Miners and pit brow women in the Borinage area of the Belgian coalfield honouring Saint Barbara, their patron saint, on her feast day, 4 December. From 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse' (Paris, 1885). Engraving.

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Miners and pit brow women in the Borinage area of the Belgian coalfield honouring Saint Barbara, their patron saint, on her feast day, 4 December. From 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse' (Paris, 1885). Engraving.

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