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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
The Coal Pickers
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

The Coal Pickers

Object numberMO 1956.321
Artist (American, 1902 - 1979)
Date1939
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 14 in x W 16 1/4 in (35.6 cm x 41.3 cm )

DescriptionA black and white lithographic print depicting a group of children, with a wagon, picking up coal along railroad tracks. The title is in pencil in the lower left corner below the image: The Coal Pickers. It is signed in pencil by the artist in the lower right corner below the image: Charles F. Ramus 1939. Handwritten in pencil at the bottom center: Harold Keeler Imp. Handwritten in blue pencil in the bottom right: 16x20 / white satin / 17.
Handwritten in pencil on the reverse upper left: Artist - Charles F. Ramus / Title - The Coal Pickers. Also on the reverse, in the lower left: APR 4 1940 - Colorado.
Label TextThis print was created for the Colorado Art Project, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration.
Additional Details
Credit LineAllocated by the U.S. Government, Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 1935 - 1943. Held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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