PHOTO GALLERIES
Scotts Run Photo Galleries
Scotts Run was made famous by Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers in the 1930s who came to capture portraits of the Appalachian coalfields. Explore historical photos as well as new photos from Scotts Run today.
Many more historical photographs of Scotts Run can be viewed at:
Sunday in Scotts Run
Date: October 1935
Photographer: Ben Shahn
Coal miner's child
Date: September 1938
Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott
Payoff at Pursglove Mine
Date: October 1935
Photographer: Ben Shahn
Scotts Run, West Virginia
Date: July 1935
Photographer: Walker Evans
Company houses at Pursglove Mine, Scotts Run, West Virginia
Date: October 1935
Photographer: Ben Shahn
Waiting for relief check, Scotts Run, West Virginia
Date: October 1935
Photographer: Ben Shahn
Joe Zelsenik's shop that preceded Al Anderson's Shoe Repair
Date: unknown
Photographer: unknown
Guitar on the porch
Date: October 1935
Photographer: Ben Shahn
Children of coal miner at Scott's Run, West Virginia
Date: 1935
Photographer: Elmer Johnson
Liberty, unincorporated, Scotts Run, West Virginia. Negro family living in Moose Hall
Date: October 1935
Photographer: Ben Shahn
Coal miners on steps of company store, Scotts Run, West Virginia
Date: September 1938
Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott
Coal miner's wife and three of their children. Company house, Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia
Date: September 1938
Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott
Mexican miner and child, Bertha Hill, Scotts Run, West Virginia
Date: September 1938
Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott
Main store front in coal mining town, Scott's Run, West Virginia
Date: September 1938
Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott
Children's favorite playground, around coal mine tipples. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia
Date: September 1938
Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott
