Group in front of Elkins Steam Laundry and Office in Montes, W. Va.
Description:
In this photo: 'Milford Raney, Walter Stevens, several boys, D. D. Brown, Marie Stevens, Calvin Stevens, and Mrs. Walter Stevens.'In Robert Dickey's book, "Greyhound to Vegas" page 7A, several people in this image are identified as the Stout family. Dickey explained in his caption that Hilda Stout is wearing a white pinafore, and she is surrounded by her parents and younger brother.
'This picture shows the family group of mostly sawmill men, part of whom lived with Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Brown in the house shown and includes part of the office force and railroad crew. This group is made up as follows: Left to right: D. D. Brown(standing on the porch), Webb Helmick(standing next to D. D. B.), and Lester H. Sickler(engineer). Standing first on ground: Eugene Schock(sawyer), Charles W. Fenney(stenographer & bookkeeper), Overton(handy-boy from Towanda, Pa.), Eliza Brown(Mrs. M. L. Brown), Fred Brown( with axe, locomotive engineer), W. W. Burton(Boer War, Englishman from England), J. B. White(saw filler), M. L. Brown(mill and yard superintendent) and Sag(setter).'
