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12/12/2024

In Virginia, 1946, the James Wheeler family and their home in the company housing project of the Raven Red Ash Coal Company's No. 2 Mine in Raven, Tazewell County, were captured by photographer Russell Lee for the National Archives.

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Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, 1939. A humble kitchen in the home of tenants who have lived on Good Hope Plantation for eight years. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott, Farm Security Administration.

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Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in Iowa, 1943, saw the caboose serve as the conductor's second home. The conductor would utilize the caboose for various purposes, including cooking and sleeping, while waiting for return trains from division points.

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West Virginia, 1946...

Caption
Children of miners on front porch of house in company project. Louise Coal Company, Louise Mine, Osage, Monongalia County, West Virginia...

Source
National Archives Russell Lee photographer

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In 1941, the Biscoe family in Maryland shells snap beans together in their kitchen, as documented by Farm Security Administration photographer John Collier Jr. The photograph captures the family at work in their farmhouse near Ridge, Maryland, in Saint Mary's County.

12/12/2024

Captain William T. Shorey, an African American maritime pioneer, was the only African American ship captain on the West Coast of the United States during the late-1880s and 1890s. With over a decade of experience at sea, he obtained his certification in 1885 and commanded the whaling bark John and Winthrop, manned entirely by African Americans. After retiring from whaling in 1908, he worked as a special policeman for Pacific Coast Steamship Company until his death in 1919. Shorey's legacy continues to inspire future generations of mariners.

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Demonstrating his enduring talent and passion for the sport, Satchel Paige, a seasoned pitcher, sat in the bullpen of the Kansas City Athletics, receiving support from a dedicated nurse. In his last professional baseball game, he hurled three spotless innings for the Kansas City Athletics in 1965, an accomplishment made even more impressive by his age of 59.

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Exquisite Photography 💡👍😍 Photo by Clarence Bloomfield Moore, titled 'Fleurs d'oranger' (Orange Blossom), circa 1895. Unknown location and subjects.

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North Carolina, 1939...

To***co Bag Stringing

ELLER, MRS. ANNIE, aged 44; widow; one infant son living, with her. at Reddies River, Wilkes Co., N.C. INCOME: Her only income is uncertain, derived entirely from work for other people, principally in their homes. HOME CONDITIONS: She boards and in the majority of cases she works for the people with whom she boards, paying for her board with her work. When she is at home her grocery bill amounts to about $5.00 a week. This usually is paid by working in the grocery store. She owns ten acres of land and a small two-room shack thereon. Her sole possessions other than the home are a few chickens. She has been stringing bags for about five years supplementing her income derived from other sources. She earns about $7.00 a month from bag stringing. This is the only cash income that she ever has. Some time ago she had measles which affected her eyes and any kind of sewing or needlework, including bag stringing, bothers her eyes at times...

Source
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

12/12/2024

Veterans of 4 different wars from the same town of Geary, Oklahoma, 1940’s. From top left to bottom left, clockwise:

Pearl Perry “Jack” Johnson (1923-1997) born in Davis, Oklahoma. WW2 veteran. Registered for the draft in June 1942.

Hilyeard H “Red” Young (1895-1965). Born in Texas, WW1 veteran, owned a barber shop in 1940.

Andrew Jackson Everist, Sr. (1849-1945), born in Iowa, served in the Illinois 57th Regiment for the Union in 1864-1865 at the age of 15-16. The medal he’s wearing is the Gettysburg 75th Reunion Veteran’s Medal, but it was given to both Union and Confederate vets.

Oscar P Ruth (1872-1961). Born in Illinois, Spanish-American War veteran. Self-employed electrician in 1940.

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Sergeant Alvin C .York a famous American soldier of WW1 being greeted by his mother on his return home to Pall Mall,Tennessee (1919).

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South Carolina, 1912...
Photographer's Caption
George Cross's home and some of the family. Sanitation below the average. Arkwright Settlement, Spartenberg [sic]. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina...
Source
National Child Labor Committee Lewis Hine photographer

12/12/2024

Ben Johnson 1953: “At the end of the year, I didn’t have $3, All I had was a wore-out automobile and a mad wife.”

So, the 6-foot-2 Johnson returned to the movies, where he had worked as a stunt double for Gary Cooper, Joel McCrea, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. He was working as a 21-year-old Oklahoma ranch hand when his big break occurred. Johnson delivered 16 horses to a movie set – earning the unheard of sum of $300 – and was hired by producer Howard Hughes as a stuntman and wrangler. He also met his wife, Carol, on that trip to Flagstaff, Ariz.

His next big break came in 1947, when he was working as a stunt double for Henry Fonda in “Fort Apache” and saved three stuntmen’s lives when he courageously stopped a runaway wagon in a scene-gone-wrong. Director John Ford rewarded him with a seven-year contract at $5,000 a week. Some of Johnson’s top movies include “The Wild Bunch,” “Shane,” “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” “Rio Grande,” “Chisum,” “The Sugarland Express” and “Angels in the Outfield.”

Johnson, who died in 1996, amassed a fortune – much of it through real estate investments – valued at $200 million in the 1980s. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame with the inaugural 1979 class and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.

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Texas, 1913...
Photographer's Caption
Beginning with the five year old girl here who picks some, all work including the women. The nine year old girl picks one hundred and fifty pounds a day. Father is in town. Farm comprises fifty acres, and they get about twenty bales of cotton this year, which is not a good year. Been here one year. Farm of J.W. Vaughn. Route 6. Location: Corsicana, Texas....
Source
National Child Labor Committee Lewis Hine photographer

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California, 1936...
Caption
American River camp, Sacramento. Home of Tennessee family, now migratory workers. Seven in family, came to California July 1935, following relatives who had come in 1933. Father was a coal miner in Tennessee. Reason for coming to California. "Our neighbors were coming. We only got one or two days work a week (relief.) Thought we could make it better here." Since arrival family has worked in walnuts, tomatoes, peaches, and the mother has worked in a fruit cannery...
Source
Farm Security Administration Dorothea Lange photographer

12/12/2024

October 1965...The 166-year-old cabin moved in Xenia OH....Some history.."James Galloway Senior and Rebecca (Junkin) Galloway moved with their family to Greene County from Kentucky in 1798 constructing their first home, a small log cabin. Galloway built the present structure around 1799 near the bend in the Little Miami River near what is now Goes Station on U.S. 68. In 1936, the Greene County Historical Society moved the home to the corner of Second and Monroe streets and then to the present site in 1965. The 1974 Xenia Tornado caused serious damage to the building, which has been restored and maintained by the historical society. James Senior served as a hunter during the American Revolution, procuring game for the army, and while in Ohio, was the first treasurer of Greene County. His son James Junior served as the first County Surveyor.

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Great Smoky Mountains, Sevier County, Tennessee, 1946...

Caption
Mr. & Mrs. Amos T. Trentham of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and their grandchildren, Peggy and Jay. Mrs. Trentham is weaving; Peggy is churning butter; Jay is whittling; and Mr. Trentham is playing the fiddle. All are on the stoop of a log cabin...

Source
Tennessee Department of Conservation

12/12/2024

In the summer of 1947, a woman entered a Memphis, Tennessee drugstore to develop a roll of film. She noticed a young boy outside and asked him to pose with his bicycle to utilize the last exposure on the roll. Unbeknownst to her at the time, the boy was a 12-year-old Elvis Presley.

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