Drilling For A Shot: Old-Fashioned Way Of Mining Coal

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Lewis Wickes Hine

Title

Drilling For A Shot: Old-Fashioned Way Of Mining Coal

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1921

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 11.8 × 16.9 cm (4 11/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Paper: 12.6 × 17.7 cm (5 × 7 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David Vestal

Reference Number

1965.280

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