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title: 我是一個礦工 (I am a miner) (Chinese poster distributed in Asia)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-am-a-miner-chinese-1952/
description: A photo-set poster in the first person of a coal miner in a Kentucky mining town. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# 我是一個礦工 (I am a miner) (Chinese poster distributed in Asia)

A photo-set poster in the first person of a coal miner in a Kentucky mining town. Six photographs show the miner, a pre-shift meeting, the town, drilling at the coal face, a family dinner and a recreation area, with captions on wages, safety, union and company cooperation and a labour committee. The tell is testimonial with plain-folks: an ordinary worker vouches for US labour conditions in his own voice; the safety and rights claims are the poster's own and are not documented on the sheet.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (Chinese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
我是一個礦工

我是美國康他基州大衛城的一個煤礦工人名溫大為。經四年的訓練後，已成為一個技術純熟的礦工。收入公定的工資。由於工作條件的良好，我選擇了煤礦工人。我們採取最新的採礦設備並有保護礦工安全的方法。十年前大衛城煤礦創立時，我們的工會與公司方面密切的合作。現在有了一個勞資委員會保障我們的一切權利，並使我們的工人與礦方毫無隔閡。在這個社團中，我又被選為尚鎮議會的議員。我們現在正從事一個新計劃——創辦一所兒童運動場。

每日開始工作之前，我們和我們的工頭先討論工作計劃。

我每以大衛城而自豪，我更感覺快樂能生活在可以自己選擇生活方式的國家中。

我的工作是使用鑽鑿機鑿鬆煤塊。我們已從礦內運出二百萬噸的煤而從未發生過死傷的意外事件。

八小時的工作完畢後，我回家與家人共享晚餐。

在週末及假期中我們到礦工們所建立的遊藝中心去消遣。
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
I am a miner

I am a coal miner of David City [as rendered], Kentucky, in the United States, named Wen Dawei [as rendered]. After four years of training I have become a skilled miner. My income is a fixed wage. Because of the good working conditions, I chose to be a coal miner. We use the newest mining equipment and have methods to protect the miners' safety. When the David City coal mine was founded ten years ago, our union and the company cooperated closely. Now there is a labour-management committee that guarantees all our rights and leaves no gulf between our workers and the mine. In this community I have also been elected a member of the town council. We are now working on a new project: setting up a children's playground.

Before starting work each day, we and our foreman first discuss the work plan.

I am proud of David City, and I feel happier still to live in a country where one can choose one's own way of life.

My work is to loosen the coal with a drilling machine. We have taken two million tons of coal out of the mine and have never had a fatal or injuring accident.

After eight hours of work I go home and share the evening meal with my family.

On weekends and holidays we go to the recreation centre the miners have built to relax.
```

Stylised brush typeface; place and personal names are rendered phonetically in Chinese and the reading of some characters is uncertain.

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