Pennsylvania Coal Miner is a color woodcut poster created by Isadore Possoff in 1936 or 1937 to celebrate the mining heritage of Pennsylvania. The illustration shows a woodcut of the head and shoulders of a working Pennsylvania miner to celebrate the mining heritage of Pennsylvania. He isn't young but proudly wears his years of experience and service from working in the mines. The original illustration was created by the artist back in the days when Pennsylvania was the mining capital of America. In shades of black, grey and orange, this hardworking man has achieved iconic status. The poster is part of the body of work created by the Federal Arts Project in Pennsylvania, a branch of the Works Progress Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's massive work-relief effort to combat unemployment during the Great Depression. The Federal Arts Project employed artists to create murals, sculptures, paintings, and posters. In its peak years, 1936 to 1938, the Federal Arts Project employed 5,000 artists across the country, at a salary of $95 a month. They created murals, sculptures and paintings, taught community art classes to millions, and produced 2 million posters from 35,000 designs at a cost of about a dime each. A small fraction of the posters remain today. The original archival image is provided to Buffalo River Co courtesy of The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. The poster image has been repaired and enhanced. We offer this Museum Quality Giclée Reproduction Print.