The business was established in 1899.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.
Two Men Beside Advertisement on a Boulder, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Two unidentified men stand beside a large rock that has painted on it, "Plumley-Hulme: Sell it for less." The Plumley Building was located on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Temple Street, built by William Plumley.
Bluestone Low Bridge Undergoing Construction at Mouth of Bluestone Creek, True, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Construction equipment sits beside the newly constructed bridge. The setting is the site of the future Bluestone High Bridge. In the background is the Meador home.
Harold Eagle Home on Ballengee Street, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
View of home lived in by Harold, son of Edward Calvin Eagle.Edward C. Eagle served on the local Hinton bar for nearly a quarter of a century after paying his way through West Virginia University. Mr. Eagle served his first term as prosecuting attorney of Summers County from 1902 to 1904 and for the following twenty years was the United States commissioner at Hinton. In 1920, he was elected prosecuting attorney on a platform that called for the suppression of moon-shining and law-breaking in general.
Back of the postcard reads, "Pence Springs Hotel--a mountain resort in the beautiful Alleghaneys--is equipped with every modern convenience of the city hotel. Home garden, excellent cuisine, splendid service, famous mineral water. Orchestra, dancing, golf, tennis, swimming, fishing, horseback riding, motoring, marvelous scenery. Located on main line of c. & O. Railway and the Atlantic & Pacific Highway."
Sam Hartley and Herb Kiser Pose Behind Cut-Out, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Hartley, left, and Kiser, right, pose behind a cut-out that makes them appear as if they were in a hot air ballon. The banner on the poster reads, "Over Cincinnati". Hartley was a C & O Railroad train dispatcher and Kiser was a telegraph operator.
Mouth of Griffith Creek from Greenbrier River, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
A lone automobile travels on the dirt road that runs alongside the river. The Piers are from a Glen Ray Lumber Company construction site where a railroad bridge is in the process of being built.