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Coal miner's children on way to get groceries. All these wires are alive, carrying from 250 to 530 volts. People and children are often knocked down, sometimes killed. This is the main and only thoroughgare to company store and school, from their homes (in background). The "Patch," Chaplin, West Virginia

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Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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west virginia chaplin nitrate negatives coal miner coal miner children wires history of west virginia farm security administration great depression united states history industrial history coal mines and mining mining industry library of congress
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01/01/1938
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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
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chaplin
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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west virginia chaplin nitrate negatives coal miner coal miner children wires history of west virginia farm security administration great depression united states history industrial history coal mines and mining mining industry library of congress