What Every Small Town In West Virginia Had In The 1930s. It Was A Simpler Time.

Life was different in the 1930s. Just about every part of towns -- from the roads to the businesses and houses --  didn't look the same as they do today. Some of these pictures from West Virginia towns in the 1930s may surprise you.

Here's what small towns in the Mountain State had back then:

1. Coal mines

This is an abandoned one in Dobra (Logan County) in 1935.

And this is a coal mine in Morgantown in 1938.

2. Railroads

This is rail yard in Williamson.

3. Houses

These are coal company houses in Masontown in 1935.

This is a home in Reedsville in 1936.

4. General stores

This one is in Reedsville in 1936.

5. Sunday school picnics

This is in Jere in 1938.

6. Post offices

This post office is in Henshaw, 1935.

7. Filling stations

This filling station is Reedsville in 1935.

This is one in Red House, 1935.

8. Movie theatres

This is in Romney in 1938.

9. Markets

This is a wayside market in Eleanor in 1934.

10. Shoe stores

This is a shoe store in Morgantown, 1938.

11. Barber shops

This is a barber shop in Scotts Run, 1938

12. Factories

This is a furniture factory in Arthurdale, 1937.

And this is a vacuum factory in Arthurdale, 1937.

13. Clothing stores

This is a clothing store in the mining town of Osage in 1938.

What do you think of these picture? Do they remind you at all of your own towns?