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Carrying coal for heat - seems a little strange - wonder how they got the coal?The nets on their heads are to protect them from biting hordes of white sockflies, also paradoxically called black flies

Description

Carrying coal for heat - seems a little strange - wonder how they got the coal?The nets on their heads are to protect them from biting hordes of white sockflies, also paradoxically called black flies.

Photographer

Woodrow Wilson Gholston

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey