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Men in the Mines

A History of Mining Activity in Nova Scotia, 1720-1992

"James B. McLachlan"

J.B. McLauchlan was known as a famous socialist in Cape Breton in the early Twentieth Century. He led coal miners in their struggle between unions and management for improved industrial and social conditions in the 1920s.

Date: ca.1930

Reference: Jefferson  Nova Scotia Archives  no. 124   /  negative N-706

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