Gordon R. Smith Kentucky Photoprints

6. Kentucky Fried Mountains, Knott County
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Summary: Photographs from a project entitled "Kentucky Coal Country," in which photographer Gordon Smith concentrates on economic and social factors in Kentucky. The photographs document poverty, erosion of the land through strip mining, and other harsh realities in Kentucky.

Type: Collection descriptionsArchival materialsPhotographs

Photographer: Smith, Gordon R.

Place: Kentucky -- 1990-2000Appalachian Region

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0700

Topic: Coal mines and mining -- 1990-2000 -- KentuckyStrip mining -- Environmental aspects -- 1990-2000 -- Kentucky

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Kentucky Fried Mountains, Knott County

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Smith, Gordon R.

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