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That's a cool story.

The days when the word freedom actually meant something.. now you are only free to move about the cage,,,, if you can pay for it.

Great Story! I Love it!

Indeed. Americans had far less but were far happier.

@@billytwoknives6495 Yes, we were much happier and healthier indeed!!!

We lost civility that our churches taught. Democrats and Republicans were attending the same churches and schools. If I got into trouble at school, I would be in far worse trouble at home. If a neighbor called my mom and said… Bret did: and I just wanted you to know I paddled his and my sons rear ends…… my mom would then tell my dad that evening and, there was a 75% chance I’d get another spanking that evening with a long lecture and a deep hug and sense of love from my parents. Yes there are some great men and women who grew up in single parent homes. But it’s not ideal.

I am not so sure we were healthier. Walk thru an old graveyard and look at the tombstones. Child mortality rates were high. Some children did not live past 1 year and some died in just a few months. That said, they were still better times then we have today.@@jameswood231

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NCLUSA, I was borned and raised in Eastern, Ky in 1959. In a town called Louisa, Ky. Times were sure different then, that's for sure.

@@davepelfrey3958 Somewhere along my way I knew a Danny Pefley I think in Indianapolis?..Maybe brothers went to school w him?.

Much respect to your father for his hard work and devotion to his family.

Some of the best people I’ve ever known were from eastern Kentucky

@@jefferyepstein9210 Were they under aged girls, Jeff?.

You are so right on with this comment! When I see all these people protesting about this and that I think to myself how easy anyone in modern times has it and they should be overjoyed with appreciation for what they have instead of being so mad about everything. I can go anywhere I want in the US and be there same day. I can have a cold drink or ice cream ANY time I want. I have access to all of the world’s spices I want to mix in with any vegetable or fruit that grows on earth. I have running hot and cold water without any effort. Heck I don’t even wash my clothes, the machine does that for me. I could go on and on.

Those of us commenting what it was like....also know how to survive the shtf. A country boy can survive, Hank.

@@Jay-kc1ql Absolutely!!! The modern world does have "some perks."

@@rodleyeriffe9149 Right on Hank.

Haha! Too true. May I include indoor plumbing and washing machines to his short list?

It’s hard not to miss the good of that time. But it’s easy to want to forget some of the things we had to put up with also. Having lived then and now….. I’d take then again with all the hardships. If I could get rid of a few things for the entire world. It would be cell phones, personal computers, TV’s and Hollywood. I miss the uniqueness of each city, their churches, restaurants, and what made each area its own. Today… if you set me down anywhere in the Midwest blindfolded and then pulled it off.. asked “where are you?”…. it would be hard to tell. Everything has become homogeneous. Believe it or not, we had the best of unique locations and personalities combined with the common moral foundations of “what is right or wrong being taught in churches across the nation. It wasn’t perforce but it was darn good and people were United in striving to do better.

@@bret9741 Good point.

Yes, in a way they were. Spiritually, at least. A life that revolves around material objects is pretty empty sometimes.

@@miriambucholtz9315 Materialism will leave a person empty. Just like what we sow, we will reap. In times past, America was a nation of people as a whole, that truly placed their faith in GOD of the Bible. In times of war, times of depression, times of epidemics (Spanish flu, polio, etc). America turned to GOD ALMIGHTY, not the almighty dollar for their salvation.

there weren't birth control pills that were safe

@@victorhopper6774 I would agree, I don't think people back then thought so much about their retirement when having so many children; they just had them. Remember, infant/child mortality ran rampant during those early years.

You had lots of kids back then because large families were needed to run farms. During the Great Depression, the birthrate plummeted to shocking lows, so people could and did prevent pregnancies even with less than perfect birth control. Definitely child mortality was an issue....though that improved for everyone after antibiotics were common.

Me tpp

The last thing a farmer wanted to hear was a fox in the henhouse! Let me say ... I like foxes. But they will make a mess in the chicken coop!

What planet do you live on???

That's what I was thinking, I live on a seasonal limited road in a small town that Google can't pronounce correctly, one of 14 kids and raised my kids on home grown canned goods and wild meat mostly. I don't ask the government for permission to my God given rights.

I think I could take some photos that resemble these, if I found some black and white or sepia film. The problem is, most of the people now have so many dang tattoos. And the clothes are different. Except in the older folks.

You completely missed the point, the photos are a look back into a way of life in the early 1900's NOT so much about ppl living out in the country 🙄

I know. Growing up in Cullawee N.C. in the 60's it has changed so much now. I live in a small town in Ga. now called Lula. And its starting to change. I'm seeing a lot of drug dealers.

@@sherrykendrick1765Sherry.. We all know who started that delightful era in America,🐒 See 🐒 Do.

Small town America is still here, I live in one Google can't pronounce, am one of 14 kids raised on home grown canned goods and wild meat, I raised my kids the same way as they are my grand children now. I'll take my wood and coal stove, fresh air , spring water and speedy beef over any small or large city anywhere, been to the city you can have it. I kept looking for a family photo to come up on the video.

@@sherrykendrick1765 I know that area. : ) Drugs are the scourge of small southern towns.

You don’t get out enough.

