Photograph by Jack Corn
| Vicki Smith, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith of Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley, stands next to a religious tapestry in the family home. Smith lost both legs in a mine cave-in and fought 18 years before receiving workmen's compensation. He now operates a beer joint. Smith comes from a family of nine brothers and seven sisters. All of the men, except an infant who died, went to work in the mines. |
Photo courtesy of the National Archives, Still Pictures Branch
Photojournalism / Documentary Gallery 2 Subject Gallery
| Credits: Vicki Smith photo by Jack Corn, courtesy of the National Archives, Still Pictures Branch - Control Number NWDNS-412-DA-14125. Production date, June 1974. Creating organization was the Environmental Protection Agency. The National Archives - http://www.nara.gov/ Background pattern courtesy of the © |
