Joseph R. Gamble (1887-abt. 1908), the son of Robert Gamble & Melissa Ellen Slagle. Joseph died in a mining accident north of Weir, Kansas. He married Pansy Runyon and had one child, Maria L. Gamble.
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
Photos of the harsh living and working conditions of miners and prospectors and of the men who endured this life.
The lives of miners and prospectors involved grueling, backbreaking, and dangerous work with long hours and low pay. Especially in coal mining: workers and their families lived in company housing, sh...