Oklahoma in 1939
A man and his daughter are sitting on a bed outside in the Mays Avenue camp under a bridge. The Oklahoma City area…
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Louisiana’s Baton Rouge, 1861–1865
Louisiana’s Baton Rouge, 1861–1865… Two unidentified escaped slaves in torn clothing/ Taken in Baton Rouge by McPherson & Oliver
West Virginia and Ohio, 1896–1912
Five young girls, all dressed in white, are pictured posing on a house’s porch. Albert J. Ewing, a traveling photographer, captured this image sometime between […]
West Virginia and Ohio, 1896–1912
Albert J. Ewing, a traveling photographer, captured this image of a woman sitting outside with piles of lumber in the backdrop sometime between 1896 and […]
Chicago, 1941…
The kitchen in a packed flat. Illinois’s Chicago…
1911 in Cleveland, North Carolina
Margaret, Nellie Johnson McLemore, and Dr. George Ammie McLemore are shown in the caption. (verso) The background shows the home and office…
1941 in Minnesota
The largest open pit iron mine in the world, the Hull-Rust-Mahoning pit, is located close to Hibbing, Minnesota. The pit is approximately four hundred feet […]
1942 in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, at Neffsville. Thanksgiving Day, Earle Landis freezing ice cream on the back porch. His son holds it down by sitting on the freezer when […]
Mississippi, 1911
The caption of the photographer Three-year-old Alma Crosien is the daughter of Baltimore resident Mrs. CoRa Croslen. They are both employed by Barataria Canning Company. […]
Two horses are pulling this hay wagon, which is pulled by a father and four kids. In the background are two derrick towers.
West Virginia and Ohio, 1896–1912… Two horses are pulling this hay wagon, which is pulled by a father and four kids. In the background are […]
1890s in Marion County
1890s in Marion County The man in the front with the shutter release cable pointing toward him is Micajah C. Henley (1856–1927), and Earl Henley […]
In 1905, a Standard Oil carriage makes early morning deliveries of gas and kerosene to drug stores that sold the fuels to the general public
Michigan’s Howell, in 1905… “In 1905, a Standard Oil carriage makes early morning deliveries of gas and kerosene to drug stores that sold the fuels […]