Williamson, W. Va. 1941(?). Loaded coal cars awaiting shipment – Historic Reproduction
![Williamson, W. Va. 1941(?). Loaded coal cars awaiting shipment, [1941?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2a/2ace65f4dd39-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Williamson, W. Va. 1941(?). Loaded coal cars awaiting shipment, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Williamson, W. Va. 1941(?). Loaded coal cars awaiting shipment
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Loaded coal cars stand in a rail yard at Williamson, West Virginia, a town in the Tug Valley coalfields along the Kentucky border. The record places the photograph around 1941, though the date is marked as unverified on the original caption card. Coal was the economic engine of this part of the state, and railroad sidings like this one moved the fuel out to markets across the country. The picture comes from the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information files, whose photographers documented American labor and industry in the years leading up to and during the Second World War.
| Created / published | [1941?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: R-Roads; Coal; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,235 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141540 |
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