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Slate Pickers At Work

Slate Pickers At Work Social History
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Stock #:149155
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
Publisher: Scranton News Co.
Postmark: 1914 Sep-12
Postmark City: Glenburn
Postmark State: Pa
Stamp: 1C
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Recipient Address:Miss Anna Mechle
3. Fonda Ave
East Side
Troy, NY
Additional Details:
After coal is mined it is run through heavy rollers at top of breaker and crushed. It is then sorted in revolving screens which empty into shutes where boy slate pickers sort the coal form the refuse
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