue Team at Thomas, W. Va.