Category: Appalachian History
Youths from Richwood, West Virginia eating warmed-up corned beef, their first home cooked meal in camp
by Eric Meadows | Dec 28, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Memories | 0
Youths from Richwood, West Virginia eating warmed-up corned beef, their first home cooked meal in camp
Read MoreImplements inside an old blacksmith’s shop at the West Virginia State Farm Museum.
by Eric Meadows | Dec 27, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Memories | 0
May 2015 – Implements inside an old blacksmith’s shop at the West Virginia State Farm Museum, a 50-acre historical tract to which 32 old farm buildings have been relocated, near the Mason County Fairgrounds outside Point Pleasant, West Virginia : Carol M. Highsmith photographer
Read MoreSept. 1942 – Farm workers from West Virginia buying food at a train stop, en route to Batavia, New York.
by Eric Meadows | Dec 26, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Memories | 0
Farm workers from West Virginia buying food at a train stop, en route to Batavia, New York.
Read MoreAugust 1940 – Horse, mules and automobiles standing outside mountain family’s yard during a memorial.
by Eric Meadows | Dec 21, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Memories | 0
August 1940 – Horse, mules and automobiles standing outside mountain family’s yard during a memorial.
Read MoreBeehives made by mountain family out of hollowed out logs.
by Eric Meadows | Dec 20, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Lifestyle, Memories | 0
Beehives made by mountain family out of hollowed out logs up Stinking Creek, Pine Mountain, Kentucky.
Read MoreCoal Miner’s House Scott’s Run WV. 1935
by Eric Meadows | Dec 17, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Memories | 0
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Read MoreHard work and dangerous for such a young boy.
by Eric Meadows | Dec 15, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Memories | 0
Hard dangerous work for such a young boy.
Read MoreMountain girl riding home from school on muleback.
by Eric Meadows | Dec 13, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Memories | 0
Mountain girl riding home from school on muleback.
Read More#70 Welch Mining Co., Welch W. Va. Boy running “trip rope” at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 yrs. old. Worked 10 hours a day. Location: Welch, West Virginia. Sept. 1908
by Eric Meadows | Dec 6, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Live Events, Memories | 0
Subject -Coal. #70 Welch Mining Co., Welch W. Va. Boy running “trip rope” at tipple....
Read MoreCoal train leaving mine, Scranton, Pa. April 12th, 1912
by Eric Meadows | Dec 3, 2016 | Appalachian History, History | 0
Coal train leaving mine, Scranton, Pa.
Read MoreCoal miner’s children on way to get groceries.
by Eric Meadows | Nov 30, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Lifestyle, Memories | 0
Sept 1938 – “Coal miner’s children on way to get groceries. All these wires are alive, carrying from 250 to 530 volts. People and children are often knocked down, sometimes killed. This is the main and only thoroughgare to company store and school, from their homes (in background). The “Patch,” Chaplin, West Virginia” : Marion Post Wolcott photographer ~ US Farm Security Admin. #minerslife #minerskids #Appalachia
Read MoreCoal miners buying supplies in company store.
by Eric Meadows | Nov 24, 2016 | Appalachian History, History, Lifestyle, Memories | 0
Sept. 1938 Coal miners buying supplies in company store. Scotts Run, West Virginia. Marion Post Wolcott photographer. #minerslife #companystore
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