Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner From Rhodell, West Virginia near Beckley, with His Wife,
Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner From Rhodell, West Virginia near Beckley, with His Wife, Della Mae 06/1974
Image by The U.S. National Archives
Original Caption: Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner From Rhodell, West Virginia near Beckley, with His Wife, Della Mae. His Legs Were Crushed by a Mine Roof Cave-In after Working One Year, But It Took 18 Years to Receive Workmen’s Compensation. In Addition to Those Benefits, He Makes Money as the Operator of a Beer Joint a Block From His Home Because of Their Lengthy Fight for Compensation, the Smiths Had to Go on Welfare for a Time, a Memory Which Makes Them Bitter, and Is a Frequent Complaint of Other Miners Who Are Injured 06/1974
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-14124
Photographer: Corn, Jack, 1929-
Subjects:
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
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