This is a wood carving of a miner holding a pick axe created by Harold Bowden. The figure is dressed in a miner's outfit, and is wearing a cap with a carbide lantern. Note the lunch pails located at the figure's feet.
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883; Socialists; Political prisoners; United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia;
Letter to Eugene V. Debs, 11/08/1921. Writes that "Marxism pure and simple" is his "gospel." Says that he a "middle of the road" socialist. Mentions that he and his family believe in skimming the "cream off the unguarded milk pails of the...