Coal miner, now unemployed, town philosopher, experiments with garden, says, "Jes so long as I sees things movin and betterin I don't care how much benefits I get from it." Jere, West Virginia
| Artist | Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990) |
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| Title | Coal miner, now unemployed, town philosopher, experiments with garden, says, "Jes so long as I sees things movin and betterin I don't care how much benefits I get from it." Jere, West Virginia |
| Date | September 1938 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 9/16 × 7 3/4 in. (19.2 × 19.7 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 3/16 in. (25.5 × 20.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.4.29 |
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A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a light-skinned man leaning on the front of a vehicle, one hand on his hip. He looks straight ahead, squinting and pursing his lips. Another person is cropped on the right side of the image.
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"Coal miner, now unemployed, town philosopher, experiments with garden, says, "Jes so long as I sees things movin and betterin I don't care how much benefits I get from it." Jere, West Virginia | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.4.29