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Image Not Available for John L Lewis former President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) after emerging from coal face at Orient Mine at West Frankfort, Ilinois after spending eight hours underground investigating the blast which took the lives of 119 miners in December
John L Lewis former President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) after emerging from coal face at Orient Mine at West Frankfort, Ilinois after spending eight hours underground investigating the blast which took the lives of 119 miners in December
Image Not Available for John L Lewis former President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) after emerging from coal face at Orient Mine at West Frankfort, Ilinois after spending eight hours underground investigating the blast which took the lives of 119 miners in December

John L Lewis former President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) after emerging from coal face at Orient Mine at West Frankfort, Ilinois after spending eight hours underground investigating the blast which took the lives of 119 miners in December

Creator United States Information Service (USIS)
DateSeptember 1 1960
DimensionsSheet: 25.7 × 20.5 cm (10 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Image: 24 × 16.5 cm (9 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2005
Object number2005/4794
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Coal miners underground with conveyor belt, miners are the highest paid, best insured industrial workers thanks to the campaigns of Jon L Lewis, Labor leader
Coal miners underground with conveyor belt, miners are the highest paid, best insured industrial workers thanks to the campaigns of Jon L Lewis, Labor leader
United States Information Service (USIS)
September 1 1960
Photograph
Image Not Available for Upper photo shows coal camp in Southern West Virginia near railway tracks. Lower photo after John L Lewis's pressure on the coal operators to improve miners conditions.
Upper photo shows coal camp in Southern West Virginia near railway tracks. Lower photo after John L Lewis's pressure on the coal operators to improve miners conditions.
United States Information Service (USIS)
September 1 1960
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Associated Press, German
unknown
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Image Not Available for John Llewellyn Lewis president of the United Mine Workers Union (UMWA)
John Llewellyn Lewis president of the United Mine Workers Union (UMWA)
United States Information Service (USIS)
September 1 1960
Photograph
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1950
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George Hunter
1954
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President Eisenhower with Mine leader John Lewis at the White House C 1955
United States Information Service (USIS)
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Jayce Salloum
2019
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Arthur Rothstein
1947
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George Hunter
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