"Company doctor leaving home of sick miner. Kempton, West Virginia."
John Vachon, photographer. Created May, 1939.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection.

Up through the middle of the century, in some parts of the United States, physicians on the staff of area employers were the main source of medical care for those who worked for "the company" and their families.

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