These 15 Houses In West Virginia From The 1930s Will Open Your Eyes To A Different Time
By Katherine
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Published January 11, 2016
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.
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.
3. These were typical company houses along the river in Masontown (Preston County), 1935.
4. You can see the coal dust on this house at Pursglove Mine in Scotts Run, 1935
5. These were mining houses in Scotts Run, 1935
6. This was a home under construction in the Arthurdale project in Reedsville, 1935.
7. These were houses at Omar in Logan County, 1935
8. These were shacks that African Americans lived in along highway between Charleston and Gauley Bridge in 1938.
9. These houses were typical of Morgantown in 1935.
10. This was a home in the Arthurdale project in Reedsville, 1935.
11. This was a house near Charleston in 1938.
12. This was a house in the abandoned community of Marine in McDowell County, 1938.
13. This was a home in Randolph County, 1938
14. A family lived on this riverboat in Charleston, 1938
15. These were houses in the abandoned community of Mohegan, West Virginia in McDowell County, 1938.
Are you surprised at all by these houses? What do you think of them?
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