Jay

@alfredjjbird.bsky.social

9 months ago

#history #womensworld #coaltowns #appalachia #poverty #photograhy @firemind1701b.bsky.social @bavarianbelle.bsky.social 2/2 in the novel, it has the miners with running water indoors & plenty to eat. Realty was the company store system which kept the miners in debt. archive.org/details/cihm...

Jay

@alfredjjbird.bsky.social

9 months ago

#history #womensworld #coaltowns #appalachia #poverty #photograhy @firemind1701b.bsky.social @bavarianbelle.bsky.social Perhaps my Great grandfather on left & my great uncle Berger. The novel "The Goddess by G. Morris & C. Goddard" paints a rosier picture of coal life in Bitumen, PA. 1/2