Collection Name
Collection Name
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Photographs and memorabilia
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
acgc038
IDEntry
1037
Creator
Ruth Bear Levy
Rights
Elizabeth Levy Malis
Date
unknown
Collection Location
A copy is on view at George's Creek Library
Original size
76 cms x 102 cms
Coverage
Allegany County, MD; 1880-1940
Body
Mine Mouths Open On The Hillsides, by Ruth Bear Levy.
Ruth Bear Levy grew up in Lonaconing before moving to Baltimore. Her painting of the entrance to a mine, the miners and the coal cars, was reproduced in her book, A Wee Bit of Scotland: Growing up in Lonaconing, Maryland at the turn of the century, published in 1983.
Notes
Displayed with permission of Elizabeth Levy Malis, Mrs. Levy's grandaughter.