Standing, left to right: Walter Matheny (sp?), John Jenkins, Molly, Geo Jenkins, Electra Lecky (Ocie's daughter), Scott Gibson.Seated, left to right: Laura with Thelma, Pearl Conner Alcinda with Burhl, Ocie Matheny (Alcinda's daughter) "Mac" Forman, Abigail, Ruby, Mamie with Harold.Children seated on ground.
Willard Hotel and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
Willard Hotel and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station in Grafton, W. Va. are located on East Main Street. The station was built in 1911 and the hotel in 1913.
Picnic Group Outside Rutherford Hotel, Webster Springs, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
"Picnic group leaving Rutherford Hotel for Whittaker Falls about 1912.First wagon, left to right: Isaac Curry, Doy Rutherford, Hawes Thurmond with large hat, Goodrich White, Garrett Thurmond, Ben Hamrick, Beatrice Cogar, Belle Wethered, R. Moore Dodrill, Eula Thurmond, Eva Lowe.Second wagon: Zetta Stanard, Mrs. S. P. Allen, Attorney H. C. Thurmond, 'Doc' White.Buggy: Faye Thurmond, Roy Rutherford, Kate White. Mrs. Arch Rutherford is on balcony. Unknown observer is in background. Photo was preserved by Mrs. Faye Thurmond Meeker of Charleston, W. Va."
Transporting Equipment Over Little Kawaha River Bridge, Burnsville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
Water well drilling equipment, owned by Tom Fletcher, who is pictured standing beside the rig with the white shirt and suspenders, is being pulled across the bridge by horses. Charles E. Crutchfield has the reins. In the suit and bow tie is Anson Wade, a teacher. The bridge was built in 1893.
Hedding Chapel Methodist Church, Walkersville, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
Hedding Chapel Methodist Church was organized in 1856. The present building was dedicated in August 1893.On the back of the image, a caption reads: "This picture was taken in about 1912 -- 15 years before route 19 was graded through church [lot]. To Ruth Alkire Smith, from your Sunday School Teacher, Helen Sprigg. Christmas, 1956."
Pence Spring Water Bottling House, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
First boy pictured is Jimmy Haynes, then about age 12. Other subjects who sit along the bridge are unidentified. The spring runs directly beside the house, where Pence Spring Bottling Works collects this water for drinking.