Commemorative

Object number2008.67.4

Date2007

OriginMonongah, WV

MediumCoal; metal; paper; ink; glue

Credit LineGift of Nicholas Ciotola

DescriptionCommemorative pin from Monongah Mine. Silver metal pin superglued to a piece of black coal. Pin is attached to white card with black printed profile image of male miner and commemorative text.DimensionsCard Width: 2 ; Length: 3.5
Pin W: .5 ; L: 1.375
InscriptionsWhite card with black print: at top of card, "Genuine Coal / from Monongah, WV" and at bottom of card "Centennial Remembrance of the Monongah Mine Disaster".
Historical NotesA commemorative coal pin from the 100th anniversary ceremonies of the 1907 Monongah, West Virginia mine disaster in which hundreds of Italian immigrants lost their lives. In December 1907, two of the deadliest mine disasters in history claimed the lives of over 600 people of both Marion County, WV, and Westmoreland County, PA. Part of a collection of items related to the recent experiences of Italian Americans in the Western Pennsylvania region, c. 2000s.

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