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1910; Washington School, Corryton, TN; Knox County. displays pupils and the teacher next to the building’s flag-draped wall.  

This image displays a typical Appalachian mountain family in front of their house.

A Snapshot of 1936: Life Near North Hyde Park, Vermont Old Vermont carriage and farm family near North Hyde Park, Vermont, 1936. In 1936, life […]

In the heart of Letcher County, Kentucky, circa 1935, the local country store stood as a cornerstone of community life. These humble establishments were more […]

en route to school. A group of rural kids traveling to the Buckeye Grades School, located close to Marlinton, West Virginia. They walk two to […]

Mr. and Mrs. Amos T. Trentham of Gatlinburg, TN, along with Peggy and Jay, their grandchildren. While Peggy churns butter, Jay whittles, Mrs. Trentham weaves, […]

A laborer for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and his spouse are seated in front of their hut in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, on the Arkansas […]

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…