Category: Appalachian History
Youths from Richwood, West Virginia eating warmed-up corned beef, their first home cooked meal in camp
Youths from Richwood, West Virginia eating warmed-up corned beef, their first home cooked meal in camp
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Implements inside an old blacksmith’s shop at the West Virginia State Farm Museum.
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
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Sept. 1942 – Farm workers from West Virginia buying food at a train stop, en route to Batavia, New York.
Farm workers from West Virginia buying food at a train stop, en route to Batavia, New York.
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August 1940 – Horse, mules and automobiles standing outside mountain family’s yard during a memorial.
August 1940 – Horse, mules and automobiles standing outside mountain family’s yard during a memorial.
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Beehives made by mountain family out of hollowed out logs.
Beehives made by mountain family out of hollowed out logs up Stinking Creek, Pine Mountain, Kentucky.
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Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy.
Hard dangerous work for such a young boy.
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Mountain girl riding home from school on muleback.
Mountain girl riding home from school on muleback.
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#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
Subject -Coal. #70 Welch Mining Co., Welch W. Va. Boy running “trip rope” at tipple....
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Coal train leaving mine, Scranton, Pa. April 12th, 1912
Coal train leaving mine, Scranton, Pa.
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Coal miner’s children on way to get groceries.
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
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Coal miners buying supplies in company store.
Sept. 1938 Coal miners buying supplies in company store. Scotts Run, West Virginia. Marion Post Wolcott photographer. #minerslife #companystore
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