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| Series 4: Moving images | |||||||||||||
| ITEM-ID AFC 2003/011: MV01 | George Korson interview (with Charlie McCarthy), conducted by Franklin D. Coslett, October 12, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| 1 film reel (8 min.) : polyester, sound, black and white ; 16mm | |||||||||||||
| Series 5: Artifacts | |||||||||||||
| Items have been rehoused by Library of Congress Conservation staff. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 105 | Coal carving, February 20, 1856 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: AR01 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 7 1/2 in. tall. | |||||||||||||
| Bust depicting a woman from an African country, carved in 1856 by F.A. Weiser (a cutter; Minersville, Pennsylvania) Parts of the object are missing (e.g., it was originally mounted on a vase); photographic documentation suggests since at latest the 1950s. According to Korson, the bust was carved from anthracite coal. See box-folder 99/11 for details. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 106 | Commemorative plate, circa 1947 | ||||||||||||
| Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: AR02 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 10 in. across. | |||||||||||||
| The Fotoware plate was created as a souvenir of the coal fields. Vachel Davis painted the portrait of a miner, which appears on the plate's central area. The painting was copyrighted in 1947. The plate was broken and repaired before arriving as part of the Korson collection at AFC. | |||||||||||||
| Appendix A: Publications retained with the collection | |||||||||||||