Inscription
on verso, upper right printed in black ink on applied barcode label: n e c 0 5 8 6 9 / www.historicimages.com; center Hamilton Wright Organization Inc. copyright stamp in red ink; lower center printed in black ink on applied paper: COAL MINERS PAY TRIBUTE IN BOND RALLY [underlined] / CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA (MAY 00, 1945)-----Bituminous coal / miners re-enact Iwo Jima flag raising [underlined in graphite] on a mountain of / coal here in Seventh War Bond Drive ceremonies. Miners / and operators of the bituminous coal industry have / bought over half a billion dollars worth of bonds in all / war loans to-date. / FROM: Hamilton Wright Org. / FOR: BITUMINOUS COAL INSTITUTE / PHOTO GRATIS [underlined]; bottom left stamped in purple ink inverted: REF. DEPT / 5-24 '45 / N.E.A.; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: A70899 Flag [illegible]
Provenance
(Historic Images, Memphis); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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