Virtual Exhibit of Jeanne Rasmussen

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Coal Country, in Black and White: Photographs, 1968-1973, by Jeanne M. Rasmussen (1934-1992) June 3 – August 28, 2008 Curated by Kevin O'Donnell and Megan Kearns. Text for exhibit and graphics written by Kevin O'Donnell.

	Biography of Jeanne M. Rasmussen
Jeanne Rasmussen Photo by Henry Wilson

Cabin Creek coal camp, 1972 Ingram Branch, West Virginia	Coal camp Rita, West Virginia	Girl in coal camp Rita, West Virginia

Boy, 1969 Pikeville, Kentucky	Girl in coal camp, 1970	Boy playing in an abandoned mine shaft, Kentucky

Poverty
	Residents of Appalachian coal communities are sometimes offended by images of regional poverty. Read More . . .
Children in coal camp Rhodell, West Virginia

Cats, coal camp Stotesbury (near Tams) West Virginia	Family, coal camp Amiego Hollow, West Virginia	Mingo County (near Red Jacket), West Virginia

Family, 1967 West Virginia	Boy and chickens	Get married here

Working
	Since the 1870s, when industrial-scale coal extraction began in Appalachia, mining has provided jobs in coal country. Read More . . .
An "old-timey" coal tipple West Virginia

At a coal mine Tams, West Virginia	Miners	Pension Activists

Disabled miners and widows listen to an address by Joseph A. Yablonski, 1969 Pikeville, Kentucky

Strip Mining Machinery
	By the late 1960s, coal mining was becoming increasingly automated, and strip mining was likewise becoming more common. Read More . . .
The GEM of Egypt, owned by Consolidation Coal Company, 1971

The boom is 12 stories high, 1971	Workman atop shovel catwalk, 1971	The bucket capacity is 135 cubic yards, 1971

Norfolk and Western railroad coal cars

Buffalo Creek Disaster	Read About . . .

A helicopter searches for the dead and wounded, 1972 Buffalo Creek, West Virginia Published in Harper's Magazine, March 1973	Destruction, 1972 Buffalo Creek, West Virginia	National Guardsman stands guard during the search for bodies, 1972 Buffalo Creek, West Virginia Published in Harper's Magazine, March 1973

Buffalo Creek Aftermath	Read About . . .

Destruction, 1972 Buffalo Creek, West Virginia	Debris, 1972 Buffalo Creek, West Virginia	Church on railroad tracks, 1972 Buffalo Creek, West Virginia Published in Time Magazine, March 13, 1972