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Company Town: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 07/26/2014 - 10:22am.
February 1937. "Company steel town. Jefferson County, Alabama." The stomping grounds of our namesake Shorpy Higginbotham, killed in a mining accident in 1928. Photo by Arthur Rothstein, Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Neighborly
Submitted by archfan on Sat, 07/26/2014 - 11:50pm.
Some of the outhouses are so close you could talk to your neighbor.
No master bath.
Submitted by Foy on Sat, 07/26/2014 - 12:48pm.
Every home equipped with a serviceable outhouse.
Foy
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