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Coke House: 1939

January 1939. "Herrin, Illinois. Family on relief living in shanty at city dump." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

January 1939. "Herrin, Illinois. Family on relief living in shanty at city dump." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

 

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Herrin is in southern Illinois, near Carbondale. This part of the state is known as "Little Egypt," which explains nearby Cairo. It's largely a farming area although some coal mining was done, too. Twenty people were killed in 1920 during a mining strike. The nickname "Little Egypt" dates to the early 1800s, possibly because of the farming or because it's between major rivers.

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