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1940s, Cline Shop, Claiborne County, TN…
Photo taken in a blacksmith shop at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, where three men and a youngster are constructing enormous wooden…
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1939 in North Carolina
Mrs. Lloyd, the mother of Miss Nettie Lloyd and a 91-year-old pellagra victim, was raised in Orange County and has…
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Tennessee’s Claiborne County, 1940s…
Apparently, Dal Gulley’s Store also offered haircut services. “Shot of Dal Gulley’s General Store, where Joe Clark is getting his…
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1921 in West Virginia
An item from the 4 H. Club. Gradie Walton, a 17-year-old, excels in mathematics but is severely lacking in most…
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1938 in Pennsylvania
Overcrowding in the existing dwellings for steel workers has resulted in the construction of tarpaper shacks on the outskirts of…
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Kentucky’s Bell County, 1946 – Ceph Holland’s daughter receiving water
Ceph Holland’s daughter receiving water. The sole authorized water supply in the camp is this particular pump. The public health…
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Confederate Soldiers Home 1890
I thought this was intriguing, and perhaps some of you will too. Tennessee caption Nashville, Tennessee: Confederate Soldiers’ Home. It’s…
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Georgia’s Monroe County, 1900
Charles Lafayette Adams family members stand for a picture in front of their house. The Adams family can be seen…
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1940s in Michigan
Three children from an Arkansas migrant family are sitting in the back of the truck. Within a tiny tent, the…
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Tennessee’s Locust Grove School, in Claiborne County, 1940
At a spelling bee, a male student is told to move to the back of the line. One of the…
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Kentucky’s Bell County, 1946
The Jones family has lived in this coal settlement “off and on” for their whole lives. The miner, his wife,…
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