2010.54.15761

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Keep Bessie In Harlan

poster
work on paper

Late 20th Early 21st Century

offset lithograph
paper

28.65 in HIGH x 17.65 in WIDE
(72.77 cm HIGH x 44.83 cm WIDE)

All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.

2010.54.15761

inscription: "Miners Art Group / P.O. Box 692 / Belle, West Virginia / 25015" is in the bottom left corner. There is a union label and "6" in the bottom right corner.

Tag words:

coal miner
figure, female
figure, male
labor union

poster
work on paper

Art
History

community struggle

This poster is made up of light green, white, and gray illustrations of a group of coal miners in a wooded, mining setting. They are holding protest signs, tools, and a newspaper. The bottom third of the poster features a black and white political cartoon featuring a member of the KKK and a man in a suit preparing to tar and feather a donkey with the letters "SLU" on it. Text on either side of this illustration explains the situation for coal miners in "Harlan County, / Kentucky".

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