From the Great Depression to World War II - Photos from the American Memory Collection

Showcasing some of the 160,000 images taken between 1935 and 1944 by government-hired photographers. (If you were to look at 100 of them per day, every day, you'd need more than four years to view them all).

Nov 4, 2008

Coal Miner's Daughter

to locate this image on the American Memory website use search terms COAL MINE DAUGHTER TENNESSEE

The caption accompanying this photo reads: "Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California."

One wonders what became of this person. Were any of her dreams realized?

Taken by Dorothea Lange, 1936.

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[American Memory link]

to locate this image, use search terms: coal, mine, daughter, Tennessee

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