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The faces in the 33 photos of Coal Miners in and around Birmingham, Alabama in 1937 reflect the difficulty of their job (Updated)

 
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The faces in the 33 photos of Coal Miners in and around Birmingham, Alabama in 1937 reflect the difficulty of their job (Updated)

These coal miners from Birmingham and Walker County, Alabama had no idea that when they went to work one cold morning in February of 1937 that their pictures would be taken by photojournalists, Arthur Rothstein and preserved in the Library of Congress forever. I’m sure they were thinking of the drudgery in their day ahead. […]

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