[Cherry mine disaster, woman with a shawl wrapped around her head and shoulders holding a small child, standing over fire hoses strung along the ground near buildings of the St. Paul Coal Company mine with a group of men visible in the background after a

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  • Collection ID DN-0055441
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Cherry mine disaster, woman with a shawl wrapped around her head and shoulders holding a small child, standing over fire hoses strung along the ground near buildings of the St. Paul Coal Company mine with a group of men visible in the background after a fire] [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1909. Nov. 19]
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Image of woman with a shawl wrapped around her head and shoulders holding a small child, standing over fire hoses strung along the ground near buildings of the St. Paul Coal Company mine in Cherry, Illinois. A group of men are visible in the background after a fire. Over 250 men were killed in the November 13, 1909 fire.
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  • Names
    • St. Paul Coal Company Buildings.
    • St. Paul Coal Company Fire, 1909.
  • Subjects
    • Cherry Mine Disaster, Cherry, Ill., 1909
    • Widows 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Orphans Illinois Cherry 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Women Illinois Cherry 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Children Illinois Cherry 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Men Illinois Cherry 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Mine accidents Illinois Cherry 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Coal mining Illinois Cherry 1900-1909. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage Cherry (Ill.) 1900-1909.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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