Maxine Peters finally passes away at home, surrounded by her family, friends and hospice aides. In rural West Virginia, people still live--and die, the old fashioned way.

Striking miners, Scotts Run, West Virginia

[Miner's child digging coal from mine refuse, Scotts' Run, West Virginia]

Red Robin Inn, Borderland, Mingo County, West Virginia

Ku Klux Klan speech at the county courthouse. Ohio-West Virginia border

Dave Moore on the Longwall, Keystone No. 5 Mine, Eastern Associated Coal Corp., Affinity, W. Va.

Black Lung Association Rally, Lowell Phillips Kwanis Park, Gilbert, W. Va.

37 mm gun obsolete to be replaced by larger auto tank guns.