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Power and Light Exhibit 💡
Immerse yourself in the Power & Light exhibit, a profound exploration of the coal miner’s life in 1946 America through the compassionate lens of Russell Lee. A master of documentary photography, Lee was tasked with an extraordinary project following labor strikes—a nationwide survey capturing the essence of remote coal communities. His photos, over 200 of which are featured in our #ArchivesPowerAndLight exhibit, shed light on the rich tapestry of everyday moments against the backdrop of a pivotal time in labor history.
Beyond documenting the gritty realities of coal mining, Lee's photographs celebrate the strength, resilience, and unity of the families that powered these communities. From pride in their homes to solidarity in the mines, every image narrates a story woven into the broader American saga.
Lee, a notable figure among the greats like Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, believed in the power of photography to create social change. He carried his camera through 13 states, into the homes and lives of those who toiled beneath the earth, and emerged with more than just images—he captured stories that continue to resonate with us today.
This exhibit invites you to traverse time and experience the power and light within this historical archive. Witness the intimate and candid moments Lee immortalized and see the enduring legacy of his work at the National Archives.
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8 Year old miner
#these haunted hills#coal miners#coalmines#ghostcore#ghost and hauntings#haunted#ghost and spirits#haunting#real ghost photos#ghost#appalachain mountains
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Surviving a Car Crash on Grundy Mountain in 1972: A Band's Near-Death Experience
Did I ever tell you the story about the time the band almost died in a car crashing off the side of Grundy Mountain in Virginia? Fun days for sure! It was February 1972, Super Bowl Week. I was drumming and singing with a Top 40 shiny dance band (we had rhinestone stage clothes) called Whiskey Creek; a name my bandmates stole from a country band I’d played with a few years before reasoning we…
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Penny Wolin, Jackalopes, Cowboys and Coalmines: A Photographic Survey of Energy Development in Wyoming, 1979, chromogenic color print, image: 83⁄4 × 121⁄4 in. (22.2 × 31.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1889
Penny Wolin (born June 5, 1953), also known as Penny Diane Wolin and Penny Wolin-Semple, is an American portrait photographer and a visual anthropologist. She has exhibited solo at the Smithsonian Institution and is the recipient of two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and one grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. via Wikipedia
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"right, one more attempt, and then i think we're gonna have to call it the end of the session."
mumbo died on his last attempt. right before grian would have ended the session. right before grian could have saved him.
"but i just don't want to kill jimmy..."
he could have taken the shot then and there. he could have lived.
but the miner didn't want to kill the canary. he wanted the canary to live. and he died for it. because miners aren't meant to go into the coal mines alone.
#wild life smp spoilers#wild life smp#traffic smp spoilers#wlsmp spoilers#traffic life#grumbo#mumbo jumbo#grian minecraft#wild life mumbo#trafficblr#traffic series#traffic smp#life series#//#mumbo literally lived in a cave underneath jimmy's base. he went to the coalmine without the canary. and so he died.#fun fact! did you know miners used to get attached to the canaries in mines?#enough they couldn't bare the thought of them dying? that they tried to save them by putting them in glass boxes?#one of the reasons the practice of using canaries was stopped was because they switched to electronic gas detectors.#reminds me of a certain mustached man associated with electronics!
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rip mumbolion jumbolion he truly mined that coal 💔
i drew this in mspaint instead of studying for a test <3 baby's first time in uni and im already failing a grade....at least i have my minecraft people to watch
#mumbo jumbo#wild life smp#life series smp#wild life mumbo#mumbo fanart#wild life fanart#mcyt#mcyt fanart#!art#guys im devastated#i watched arcane before this too like this was a cherry on top of the misery cake I got today#mined that coal as in the coalminer. you know. the canary and all
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other artists have made a point of being like "stop saying you hate the pairing but like the art. it's annoying and still insulting" which is fair, but honestly every single time that's happened to me that person eventually came back to say they like them unironically now so. it doesn't even annoy me anymore, lol. oh, so you normally hate this ship? that's nice do tell me more. ignore the crosshair btw
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Finally drew the Ranchers <3
#the barking artist#tangotek#solidaritygaming#jimmy solidarity#solidaritytek#rancher duo#team rancher#the canary and his coalmine#trafficshipping#i don't think this is particularly shippy but just in case#i just think Jimmy and Tango should be able to fly#together
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He’s not getting out
(Batik shadow blue 46)
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far travelled messenger
are you not curious to what you carry?
like clipping a canary's feathers,
low down do these random gods fall
#gamble the queue#art#my art#digital art#artists on tumblr#drawing#fan art#fanart#rain world#rain world spearmaster#rw spearmaster#rw downpour#rain world downpour#the first letter of every line in that poem spells out fall by the way :DD i like poetry lots#canary was originally passerine but i changed it cause canary in the coalmine. something something he was doomed the moment she fell
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To be without a canary
Is death to the coalminer
#artists on tumblr#drawing#traditional drawing#character art#trafficblr#traffic series#traffic smp#wild life#grumbo#grian#mumbojumbo fanart#mumbo#coalminers curse#canary curse#wild life smp
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jimmy praying to the watchers and then THE COALMINER DYING?
#jimmy solidarity#canary curse#coalminers curse#mumbo jumbo#life series#minecraft#trafficblr#traffic series
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putting on canary in a coalmine by the police. opening up john torringtons wikipedia page. scrolling to the death and autopsy portion and looking at it for hours
#am i your least cool mutual. be honest#canary in a coalmine = jorrington#raspberry beret = liam#eyes without a face = jartnell#cruel summer = the beattie exhumations#🦇
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Screenshots from the Coalmine Theatre’s 16 Random Questions
Bonus from the “Noah doesn’t know how to wear a hat” department
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if i had a nickel for everytime mumbo accidentally killed himself right in front of grian, who couldn't save him but was forced to watch helplessly anyway, i'd have at least three. which isn't a lot but why does it KEEP HAPPENING
#wild life smp spoilers#traffic life spoilers#wlsmp spoilers#wlsmp#trafficblr#traffic life#traffic life smp#mumbo jumbo#grian#grumbo#//#this is why miners shouldnt go into coalmines without canaries!#CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS FROM MUMBO OR GRIAN'S POV.#EVERYBODY SEEING MUMBO DIE AND GOING “oh no... look at grian......”#GRIAN BUILDING HIM A GRAVE.. ATTACKING JIMMY FOR DISRESPECTING IT... AUGH.
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Finding out about the Netflix Dorian Gray adaptation as God intended (through horrified posts on my dash)
#the rebecca and Dracula adaptations were the canary in the coalmine#next up: a dark gritty adaptation of Carmilla where...get this...she's STRAIGHT#and so's Laura#but laura gets to carry a gun so it all balances out
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