Exhibition: Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal
Item appears in the following exhibition pagesFrances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal: Working Conditions: A Good Job Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal: Working Conditions: Working Conditions Item Information Dublin CoreTitleSecretary Perkins Investigates Mining Area, photograph and caption
SubjectPerkins, Frances, 1880-1965
DescriptionThe caption for this photograph is as follows: “Conflicting reports of housing and labor conditions in Oklahoma and Missouri mining areas brought Secretary of labor Frances Perkins to the district on a tour of inspection. She is shown [here] as she entered a mine shaft near here to examine working conditions under ground.”
PublisherCredit Line (Acme) East
DateApril 25, 1940
Languageeng
CoverageVinita, Oklahoma
Additional Item MetadataProvenanceGift of Frances Perkins
MODSKey Date1940-04-25
Type of Dateex
Place of OriginVinita, Oklahoma
Form/Genrephotographs
Repository Namennc-rb
Shelf LocationBox 100, Envelope Unidentified
Language of Catalogingeng
Digital Originrd
CollectionFrances Perkins Papers
Citation“Secretary Perkins Investigates Mining Area, photograph and caption,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed April 16, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/perkins/item/345. |