A portable sawmill

1936

A portable sawmill hums with activity near Somerset, capturing a slice of rural industry in Depression-era Kentucky.

Somerset (vicinity), Kentucky, 1936
Source: Farm Security Administration, Photo by Carl Mydans

Contributed by JOSE M LOPEZ on November 30, 2025

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