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Illustration Credits Map of anthracite region by Erin Greb. Chapter 1: Postcard titled “Homeward Bound” (original photo by William J. Harris, ca. 1890s), author’s collection; fig. 1, photo by Paul A. Weaver, 2008; fig. 2, postcards from the private collection of John Stuart Richards. Chapter 2: Postcard of State Hospital for Miners, Ashland, Pa., author’s collection ; figs. 3, 4, and 5 from Mylin, State Prisons, Hospitals, Soldiers’ Homes and Orphan Schools . . . , 128d, 128b, 128c. Chapter 3: Sheldon Dick, “Gilberton , Pennsylvania. Corner of a room in Francis Ploppert’s house,” 1938(?), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.; fig. 6 and frontispiece, photographer unknown (used by permission of Lillian Bridi Kovalovich; author’s collection); fig. 7, author’s collection; fig. 8, photographer unknown (used by permission of Lillian Bridi Kovalovich; author’s collection). Chapter 4: Lewis Hines, “Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through,” 1911, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. Chapter 5: Sheldon Dick, “Gilberton, Pennsylvania . Men at a bar,” 1938(?), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.; fig. 10, General Research Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Chapter 6: “Nurses from the Ashland State Hospital enjoying a private party in the newly remodeled Eagles Social Club, North and Centre Streets, Ashland,” photographer unknown, ca. 1950s, courtesy the Ashland Area Historic Preservation Society. ...

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