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Coal Miners and Coal Camps


Miners’ homes by slate and slag heap, Capels

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Some children who grew up in the coalfields remember moving frequently as their families sought to upgrade their housing.

Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott

To see more of the FSA photographs, go to memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html


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