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- IDNO:
- 050636
- Title:
- Group of People Waiting for Train to Blackwater Falls, Fairmont, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.A group of people pose before an excursion to Blackwater Falls; the caption on the back of the print reads: "Vinegar Hill in background. These houses in back of Tannery. R.R. excursion toward Blackwater Falls."
- IDNO:
- 050640
- Title:
- Group Poses near Train during Sunday Picnic at Blackwater, Davis, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.A group out for a Sunday picnic, near Davis poses with the train.
- IDNO:
- 050642
- Title:
- Babcock Lumber and Boom Co. Locomotive, Davis, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.The Babcock Lumber and Boom Co. locomotive next to bridge crossing over W.M.
- IDNO:
- 052986
- Title:
- Man on Horse-Drawn Wagon
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Wagon is in front of Thompson Sisters Milliners storefront.
- IDNO:
- 053485
- Title:
- Mississipi Glass Company Factory, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- The Mississippi Glass Company was based out of St. Louis, Missouri. Their Morgantown Factory was opened in 1904 and closed by 1943.