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April 1977, Cedar Fork, Claiborne County, Tennessee
Looking at the site of the former Powell River Bridge are two adults and two children. It was carried away…
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A Glimpse Into the Past: The Mystery Woman of 1870
Every day, I sift through hundreds, sometimes even thousands, of photos. As a history enthusiast, I never tire of discovering…
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Life on the Porch: The Powers Family and the Cost of Coal Town Living
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Powers in front of their four-and-a-half-story three-room home. “These men here are nice talking men but…
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Oak Grove Community, Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940s
“Young Musicians” Cletis Lambert playing fiddle, Beverly Brooks, Delbert Brooks and Evelyn Brooks in Oak Grove Community…
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Marine, West Virginia, 1938
Others in the community comfort the dying miner’s family. He would die from his failing lungs within hours of taking…
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Shack owned by a strawberry farmer in Hammond, Louisiana.1935 in Louisiana
Caption: Shack owned by a strawberry farmer in Hammond, Louisiana.
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West Virginia and Ohio, 1896–1912…
Albert J. Ewing, a traveling photographer, captured this image of six small children posing in a field with a toy…
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North Dakota, 1913.
The 14-child H.W. Hilborn family sits and stands on the steps of their Portal, North Dakota, house. One of the…
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Cincinnati in 1908…
The caption of the photographer Cincinnati’s Sixth Street Market has young chicken vendors. Heyman Mormer, age nine, 732 Kenyon Ave.…
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1938 in Arkansas. Moving soybean hay to the barn at the Lake Dick Project in Arkansas.
Moving soybean hay to the barn at the Lake Dick Project in Arkansas.
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Tennessee’s Dandrige, in 1930
The last surviving former slave in the region is Nancy Bradford. Born on January 4th, 1851, she worked as a…
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Sevier County, Tennessee, 1902.
The Conner family is seen outside their home in Gatlinburg’s Glades neighborhood. (L to R) Lona Conner McClure (1890–1976), Ida…
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