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Oklahoma, 1939
A laborer for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and his spouse are seated in front of their hut in Webbers…
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Oklahoma in 1939
Caption: A family living close to Sallisaw, Oklahoma, with a small goat dairy in front of their tent home. In…
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West Virginia / Ohio, 1896–1912
Photographed by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing somewhere between 1896 and 1912, it features a mother, grandmother, and five kids…
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A young man carrying coal home for his family… Kentucky’s Harlan County 1946 Recap
“Franklin D. Sergent hauling coal from the mine to his home.” For home coal, the firm charges $2.80 per month.…
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1936 in Iowa
Marcus Miller and his family in their self-built home. Spencer, Iowa. Half of the house is this. Miller works as…
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1938 in West Virginia…
Wife of a miner carrying coal home from slate pile for stove. Chaplin, West Virginia’s Coal Camp…
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1912 in South Carolina
The caption of the photographer S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, twin spinners at Saxon Mill, Spartenberg [sic], at 75 William…
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In the 1940s, Claiborne County, Tennessee, workers were being fed.
An image shows several filthy, work-weary guys seated around a laden table being served by two ladies. The father at…
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Tennessee’s Lewis County, 1920
The image of Bon Air Coal and Iron Corporation features a coal car and the train engine “Jake Ruppert” in…
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1910 in Tennessee. Cleveland Hosiery Mills employs all of these
Cleveland Hosiery Mills employs all of these. With curls, the youngest one replied, “I ravels and pick up.” “They work…
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Grand Traverse County, Michigan’s Traverse City, circa 1910
A Native American family is shown in a black and white shot in front of their “Slabtown” house, which was…
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Tennessee’s Warren County, 1910
Caption: A group of locals who would rather work on the roads than pay taxes. Men with tools are…
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