Photographed in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, in 1958, the coal miner is shown waiting to enter the shared shower at the end of his work. by Max Scheler, a photographer.
Photographed in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, in 1958, the coal miner is shown waiting to enter the shared shower at the end of his work. by Max Scheler, a photographer.
Pretty easy to see how these guys would develop black lung. Blowing your nose out must have been interesting and gross.
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1958? Damn! Looks more like 1918.
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My grandfather worked in a coal mine in Bochum (not far from Gelsenkirchen) during the 1950’s. The family settled in the Ruhrpott (Pott) during the late 1800’s. His short school career ended because of the war and he ended up working in the coal mine at 14 when my great-grandfather came home from the war. He ended up getting drawn in a lottery of young miners, in which the company sent five young men to mining school to become engineers or explosive experts.
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Pretty easy to see how these guys would develop black lung. Blowing your nose out must have been interesting and gross.
1958? Damn! Looks more like 1918.
My grandfather worked in a coal mine in Bochum (not far from Gelsenkirchen) during the 1950’s. The family settled in the Ruhrpott (Pott) during the late 1800’s. His short school career ended because of the war and he ended up working in the coal mine at 14 when my great-grandfather came home from the war. He ended up getting drawn in a lottery of young miners, in which the company sent five young men to mining school to become engineers or explosive experts.