Robert Gumpert Harlan County Photographs Collection, 1974
Collection (rgc)
- Scope and Contents
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In 1974 Los Angeles-based photographer Robert Gumpert traveled to Harlan County, KY to document the Brookside Coal strike (1973-74). His images capture the tension of the strike, confrontations between miners and Eastover Mine security forces, meetings of the “Brookside Women” (wives of miners who were active in the strike), as well as miners and their families, non-union workers, and residents of the county.
- Physical Description
- This collection consists of 61 rolls of 35mm b/w negative strips (approx. 1500 images) and corresponding contact sheets made by the photographer.
- Subjects
- Harlan County, USA, Brookside strike, Brookside Women, United Mine Workers of America, Coal miner
- Topics, Library of Congress Authority
- Eastover Mining Company Strike, Harlan County, Ky., 1974
- Geographical Areas, Library of Congress Authority
- Kentucky
- Preferred Citation
- Image by Robert Gumpert, courtesy of Appalshop Archive.
- Related Place
- Harlan County, KY (is located in)
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