Amon Carter print details

Coal Mining, One Mile Underground

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1908

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons

    Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. in image: COAL MINING. One Mile Underground.

    Verso:

    u.l. printed transverse: Photochromed \ in Saxony

    u.l. printed: By Appointment \ ONE MILE UNDERGROUND. When entrance to \ a coal mine is made from the side of a hill or mountain, the \ tunnel may be a very long one, sometimes as much as a mile, \ but entrance to many mines is by a shaft sunk into the earth. \ The mining extends from the workings of outcrops, to a depth \ of 1600 feet, but most of the coal os obtained less than 1000 feet \ below the surface.

    u.c. to u.r. in ink: Hazleton Pa 8/25/08

    c.l. printed along left edge: Raphael Tuck & Sons' Series No 2516, "Coal Mining." \ ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.

    c.l. to l.c. in ink: I was down in a coal \ mine 1400 feet under \ the ground and this [is] \ the way it looks there. \ Bob.

    c. to c.r. in ink: To Al, \ From Bob

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.1135

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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