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Hoping for a Day’s Work

Black and white photograph of a group of men standing beside a large metal gatepost, facing a guard in uniform at the mine property entrance. The guard is holding a piece of paper.

Title: Men waiting for work at Wright-Hargreaves Mine Gate during the Depression

Photographer: Unknown

Museum of Northern History Collection

A scene at the gate of the Wright-Hargreaves Mine during the Depression. Unemployed men are standing in a crowd, waiting for the guard to call out their name for a day’s work at the mine. Those who weren’t called would return the next day in hopes that it would be their turn.