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My Little Town: 1938

September 1938. "'Sittin' around' mining town of Osage, West Virginia." Medium format nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

September 1938. "'Sittin' around' mining town of Osage, West Virginia." Medium format nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

 

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Rare pickup

Note the rare 1933 Dodge pickup in the centre background. Looks like a '37 Hudson on the left and a '38 Chevrolet coupe on the right.

One Price Store

I've never heard of a "one price department store". Was this the precursor to the "dollar store"?

Still there

1942 explosion

In May 1942 a major explosion in the mine killed over 50 miners.

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