Caption

Scott's Run, West Virginia. Peter Percupu, Roumanian miner, unemployed, known in Scott's Run as Ground Hog. Too old to find employment in the mines, March 1937, Lewis Hine, 1874 - 1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform. US,USA

Date

1940

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Reference

LZT16A05_497

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,3Mb (1,5Mb) / 12,3in x 17,4in / 3692 x 5234 (300dpi)

Keywords

Scott's Run West Virginia Peter Percupu Roumanian miner unemployed known Scott's Run Ground Hog Too old find employment mines March 1937 Lewis Hine Hine 1874 1940 American photographer camera tool social reform US USA America Americana Great Depression Lewis Wickes Hine Lewis W Hine reform movements documentary social change