This Italian grocery occupied a small space, but they used every inch they had.

Another interior view of the Italian grocery.

Another view of the Italian grocery storefront.

A "dry goods" store in the Cambria City. Notice the sign hanging from the awning frame that advertises a fabric dying service.

This store sold men's clothing. What items of clothing can you identify? Which are still part of men's wardrobes today?

The steamship office was an important place that people went to send things back to the old country or to see if relatives had sent them a package.

Mill workers and miners and their families lived in these houses in Cambria City.

Company-owned housing lined the other side of the same street.

The houses were built so close together that the children had no where to play but in the (muddy!) street.

What strikes you about how these children are dressed?

This kind of housing were called "tenements" (Why?). The round objects hanging by the doorways are washtubs. Why was washing done outside? What other tools for doing laundry can you see?

This is the yard behind the tenement. In every season of the year, laundry had to be hung outside to dry.