Happy Groundhog Day!
Daughter of miner with pet ground hog. Dixie Darby Fuel Company, Marne Mine, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky., 09/13/1946.
Russell Lee, Photographer. From the Department of the Interior’s series: Photographs of the Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry
“An act making an alteration in the Flag of the United States”
Approved by President George Washington on January 13, 1794, this act called for the Flag of the United States to have fifteen stripes and fifteen stars, reflecting the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. Faced with the admission of five more states in 1818, the flag design would return to the original thirteen stripes.
December 6th is Miner’s Day
“Home of George Hoskins, his wife and ten children. This is a three room house renting for $6.75 monthly; the family has an electric refrigerator, washing machine, an iron, and pay $4.12 monthly for electricity; Mr. Hoskins said, ‘We’ve lived in this house for eleven years, and it has leaked for eleven years.’ Coleman Fuel Company, Red Bird Mine, Field, Bell County, Kentucky, 08/31/1946”
Dated August 31, 1946, this photograph was taken by Russell W. Lee as part of a survey of medical, health and housing conditions in coal mining communities.
