Pike County Black Lung Association
Pike County Black Lung Association
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- Description
- A poster used in an 1981 Miner's protest. In the early 1980s, Pike County, Kentucky was the 2nd largest coal producing county in the United States. Black Lung is a lung disease that is caused by long term exposure to coal dust. In 1969, the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act established standards to reduce dust.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Poster
- date made
- c. 1981
- used
- 1981
- affiliated union
- United Mine Workers of America
- referenced
- United States: Pennsylvania, Pike
- Measurements
- overall: 22 in x 28 in; 55.88 cm x 71.12 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0244.01
- accession number
- 1981.0244
- catalog number
- 1981.0244.01
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian
- subject
- History, Reform Movements, Economic Protest
- Miners
- Labor Unions
- labor issues
- Protest and Civil Disobedience
- March, Rally, Demonstration, or Other
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- Political and Military History: Political History
- Princeton Posters
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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