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IDNO:: 005425
Title:: Townspeople Standing in Front of a Railroad Car at Prince Station, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:: ca, 1900-1905
Description:: Townspeople are standing in front of a railroad car in Beckley, West Virginia. They include 1) unidentified musician; 2) unidentified captain; 3) Mrs. E.M. Payne, Sr. 4) Miss French?; 5) Mrs. Pearl (Sr.) Johnson; 6) S. Howe Johnson (Summerfield); 7) Miss Overton; 8) William Prince (on steps); 9) unidentified; 10) unidentified musician; 11) unidentified; 12) unidentified; 13) Gil Norton; 14-17) unidientified; 18-19 unidentified musicians; 20-22) unidentified; and 23) Daisy Rose Wailfong.

IDNO:: 017229
Title:: Courthouse, Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Description:: 'Beckley was founded in 1835 by General Alfred Beckley, a son of John Beckley, who was born in London, England, and came to this country when a child. The ground upon which the city of Beckley was started in 1835 and Raleigh County formed in 1850 was a part of the Beckley-Moore grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia to Alfred Beckley's father, John Beckley, and Andrew Moore. Picture was clipped from the cover of W. Va. Wildlife Mag. Vol. 11, No. 12, December 1933.'

IDNO:: 017231
Title:: Christian Church in Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1955
Description:: 'New Stone Christian Church at the corner of Prince and Fayette Streets, with educational building adjoining. Copyrighted 1955 All Rights Reserved By Harlow Warren, 320 North Kanawha St., Beckley, W. Va.'

IDNO:: 017232
Title:: New River and Winding Gulf Mining Institute First Aid Meet at R.M.G. Ball Park, Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:: 1934/08/24
Description:: Members of the First Aid group are lined up with their hard hat lights shining at midnight on August 24, 1934.

IDNO:: 017235
Title:: Home of Z. W. Lafon, Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:: 1907
Description:: '711 N. Kanawha Street, Beckley. From left to right: Mrs. Z. W. Lafon, Clara (Mrs. J. J. Lamb), Nellie Harlow (Mrs. E. Larrick) Daughter of A. N. Harlow, Mrs. A. N. Harlow Mabscott.'

IDNO:: 017247
Title:: Rutherford State Sanitarium, Beckley, Raleigh County
Date:: 1930/06
Description:: A view of the backside of the hospital. This institution is located at Beckley, Raleigh County, and is reached by branch line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from Prince, by branch of the Virginian from Mullens, by Taxi from Hinton or Thurmond on the C. & O. or Lester on the Virginian and by bus or auto over U.S. Routes 21 and 19 and state routes 65, 21 and 12. As of June 30th, 1930 there were 103 patients.

IDNO:: 017250
Title:: Rutherford State Sanitarium, Beckley, Raleigh County
Date:: 1930/06
Description:: A view of the front side of the hospital. This institution is located at Beckley, Raleigh County, and is reached by branch line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from Prince, by branch of the Virginian from Mullens, by Taxi from Hinton or Thurmond on the C. & O. or Lester on the Virginian and by bus or auto over U.S. Routes 21 and 19 and state routes 65, 21 and 12. As of June 30th, 1930 there were 103 patients.

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