Sounds like that White Privilege I keep hearing about

how long ago was that?

As late as the early 1960’s I can remember as a boy of 12 or 13 watching old man Hollingsworth, a local farmer, using sticks of dynamite in blowing up stumps in the Vermilion River to open up the entrance to the local sportsman club for boats. It was great fun.

@@thomasgalyen6757 Thanks!

People didn't blow people up back then like now.

My father went to a school like that in the '20s. The teacher was so good, he had no trouble transferring to Berkeley, CA schools as a teenager.

11:29 ?

And the picture of the Black family at the table. There are Newspapers on top of the Tablecloth. It looks like a cloth tablecloth underneath. The Newspapers must have been to catch anything that fell off plates and other dishes. I found that fascinating. I think it was at about 2:40 into video.

I think you mean 6:10... this could have been my mother and some of her siblings, as she was 13 in 1936...no shoes and their dresses were made from flour sacks.

Not at 11:29.

This is what the Republicans under Trump want to turn America back to being. Or make it into Nazi Germany

So does Socialism...Puts EVERYONE into Poverty, and hence, Equality

a lot of people in those pics weren't poor.

Said perfectly

Appalachian area is on eof the poorest places in the country. Not a lot of gangs or drive by shootings there.

@@tunisiancrochetchannel As someone who has survived socialism, I can assure you it does. In what socialist country have you lived?

Many years ago. Thanks for sharing Larry.

Typical Howard we like the nice inventions like AC&Microwaves...Internet...lol.

YES! the AC and elevators... two really good things of life.

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I have seen those old sheep camps as well, however my father in law had a school bus very similar to the one in the photo,... .

@@imitatefirst Perhaps this is a matter of upcycling?

Probably fuel for the washing machine engine. 2 stroke engine.

Also kerosene was rubbed on a child's head if they had cooties (head lice)) and it worked

@@allenwatkins4972 Yes, it's probably fuel that's what I thought, too. Not always 2-stroke, but usually a kick-starter w/heavy flywheel that'll bust yer leg/foot/ankle if ya don't watch it. Noisy, heavy bastards, lol.

Yep, that made me smile

@@StokesburyUSA Sorry I'm not very tech proficient

That's because it WAS simpler.

Simple? Making your own soap, washing clothes! Simple, I think not

@@taylorrice8612 You're most likely of a generation accustomed to and dependent upon modern conveniences. Also likely a city dweller. Therefore, you have an incomplete and distorted view of the past.

@@taylorrice8612 You had to know how to "make do" and take care of your own needs, but it was a lot simpler in other ways. Modern conveniences came at a price. Back then, if your car broke down, it wasn't half as complicated to fix. And your "washing machine" didn't have a sensor that meant the whole machine would stop working if it got moisture in it. Doing it the old fashioned way meant more sweat, but it was pretty reliable. And the world didn't come to a stop because the electricity went out.

@Julie Lourdes They were. And the odds are your brother or your uncle or someone could come over and fix it in your carport. They didn't have to hook it up to a diagnostic tool and then recalibrate the computer system, and all of your car's working parts weren't integrated into that one irritable finicky little mother board. I took my vehicle in because there was an indicator light on the dash that wouldn't go off. They couldn't figure out why, said I needed a new computer, and presented me with an estimate for $1500! Being old fashioned, I thought, "Well, that light's not hurting anything." Two weeks later, the light went off. That's part of the lunacy; all this complexity means it's a LOT easier to get robbed, first by the manufacturers, and later by repairmen. What people have given up for convenience! I'm wondering why environmentalists aren't up in arms over all the appliances that are ending up being tossed after a few years because it costs more to repair them than to buy new. Sorry about the rant, but this kind of trend makes me nuts. But then, I guess that's required to fit in nowadays. These are crazy times. ; )

The same "middle class" the gov't is desperately trying to destroy now.

All the people had to W-O-R-K before the government handed some welfare checks&free housing,heathcare,phones,food...Sorry makes me mad!,I saw Dad walk out the door with him so sick he could barely walk&I saw bumps @ store cpl days ago pay with Food stamps then talk to another one,Both had cars with fancy wheels,And of course,a 1K cell phone😡.Just makes ya mad😊

in general every generation has had it easier than the one before. the irony is that every generation was more independent than the one after.

@@victorhopper6774 We'll see how "Independent" they are when Daddys basement&money are gone😊!.

of course! broke is broke.

The final track is called 'Lucid Dream ' by Dr Head ...

Must be that White Privilege I keep hearing about

Maybe starvation but the other kids look ok maybe he has worms which is possible.

Interesting you noticed that too! So so sad.

Amen

Solid, irrefutable proof of time-travel/ancient aliens.

He turned his head at the same time they took a photo I’m guessing they did it at random times lol

They were very popular, being cheap to feed and water, the drawback being their short life.

In fact, black ppl in the US were doing much better in 1870 than they are now. Progressivism (Wilson....) is what instituted ALL of this BS we're just NOW going to apparently end the country over. Oh well.

Totally disagree

It'a rave - they're all jacked up on legal coke and bathtub gin. Fairly common 'going into town' Friday night til ? courting ritual/orgy.