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Family standing in front of a wooden barrack.

1. Mining Family at Bear Mountain, W. Va.

IDNO:
003542
Title:
Mining Family at Bear Mountain, W. Va.
Description:
Family standing in front of a wooden barrack.
Men, women, and children standing on hillside in Tunnelton, W. Va.

2. Miners and Family Members on a Hillside in Tunnelton, W. Va.

IDNO:
003608
Title:
Miners and Family Members on a Hillside in Tunnelton, W. Va.
Description:
Men, women, and children standing on hillside in Tunnelton, W. Va.
Group of women and children standing outside barracks.

3. Miner's Children

IDNO:
003613
Title:
Miner's Children
Description:
Group of women and children standing outside barracks.
Children holding signs in the street.

4. Miner's Wife and and a Group of Children with Strike Sign

IDNO:
003632
Title:
Miner's Wife and and a Group of Children with Strike Sign
Description:
Children holding signs in the street.
Children with two women and a man.

5. Mining Family and Guests

IDNO:
003637
Title:
Mining Family and Guests
Description:
Children with two women and a man.
A group of unidentified miners and their families posing for a picture.

6. Miners and Family at Flemington, W. Va.

IDNO:
003639
Title:
Miners and Family at Flemington, W. Va.
Description:
A group of unidentified miners and their families posing for a picture.

7. Miners and Their Families In Front of Barracks

IDNO:
003640
Title:
Miners and Their Families In Front of Barracks

8. Miner's Families in Front of Barracks

IDNO:
003642
Title:
Miner's Families in Front of Barracks

9. Women and Children next to a Barrack

IDNO:
003655
Title:
Women and Children next to a Barrack

10. Miner's Families in front of Barracks at Lewistown, W. Va.

IDNO:
003667
Title:
Miner's Families in front of Barracks at Lewistown, W. Va.
During Unionization of Coal Company workers, miners' families were evicted from Company owned houses. The Union supplied building material and land and the miners plus others constructed temporary barracks until the labor trouble was settled. Beside the barracks, there was room for small garden plots and here they are shown working in them. See New York Times Sunday Sept. 5th Picture Section.

11. Women Working in Garden at Barrack Village Near Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
003668
Title:
Women Working in Garden at Barrack Village Near Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Description:
During Unionization of Coal Company workers, miners' families were evicted from Company owned houses. The Union supplied building material and land and the miners plus others constructed temporary barracks until the labor trouble was settled. Beside the barracks, there was room for small garden plots and here they are shown working in them. See New York Times Sunday Sept. 5th Picture Section.

12. Striking Miners' Families during the Irwin Strike

IDNO:
003677
Title:
Striking Miners' Families during the Irwin Strike