LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Men in a coal(?) mine: 2 men using the safety lamp]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvbWVuLWluLWEtY29hbC1taW5lLTItbWVuLXVzaW5nLXRoZS1zYWZldHktbGFtcC02NDAuanBn/320/221/jpg "[Men in a coal(?) mine: 2 men using the safety lamp]")
![[Men in a coal(?) mine: 7 men in an old working mine shaft]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvbWVuLWluLWEtY29hbC1taW5lLTctbWVuLWluLWFuLW9sZC13b3JraW5nLW1pbmUtc2hhZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Men in a coal(?) mine: 7 men in an old working mine shaft]")
![[Men in a coal(?) mine: 6 men along the gangway]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvbWVuLWluLWEtY29hbC1taW5lLTYtbWVuLWFsb25nLXRoZS1nYW5nd2F5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Men in a coal(?) mine: 6 men along the gangway]")
![[Man shoveling coal] - Public domain drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvbWFuLXNob3ZlbGluZy1jb2FsLWRjNDRkZi02NDAuanBn/40/64/webp "[Man shoveling coal] - Public domain drawing")
![[Two men struggling next to a stone lantern, upsetting a teapot]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvdHdvLW1lbi1zdHJ1Z2dsaW5nLW5leHQtdG8tYS1zdG9uZS1sYW50ZXJuLXVwc2V0dGluZy1hLXRlYXBvdC1kYWVjNDUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "[Two men struggling next to a stone lantern, upsetting a teapot]")
![[Man shoveling coal]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvbWFuLXNob3ZlbGluZy1jb2FsLWRiNTViOC02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Man shoveling coal]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
![[Tunnel in rock, with three men]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTIvMDEvMDEvdHVubmVsLWluLXJvY2std2l0aC10aHJlZS1tZW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Tunnel in rock, with three men]")
