A kid with an Indian headdress emerges from a coal hole, 1954

Today this kid would be labeled culturally insensitive and charged with terroristic threats.

If you were wondering. ..

A coal hole is a hatch in the pavement (sidewalk, in US usage) above an underground coal bunker. They are sometimes found outside houses that existed during the period when coal was widely used for domestic heating from the early 19th century to the middle 20th century.

January 30, 2014 | Categories: History, Photography, The Drama Of It All, The Politics of Cultural Destruction, Weird | Tags: 1950's, 1950s america, AMERICA, black and white photography, Child, children, coal hole, headdress, History, Indian, Indian headdress, Kid, Native american, Photo, Photography, underground coal, USA, War, Warfare, Weird | Leave a comment