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["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

589. Large figurines of coal miners at Coal Camp Creations

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.014.4.14.16
Title:
Large figurines of coal miners at Coal Camp Creations
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Tourism and the arts, Coal miners in art, Coal mines and mining, Folk art, Coal in art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

590. Figurines of coal mining picks and more made at Coal Camp Creations

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.015.4.14.16
Title:
Figurines of coal mining picks and more made at Coal Camp Creations
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal in art, Tourism and the arts, Coal mines and mining in art, Coal miners in art, Coal mines and mining, Folk art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

591. Assorted figurines made from coal dust at Coal Camp Creations

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.016.4.14.16
Title:
Assorted figurines made from coal dust at Coal Camp Creations
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Tourism and the arts, Coal mines and mining, Coal in art, Coal miners in art, Coal mines and mining in art, Folk art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

592. Fire-etched drawing of a coal miner on display at Coal Camp Creations

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.017.4.14.16
Title:
Fire-etched drawing of a coal miner on display at Coal Camp Creations
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Folk art, Coal mines and mining in art, Coal mines and mining, Pyrography, Coal miners in art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

593. Coal miner's helmet with a handmade sticker reading "STOP CAPITALISM DEAD ON ITS ASS," on display at Coal Camp Creations, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.018.4.14.16
Title:
Coal miner's helmet with a handmade sticker reading "STOP CAPITALISM DEAD ON ITS ASS," on display at Coal Camp Creations, 1 of 2
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal mines and mining in art, Coal miners--West Virginia
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

594. Coal miner's helmet with a handmade sticker reading "STOP CAPITALISM DEAD ON ITS ASS," on display at Coal Camp Creations, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.019.4.14.16
Title:
Coal miner's helmet with a handmade sticker reading "STOP CAPITALISM DEAD ON ITS ASS," on display at Coal Camp Creations, 2 of 2
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal mines and mining, Coal miners--West Virginia
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

595. Mural on the wall of McArts/Coal Camp Creations in Kimball

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.020.4.14.16
Title:
Mural on the wall of McArts/Coal Camp Creations in Kimball
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Mural painting and decoration, American, Coal mines and mining, Coal miners in art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

596. Worker at Coal Camp Creations creates figurines from coal dust

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.021.4.14.16
Title:
Worker at Coal Camp Creations creates figurines from coal dust
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal in art, Tourism and the arts, Folk art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Tony Coffman is the owner of Coffmans Metals, LLC in Birch River, West Virginia, which specializing in the buying and selling of ginseng and other wild herbs and roots, scrap metal, recyclables, and furs. A licensed ginseng dealer, Coffman began digging ginseng when he was a teenager for extra pocket money. Coffman inherited the business in 1987 from his grandfather Guy Coffman.These photos and related interviews were conducted in collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Festivals 2020 festival program on American ginseng. Learn more: https://festival.si.edu/blog/west-virginia-ginseng-trade"]%

597. Ginseng root dug in West Virginia and sold to Coffman's Metals in Birch River, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.CoffmansMetalsGinseng.Photo.001.9.15.19
Title:
Ginseng root dug in West Virginia and sold to Coffman's Metals in Birch River, 1 of 3
Date:
2019-09-15
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
American ginseng, American ginseng industry
Location:
Birch River (W. Va.), Nicholas County (W. Va.)
["Tony Coffman is the owner of Coffmans Metals, LLC in Birch River, West Virginia, which specializing in the buying and selling of ginseng and other wild herbs and roots, scrap metal, recyclables, and furs. A licensed ginseng dealer, Coffman began digging ginseng when he was a teenager for extra pocket money. Coffman inherited the business in 1987 from his grandfather Guy Coffman.These photos and related interviews were conducted in collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Festivals 2020 festival program on American ginseng. Learn more: https://festival.si.edu/blog/west-virginia-ginseng-trade"]%

598. Ginseng root dug in West Virginia and sold to Coffman's Metals in Birch River, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.CoffmansMetalsGinseng.Photo.002.9.15.19
Title:
Ginseng root dug in West Virginia and sold to Coffman's Metals in Birch River, 2 of 3
Date:
2019-09-15
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
American ginseng industry, American ginseng
Location:
Birch River (W. Va.), Nicholas County (W. Va.)
["Tony Coffman is the owner of Coffmans Metals, LLC in Birch River, West Virginia, which specializing in the buying and selling of ginseng and other wild herbs and roots, scrap metal, recyclables, and furs. A licensed ginseng dealer, Coffman began digging ginseng when he was a teenager for extra pocket money. Coffman inherited the business in 1987 from his grandfather Guy Coffman.These photos and related interviews were conducted in collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Festivals 2020 festival program on American ginseng. Learn more: https://festival.si.edu/blog/west-virginia-ginseng-trade"]%

599. Ginseng root dug in West Virginia and sold to Coffman's Metals in Birch River, 3 of 3

Identifier:
4224.CoffmansMetalsGinseng.Photo.003.9.15.19
Title:
Ginseng root dug in West Virginia and sold to Coffman's Metals in Birch River, 3 of 3
Date:
2019-09-15
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
American ginseng industry, American ginseng
Location:
Nicholas County (W. Va.), Birch River (W. Va.)
["Tony Coffman is the owner of Coffmans Metals, LLC in Birch River, West Virginia, which specializing in the buying and selling of ginseng and other wild herbs and roots, scrap metal, recyclables, and furs. A licensed ginseng dealer, Coffman began digging ginseng when he was a teenager for extra pocket money. Coffman inherited the business in 1987 from his grandfather Guy Coffman.These photos and related interviews were conducted in collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Festivals 2020 festival program on American ginseng. Learn more: https://festival.si.edu/blog/west-virginia-ginseng-trade"]%

600. Dried wild herbs harvested in West Virginia and sold to Coffman's Metals in Birch river

Identifier:
4224.CoffmansMetalsGinseng.Photo.004.9.15.19
Title:
Dried wild herbs harvested in West Virginia and sold to Coffman's Metals in Birch river
Date:
2019-09-15
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Forage plants, American ginseng industry
Location:
Nicholas County (W. Va.), Birch River (W. Va.)