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Orphans of Mine Disaster
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Photographic postcard of a posed group of orphan children of miners from mine disaster, Nov. 13, 1909. Caption reads: "#31 Group made orphans by Cherry Mine Disaster Where 400 Men were Entombed Nov 13, 1909 Cherry, Ill."
November 1909
Dunham Photo
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WHi 7783
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Mine Disaster Morgue
November 1909
Photographic postcard of funeral and tent/morgue from the Cherry Mine disaster. Caption reads: "#37 Cherry Mine Horror Showing Morgue Dunham Photo Princeton, Ill."
Scene at Mine Disaster
November 13, 1909
Photographic postcard of an elevated view of people walking to the mine (in the distance) after a disaster. Caption reads: "Scene at Mine Disaster, Cherry, Ill."
Mine Disaster
November 13, 1909
Photographic postcard of people gathering around an air shaft of a mine in after a mining disaster. Caption reads: "(?) at Mine Disaster showing wrecked air shaft, Cherry, Ill."
Temporary Hoisting Apparatus
November 18, 1909
Miners building a temporary hoisting apparatus after the November 13, 1909, disaster at Cherry mine in Illinois where 400 men were entombed.
Ruins of Fan House and Escape Shaft
November 13, 1909
The ruins of the fan house and escape shaft after a mining disaster at Cherry mine. A group of men and children are standing in the foreground.
Oxygen Helmets
November 13, 1909
Two men in oxygen helmets outside of the Cherry, Illinois, mining disaster.
