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Caption: A family living close to Sallisaw, Oklahoma, with a small goat dairy in front of their tent home. In order to save money on […]

Photographed by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing somewhere between 1896 and 1912, it features a mother, grandmother, and five kids posing outdoors against a fabric […]

“Franklin D. Sergent hauling coal from the mine to his home.” For home coal, the firm charges $2.80 per month. Certain coal is designated for […]

Marcus Miller and his family in their self-built home. Spencer, Iowa. Half of the house is this. Miller works as a hired hand and has […]

Wife of a miner carrying coal home from slate pile for stove. Chaplin, West Virginia’s Coal Camp…

The caption of the photographer S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, twin spinners at Saxon Mill, Spartenberg [sic], at 75 William St., each earn forty-four cents […]

An image shows several filthy, work-weary guys seated around a laden table being served by two ladies. The father at the head of the table […]

The image of Bon Air Coal and Iron Corporation features a coal car and the train engine “Jake Ruppert” in front of the company’s offices. […]

Cleveland Hosiery Mills employs all of these. With curls, the youngest one replied, “I ravels and pick up.” “They work so little over in Cleveland, […]

A Native American family is shown in a black and white shot in front of their “Slabtown” house, which was constructed out of wooden slabs […]

  Caption: A group of locals who would rather work on the roads than pay taxes. Men with tools are seen.  

Photo taken in a blacksmith shop at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, where three men and a youngster are constructing enormous wooden wheels for farm equipment. Wade […]