Jack Delano
Coal Mining Near Pottsville, PA

Coal Mining Near Pottsville, PA

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, born Ukraine, 1914–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Coal Mining Near Pottsville, PA
Date1938
Placenear Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/8 × 9 3/16 in. (35.3 × 23.3 cm)
 Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies
Object number97.30
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Jill Quasha Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso above signature in pencil "Federal Arts Project WPA / Coal mining near Pottsville, Pa. / 1938"
bottom left corner in pencil "PF2568"
verso upper center in pencil "Jack Delano"

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