Original Title/Caption: “War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Smiling with pleasure, a husky coal miner reads the enclosure with his pay check that shows him how he is helping to win the war. He extracts anthracite, or hard coal, from an Eastern Pennsylvania mine.”
Description: In this black and white photograph, a miner smiles as he looks over his paycheck and a series of enclosures about the war effort. One of the enclosures reads, “Every Miner is a War Worker,” while the other features an American flag and reads, “Work Will Win the War.” A large building is visible in the background. This photograph was taken in October 1942 by William Perlitch.
Source:
Perlitch, William, photographer. “War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Smiling with pleasure, a husky coal miner reads the enclosure with his pay check that shows him how he is helping to win the war. He extracts anthracite, or hard coal, from an Eastern Pennsylvania mine.” Photograph, 1942. From Library of Congress: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Call number LC-USE6- D-010759. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b08662 (accessed March 20, 2007).
Historical discussion: Notice the enclosures in the miner’s hands. One reads, “Every Miner is a War Worker,” while the other features an American flag and reads, “Work Will Win the War.” These enclosures typify home front propaganda that connected working on the home front with service to the U.S. and the war effort.
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