"Boys Picking Slate in a Great Coal Breaker, Anthracite Mines, Pennsylvania"

c. 1913

Underwood & Underwood

Associated Names
Underwood & Underwood

Artist, American, 1881 - 1940

This is a photograph of an industrial interior with workers sitting on beams. The image captures a sepia-toned scene showing an interior industrial setting where individuals are seated on wooden beams across a sorting line for coal. The setting is a part of a coal breaker facility with conveyor belts and heaps of coal visible. The structure is made from rough-hewn wood, with conjoined beams forming a network of support, staircases, and platforms. The workers wear caps and work attire suited for manual labor in a dusty environment. The facility is densely packed with machinery and workers, creating a visually complex composition with a strong horizontal emphasis due to the lines of beams and machinery.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic gelatin silver prints

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 8 × 7.7 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in.)
    mount: 8.8 × 17.8 cm (3 7/16 × 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.95


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: European Publishers / Underwood & Underwood (London) Ltd.; along right edge: Underwood & Underwood / New York & Ottawa, Kas. Works Arlington, N.J.; top right: S 114; bottom right: 11258-Boys picking slate in a great coal breaker, Anthracite / Mines, Pa. Copyright Underwood & Underwood. U-145483; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: KL078 / JL


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