[Dead (?) coal miner under rock after cave-in in tunnel] – Historic Print
![[Dead (?) coal miner under rock after cave-in in tunnel], [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f5b3101ccdf5-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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This rare historic photograph captures [Dead (?) coal miner under rock after cave-in in tunnel] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Dead (?) coal miner under rock after cave-in in tunnel]
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Its title carries a question mark, asking whether the miner beneath the fallen rock is dead, and the picture itself does not settle the matter. The man lies half-buried in a coal tunnel, his body set against the broken stone that trapped him. The print belongs to the National Photo Company collection, the commercial studio whose early twentieth-century work recorded American industry and public life, and it is catalogued under mine disasters. Roof falls and cave-ins were among the most frequent causes of death underground, and pictures like this one helped show the dangers coal miners faced.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1932] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1940. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Mining & Drilling. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 6478. Caption card tracings: Mine disasters; Mining - coal; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,104 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150281 |
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