'Bootleg' Coal Mining

Skip to main content
Collections Menu
Image Not Available for 'Bootleg' Coal Mining
'Bootleg' Coal Mining
Image Not Available for 'Bootleg' Coal Mining

'Bootleg' Coal Mining

Datec. 1935-1937
MediumCrayon lithograph with scraping
DimensionsSheet: 403 x 582 mm. (15 7/8 x 22 15/16 in.)
Image: 313 x 411 mm. (12 5/16 x 16 3/16 in.)
Credit LineThe United States General Services Administration, formerly Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration, on extended loan to the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Object numberL.1943.9.3
NOT ON VIEW
Collections
Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Bootleg Coal
Bootleg Coal
1937
Image Not Available for Coal Mining
Coal Mining
1887
Image Not Available for Coal Cars
Coal Cars
1937
Image Not Available for Coal Dock
Coal Dock
c. 1935-1938
Image Not Available for Coal Heap
Coal Heap
c. 1938
Image Not Available for Californian Shareholders. - Yesterday I invested 5000 Francs in the purchase of 1000 shares of a California Gold Mining Company.... we have the exploitation right of the left bank of the Sacramento river.... I think this will be a good business.... and the manager is just as convinced as I am. - I prefer a company, called "the golden hoax"... I have put all my money into it.
Californian Shareholders. - Yesterday I invested 5000 Francs in the purchase of 1000 shares of a California Gold Mining Company.... we have the exploitation right of the left bank of the Sacramento river.... I think this will be a good business.... and the manager is just as convinced as I am. - I prefer a company, called "the golden hoax"... I have put all my money into it.
1850
Image Not Available for Great Exhibition... of Industry and Contemporary Jokes. Enter and judge for yourself! Everything is arranged and ready: The pancake of the courts good for digestion (To the side: and difficult to digest). The Master-thief who catches all!! (save for his shadow). Liquid bitumen! (exactly). Men's shirts for the use of little children. The marvellous indestructible hats (that melt in the sun and dissolve in the rain). Dromedar cream in great demand (by fools). English beer with lots of froth (like in the newspapers). Simpleton's sublime, the classic coal of Saint Pétrain that one can put to the test (at any time).
Great Exhibition... of Industry and Contemporary Jokes. Enter and judge for yourself! Everything is arranged and ready: The pancake of the courts good for digestion (To the side: and difficult to digest). The Master-thief who catches all!! (save for his shadow). Liquid bitumen! (exactly). Men's shirts for the use of little children. The marvellous indestructible hats (that melt in the sun and dissolve in the rain). Dromedar cream in great demand (by fools). English beer with lots of froth (like in the newspapers). Simpleton's sublime, the classic coal of Saint Pétrain that one can put to the test (at any time).
1839
Image Not Available for The Coal Wagon
The Coal Wagon
1822
Image Not Available for Domestic Interior in Scott's Run Mining Camps near Morgantown, West Virginia
Domestic Interior in Scott's Run Mining Camps near Morgantown, West Virginia
1935
Image Not Available for Abandoned Homestead, Red Mountain Mining District, Colorado
Abandoned Homestead, Red Mountain Mining District, Colorado
2011
Image Not Available for Coal Chutes, Edison Plant
Coal Chutes, Edison Plant
1933
Image Not Available for The Fisherman
The Fisherman
n.d.