Interview with Jerry Johnson about growing up in coal camp, Element

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Alternate Title(s)
Camera original of a man being interviewed about life in a coal camp, poverty, etc. , Element
Identifier
000016212
Alt Identifier
cpb-aacip-138-91sf800v;00003868
Asset Type
-NONE-
Description (Former union miner Jerry Johnson discusses winters in homes without insulation, his father's actions agains the company, his father blowing up the railroad bridge a Gray's Knob, miners hospitals/health cards, foodways growing up, going to school in Chevrolet, preference for superintendent's kids, beatings in school, being ashamed to be poor. )
Former union miner Jerry Johnson discusses winters in homes without insulation, his father's actions agains the company, his father blowing up the railroad bridge a Gray's Knob, miners hospitals/health cards, foodways growing up, going to school in Chevrolet, preference for superintendent's kids, beatings in school, being ashamed to be poor. 
Duration
0:22:16;No
Media Type
Moving Image and Sound
Physical Format
3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
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Camera Original
Generation - General
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Item
Color
Color
Subjects
Poverty, Coal camp
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Related Collection
Underground Miner materials