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Pennsylvania: A man walking down a dirt road carrying a suitcase. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A man walking down a dirt road carrying a suitcase. Grea...

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A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virgin...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

General view from top of coal mine tressle, showing burning slag heaps and holes of slate, Maidsville, West Virginia

General view from top of coal mine tressle, showing burning slag heaps...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salvaging coal from the slag heaps at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Salvaging coal from the slag heaps at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of two boys standing in front of a pile of rubble. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of two boys standing in front of...

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Young boy who salvages coal from the slag heaps, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Young boy who salvages coal from the slag heaps, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvan...

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Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man walking through a pile of rubble. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man walking through a pile ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a train coming down the track...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of an old truck, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of an old truck, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man walking on a dirt road. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man walking on a dirt road....

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal miners' homes on slate and slag heaps. Capels, West Virginia

Coal miners' homes on slate and slag heaps. Capels, West Virginia

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town, day and night. Longacre, West Virginia

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ash heaps from the Temple sacrifices

Ash heaps from the Temple sacrifices

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sula Bedford, nine years old. Lives in Tupelo, Miss. Mother said, "Just as soon as she's 12, her father wants her to learn to weave. She could spin now, (heaps of 'em smaller'n she is does) but he can't earn 'nuff spinnin'."  Location: Tupelo, Mississippi.

Sula Bedford, nine years old. Lives in Tupelo, Miss. Mother said, "Jus...

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To Sinai via the desert. Cursed stone heaps of Abou Zenneb

To Sinai via the desert. Cursed stone heaps of Abou Zenneb

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a person digging in the dirt, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a person digging in the dirt, West Virginia...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This doesn't look very impressive, just a pile of rock. Well, that's what it is, a pile of limestone, but since limestone is the main ingredient for the refining of high quality steels, heaps of rock such as these are mighty important factors in the maintenace of defense production. Here workers are loading the pigs into charging boxes, which will carry them into the open hearth furnace for melting

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This doesn't look very impressive...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man digging in the dirt, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man digging in the dirt, West Virginia. F...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Civilian protection. Members of the rescue parties like this worker must be prepared to reach victims of bomb raids and fallen debris and give them emergency first aid treatment. It is not always possible to remove debris by hand, therefore, rescue workers' trucks carry equipment to enable the rescue squad to shore up masonry, cut through steel or stone, shut off broken mains or tunnel through conglomerate heaps of debris. The worker here shown is using an acetylene torch to cut away a stubborn resisting piece of expanded steel

Civilian protection. Members of the rescue parties like this worker mu...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a fire in a field, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a fire in a field, West Virginia. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young boy who salvages coal from the slag heaps, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Young boy who salvages coal from the slag heaps, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvan...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mammoth Cave, Edmondson Co., Ky: Heaps of earth

Mammoth Cave, Edmondson Co., Ky: Heaps of earth

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Caves; Ky. M- C-; Shelf.

Ash heaps from the Temple sacrifices

Ash heaps from the Temple sacrifices

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young boys salvaging coal from the slag heaps, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Young boys salvaging coal from the slag heaps, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man walking. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man walking. Great Depressi...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Slag heaps at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Slag heaps at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This doesn't look very impressive, just a pile of rock. Well, that's what it is, a pile of limesone, but since limestone is the main ingredient for the refining of high quality steels, heaps of rock such as these mighty important factors in the maintenance of defense production

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This doesn't look very impressive...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boys who salvage coal from the slag heaps at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Boys who salvage coal from the slag heaps at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man and a child. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man and a child. Great Depr...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Coal miners coming from work. Slag heaps burning nearby. Maidsville, West Virginia

Coal miners coming from work. Slag heaps burning nearby. Maidsville, W...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town, day and night. Longacre, West Virginia

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town, day and night. Longacre, West Virginia

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over w...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a dirt road, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a dirt road, West Virginia. Farm Security A...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town, day and night. Longacre, West Virginia

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over w...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Picryl description: Public domain image of historical building ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jenin, Sept. 3, 1938. Heaps of debris in centre of Jenin

Jenin, Sept. 3, 1938. Heaps of debris in centre of Jenin

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ancient city, historic place, stone buildings architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man carrying a bucket. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man carrying a bucket. Grea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Man gathering good coal from the slag heaps at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Man gathering good coal from the slag heaps at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A young boy standing in front of a pile of rubble. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A young boy standing in front of a pile of rubble. Great Depression FS...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over whole town, day and night. Longacre, West Virginia

Coke ovens and burning slag heaps make heavy impenetrable smoke over w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a person kneeling on rocks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a person kneeling on rocks, West Virginia. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a young boy. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a young boy. Great Depression

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old photo of a man picking rocks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of a man picking rocks, West Virginia. Farm Security Admi...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Palestine disturbances during summer 1936. Jaffa. Effects of dynamiting. Heaps of tumbled down houses

Palestine disturbances during summer 1936. Jaffa. Effects of dynamitin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man walking up a hill. Great Depression

Pennsylvania: A black and white photo of a man walking up a hill. Grea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro woman picking up coal from old slate heaps in mining community. The "Patch," Cassville, West Virginia

Negro woman picking up coal from old slate heaps in mining community. ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm ...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description