1952 Press Photo United Mine Workers Chief John L. Lewis after 8 Hours in Mine

12/27 - West Frankfort, Illinois: Weary and covered with coal dust after spending eight hours in the Orient #2 coal mine (12/26), John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers' Union head, pauses to answer reporters' questions. Lewis and other investigators are seeking the cause of the blast (12/21) which took the lives of 119 miners.

Photo is dated 1952.

Photo measures 7 x 9.25 inches.