15 Rare Photos Taken In West Virginia During The Great Depression
West Virginia has been through some difficult times, and not the least of those times were the Great Depression. Luckily for us, things have improved greatly since then. If you’ve ever wondered what life was like in West Virginia during that time, these rare pictures will give you a clue.
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1. These children of a family that lived in a riverboat in Charleston in 1938.
3. This wife of an unemployed miner worker and two kids. The woman had tuberculosis and syphilis. The family was one of five families living in an abandoned company store in Marine.