Between the Covers

Unbound. A small archive of 13 sepia-toned photographs measuring 5" x 7", with captions on the verso. All photos are very good with slight creasing and edgewear. A collection of photos from Evarts, Kentucky in the 1930s documenting the coal mining town with landscape scenes and photos of townspeople likely taken as part of a WPA (Work Projects Administration) assignment. A wonderful photo of two boys swimming is captioned, "boys risk a swim in spite of tin cans, broken bottles, and typhoid out back of our house." Another photo shows a teenage girl posed on a rock in a stream holding two buckets and smiling for the camera. Other photos include a miner's cabin with laundry drying on a porch, a candid photo of women and children on the stoop of a school, and men standing on a railroad track. A compelling collection of photos depicting rural Kentucky during the 1930s when the coal industry kept the town afloat during The Great Depression.

Item #415176