Coal Mining Family – Superior, West Virginia
- Photographer
- Moneta Sleet Jr., American, 1926–1996
- Date
- 1953, printed c.1970
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- photographed in
- Superior, West Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 15 3/4 in. × 14 in. (40 × 35.6 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Moneta Sleet Jr.
- Rights
- © Estate of Moneta Sleet Jr.
- Object Number
- 461:1991
NOTES
Siblings from the coal mining town of Superior, West Virginia, gather in their best clothes for photographer Moneta Sleet Jr. In 1953, Sleet was on assignment for Our World magazine to photograph the lifestyles of African American coal miners and their families. Children and their honest expressions remained one of Sleet’s favorite subjects. For this photo, he positioned himself at the children’s eye-level in order to best connect with them.
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