Banner Fork Coal Mine, Wallins Creek, Kentucky, 1923
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford purchased the Banner Fork mine, located near Wallins Creek, Kentucky, in 1920. Some 400 miners produced 3,000 tons of coal there each day. Banner Fork and other Ford-owned mines -- managed by Mr. Ford's Fordson Coal Company -- protected Ford Motor Company's coal supply from labor unrest and government interference. Fordson sold its coal mining operations in the mid-1930s.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
24 October 1923
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.35731
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10.25 in
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