Title from caption on object: "Coal Miners Pay Tribute in Bond Rally”
May 1945
Artist
Publisher, est. 1902
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 21.5 × 17 cm (8 7/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
sheet: 21.8 × 18.2 cm (8 9/16 × 7 3/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.359
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Historic Images, Memphis); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
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]