Times – and houses – have changed a lot since the 1930s. During that time, West Virginia, like the rest of the country, was in the midst of an economic depression. Here’s a little glimpse into what the houses looked like at that time:

1. This man was pushing a wagon in the "black" part of Charleston, 1939.
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2. Here’s a family from Bertha Hill (Monongalia County) standing on the porch of their home in 1938. The man was a coal miner.
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3. These were typical company houses along the river in Masontown (Preston County), 1935.
Walker Evans/Library of Congress
4. You can see the coal dust on this house at Pursglove Mine in Scotts Run, 1935
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5. These were mining houses in Scotts Run, 1935
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6. This was a home under construction in the Arthurdale project in Reedsville, 1935.
Walker Evans/Library of Congress
7. These were houses at Omar in Logan County, 1935
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8. These were shacks that African Americans lived in along highway between Charleston and Gauley Bridge in 1938.
Marion Post Wolcott/Wikicommons
9. These houses were typical of Morgantown in 1935.
Walker Evans/Library of Congress
10. This was a home in the Arthurdale project in Reedsville, 1935.
Walker Evans/Library of Congress
11. This was a house near Charleston in 1938.
Marion Post Wolcott/Library of Congress
12. This was a house in the abandoned community of Marine in McDowell County, 1938.
Marion Post Wolcott/ Library of Congress
13. This was a home in Randolph County, 1938
Marion Post Wolcott/Library of Congress
14. A family lived on this riverboat in Charleston, 1938
Marion Post Wolcott/Library of congress
15. These were houses in the abandoned community of Mohegan, West Virginia in McDowell County, 1938.
Marion Post Wolcott/Library of Congress

Are you surprised at all by these houses? What do you think of them?

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