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Original Title (transcribed from print)
Virginia -- The fatal explosion at the Midlothian Coal Mine, February 3D -- Carrying from the shaft-cage a rescue party overcome by gas
Additional Caption (transcribed from print)
From a sketch by F. C. Burroughs.
Publication
Harper's Weekly
Publisher
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Date
2-18-1882
Topical Subject
Coal mines and mining -- Virginia -- Midlothian; Coal mine accidents -- Virginia -- Midlothian; Mine explosions -- Virginia -- Midlothian; Mine rescue work -- -- Virginia -- Midlothian
Geographic Subject
Midlothian (Va.)
City/Location
Midlothian (Va.)
Original Item Size
18 x 24 cm
Genre
prints (visual works)
Local Genre
newspaper; artwork
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Richmond Nineteenth-Century Print Collection
Source
Original periodical illustration: Virginia -- The fatal explosion at the Midlothian Coal Mine, February 3D -- Carrying From the shaft-cage a rescue party overcome by gas, Harper's Weekly, Feb. 18, 1882, Richmond, Virginia Maps and Prints Collection, M 190, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
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