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Tree Grows In Philadelphia Junkyard, August 1973
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- Date taken: 1973-08
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William Foster, New York
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- Date taken: 1850
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Children of miners, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Worked out coal mine near Pursglove mine No. 4 camp, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Up-to-date method of making molasses on the farm of Fred Hatmaker. This farm will be under water when the Norris Dam reservoir fills, October 1933
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- Date taken: 1933-10
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Sam Maddox, Western Union No. 227, one of the young boys pretty close to the age limit, April 1912
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- Date taken: 1912-04
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Midnight scene. Cumberland Glass Works. At the lehr. Bridgeton, N.J., November 1909
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- Date taken: 1909-11
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Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photo, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill, November 1910
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- 4 favorites
- 15,247 views
- Date taken: 1910-11
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Homes of skilled furniture workers in Tomlinson Chair Mfg. Company, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Farrell family. They had discontinued the brush making, but sent to a neighbor for materials and posed for me, just as they had been doing it, February 1912
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- 7 favorites
- 8,171 views
- Date taken: 1912-02
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Nathaniel Noyes, Rhode Island
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- Date taken: 1850
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Informal group of Assistant Superintendents and Foremen at the Norris Dam site. In the background is the Clinch River, November 1933
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- Date taken: 1933-11
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Curtis Stiner, an example of the mountain farmer of East Tennessee. `I love my mountains, and I want to stay right here the rest of my life if I can.' The flooding of the reservoir area will take his home, October 1933
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- 17 favorites
- 12,856 views
- Date taken: 1933-10
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Three families is the rule in these shacks, one room above and one below, but sometimes four families crowd in. Out door dining room at side. Maryland, June 1909
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- 7 favorites
- 9,668 views
- Date taken: 1909-06
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A.D.T. Boys. They all smoke. Birmingham, Ala, November 1910
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- 16 favorites
- 14,778 views
- Date taken: 1910-11
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Newsie selling at the Hudson Tunnell Station, Jersey City, December 1909
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- Date taken: 1909-12
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William Degroot, New Jersey
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- 3,725 views
- Date taken: 1850
- Date uploaded: 2012-06-26
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An old silk-worker (now unable to work) living on earnings of a roomer, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Homes of furniture workers in the same district often vary greatly - note difference on same street - High Point, North Carolina, 1936
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- 10,569 views
- Date taken: 1936
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Grinding cane for sorghum at the Stooksberry homestead near Andersonville, Tennessee. Sorghum cane could be raised in large crops in this district, October 1933
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- Date taken: 1933-10
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Silk. William Skinner and Sons. Plain loom - warpfilling (French), 1936
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- 8,455 views
- Date taken: 1936
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Family of Mrs. Wm. Fuqua. On account of slack work in the cotton mill, her husband recently got work up-town, June 1911
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- 10 favorites
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- Date taken: 1911-06
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Winder operator - highly skilled - showing hands in operation and parts used in process - giving general view, January 1937
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- 8,516 views
- Date taken: 1937-01
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Boys in packing room, Brown Mfg. Co. Evansville, Ind, October 1908
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- Date taken: 1908-10
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Madison Silk Co. Passaic River and old silk mill section, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Killing Time In North Philadelphia, August 1973
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- Date taken: 1973-08
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The children of John Meiskell, June 1909
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- Date taken: 1909-06
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Arthur Roberts and Sam Mynatt, drilling for a shot in boulder in roadway at Norris Dam, October 1933
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- Date taken: 1933-10
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Children of employed miners at Miller Hill, March 1937
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- 14,227 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
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Group of oyster shuckers working in a canning factory. All but the very smallest babies work, March 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-03
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. The Patch - One of the worst camps in Scott's Run, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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An old silk-worker (now unable to work) living on earnings of a roomer, March 1937
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- 12 favorites
- 10,729 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
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Moderate priced houses near Stehli silk mill - rental $25.00 to $30.00 per month, 1936
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- 9,322 views
- Date taken: 1936
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Hamilton Watch. Damaskeening - skilled machine operation for putting finishing lines on plates and bridges. A piece of charred ivory is drawn across the plate at proper speed, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Photograph of Earle Griffith and Eddie Tahoory, working for the Dime Messenger Service in Washington D.C, April 1912
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- Date taken: 1912-04
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Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Rag sorting (Irish), 1936
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- 14,851 views
- Date taken: 1936
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Man tipping canister, 1936
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- Date taken: 1936
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Boy In Back Alley In North Philadelphia, August 1973
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- Date taken: 1973-08
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Weaver tying broken ends of warp thread from front of loom, March 1937
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- Date taken: 1937-03
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Row Houses, August 1973
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- Date taken: 1973-08
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Independence Hall, August 1973
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- Date taken: 1973-08
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Rosy, an 8 year old oyster shucker works steady all day from about 3 A.M. to 5 P.M. The baby will shuck as soon as she can handle the knife, March 1911
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- Date taken: 1911-03
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The Pepco (Potomac Electric Power Company) Power Plant At The Anacostia River, April 1973
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- 16,657 views
- Date taken: 1973-04
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The Job Of Clearing Drift From The Potomac And Anacostia Rivers Is Done By The Army Corps Of Engineers, April 1973
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- Date taken: 1973-04
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Houses erected by Hamilton Development Company to be sold to their workers, 1936
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- 2 favorites
- 8,106 views
- Date taken: 1936
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Cabinet making. RCA Victor. Cabinet repair man preparing to cut a piece of veneer, March 1937
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- 14,552 views
- Date taken: 1937-03
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Interior of the home of Mrs. Jacob Stooksbury. This homestead is in the region which will be inundated by the waters of the Norris Dam reservoir, November 1933
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- 3 favorites
- 7,059 views
- Date taken: 1933-11
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Every one of these were working in the cotton mill at North Pownal, Vt, 1900
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- 2 favorites
- 12,231 views
- Date taken: 1900
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Boys uniforms being searched and returned, 1912
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- 10,649 views
- Date taken: 1912
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Store and postoffice at Goin, Tennessee. Mr. J. C. Nicely has been a storekeeper here for 30 years, November 1933
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- 6,848 views
- Date taken: 1933-11
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