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"Appalachian Family in Asheville, North Carolina 1930's"?

Correcting Identities(TM)
This photograph is circulating on social media with the title, "Appalachian Family in Asheville, North Carolina 1930's".

That title is incorrect.

Correcting Identities(TM)
This photograph is circulating on social media with the title, "Appalachian Family in Asheville, North Carolina 1930's".

That title is incorrect.

The correct identity of this family is:
This photograph, circa 1945 shows Collins and Effie Hollyfield and their children, who moved to Letcher County in the 1930s and lived in Dunham, KY where Collins worked as a coal miner. @IrememberOurHistory®

Photograph taken by: William R. “Pictureman” Mullins who photographed Black, white, indigenous, & immigrant Appalachians from 1935-55.

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