Wild Animals and Birds / Ford Coal Mine Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Views of Amhinga snakebirds in trees, feeding young, long snake-like neck - views of snowy herons, nesting, flying. [1921] b. Tracks into mine tunnel - mine cars with workers aboard enters tunnel - building under construction - miners’ homes, workers lay sidewalk at Ford’s Ostrom Mines - colliery - passenger train, passengers alight - train tracks, loaded coal cars come from mine, workers walk along tracks - loaded coal cars rolled into building - tracks into mine - loaded cars leave mine - mule pulls loaded car from mine - loaded coal cars held by cable descend steep grade - view of mine and homes from high point - townspeople decorate Christmas tree in center of town - Santa with children - railroad locomotive - tracks to mine - empty coal cars go by. [1921]
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