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A group portrait of the 1907 WVU Football club.
Crowds of men and women, with horse-drawn carriages, stand in the streets of Monongah. A sign for Coliseum Restaurant is visible in the background. Front of the card reads: ""Sightseeing after the explosion in S Monongah, W.Va."
The caskets are pulled in a cart with the name "W. S. Thomas" on it, drawn by several horses. Many onlookers stand outside a church in the background.
Men in coats stand outside a mine entrance.
A crowd stands outside one of the Monongah mines.
A coal miner stands with his pickaxe, shovel, and canister.
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster.
Mourners view rows of caskets from the mine disaster.
Wives waiting for their husbands at Monongah Mine No.8.
Young orphans awaiting news at the Monongah Mine No. 8.
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being carried off to the cemetery. Back of postcard reads: "Mine explosion at Monongah, W.Va. A Merry Christ and Happy New Year."
Hearses taking caskets from the streets of Monongah to Monongah Mine No.6.
A survivor looking toward the remains of the Monongah Mines.
Crowds gathering on train tracks to view the remains of the Monongah Mines after the explosion.
A view of a mine at Monongah.
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the cemetery by W. S. Thomas. An excerpt of text from the front states, "Between 400 and 600 killed."Back reads: "Where is that post card picture of your school you were going to send me? How are you? One of my cousins (Becca Clinton) was buried yesterday. 3 of her sisters and her brother Luke are not expected to live. You remember him. You had his knife. They have Spinal Meningitis. I am not teaching this week. [Maurie?] Alice. To Ada Ballentine, Waverly, West Virginia."
Victims of the disaster at Monongah Mine in their caskets.
People trying to identify the dead of the disaster at Monongah Mine No.6.
A postcard showing mine inspectors at Mine No.8 at Monongah.
A postcard showing the scene at Monongah after the mine explosion.
A postcard showing the extent of the destruction inflicted by the explosion of Monongah Mine No.8. Back reads: "The worst damage was done at this mine, over 225 bodies have been taken out to date and about twice that amount in there yet, exact number [illegible] never be known [illegible] reach near 700."