'Photograph of a painting of Jackson hanging in the Murphy Hotel, Richmond, painted by William Washington. Photo by H.P. Cook, 1937, 'The painting has been restored and is fine condition. It shows Jackson on horse, a dying soldier lifts his hand to Jackson. Washington is said to have been a skilled painter whose work was done just before and during the Civil War. He had studied at Duseldorf and lived in the valled of Virginia near Lexington. He was lame and very tempermental. He carried the Burial of Latane to Europe at the end of the war, got into financial difficulties and sacrificed it.' H.P.C. to R.B.C. October 21, 1937.
United States Army Major Thomas J. Jackson of Lewis County, Virginia (Later West Virginia)
Date:
1851
Description:
Jackson resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1851 and accepted a teaching position at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. He would earn the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate Army and the sobriquet, "Stonewall".
Jackson, General Thomas J. 'Stonewall' at Chancellorsville
Date:
undated
Description:
Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville. This old photo was presented to Col. S.A. Cunningham, editor of the Confederate Veteran by Mrs. Thomas J. Jackson and reproduced in that publication.
Upper left one of a series of C.S.A. cards sold in the North. Showing a fraudulent 'collar'. Center is a sample of the Brady print showing same fraudulent uniform. Brady probably never saw Jackson, but sold thousands of these pictures, which is an 1851 portrait.
Drawing of Lee and Jackson on their horses. Note on card mount reads 'A good likeness of Traveller, when Gen. Lee purchased him of me in Feby 1862. Charles Town, W. Va., Nov. 1st 1904, Thos. L. B?
Charleston Traction Company Trolley, Charleston, W. Va.
Description:
'The orginial public transit system in Charleston, founded in 1888, operated two cars for several years. Electric cars like that above, replaced those drawn by horses. Note how motormen were exposed to the elements.'
'Charleston, W. Va-Capitol in distance-at junction of Elk River with Kanawha. Boulevard occupies in great part originial section of James River and Kanawha Turnpike. Here old stage coaches ferried across the river.'
Charleston Skyline in 1891 (Top) and 1941 (Bottom,) Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1891, 1941
Description:
View of Charleston Business District, Charleston, West Virginia in 1890 (Top;) View of Charleston Business District, Charleston, West Virginia in 1941 (Bottom.)