An unidentified man climbs on wooden structures still above water. James House pictured on the hill.The flood came about after Greenbrier and New Rivers combined. The flood spilled into the Hinton residential area through Main and Pleasant Streets.
The church, built in 1897-98, was later moved in its present location on Temple Street and Fifth Avenue in 1907. A ferris wheel sits outside of the building while unidentified subjects gather on the lawn.
First row, from left to right, is L. C. Davis; Lomer Davis; Charley Davis; Kinna Maddy.Second row, from left to right, is Jess Perdue; Charles W. Garten; Ose (?) Garten; Pearl Garrison; Floyd Belcher.Back row, from left to right, is Mr. Grant (organizer of lodge at Marie); W. T. Maddy; Haron Michael; Elmer or Emer Davidson; Hubert Light; Oscar Hutchinson.
James L. & Mary E. Lilly Family Portraits, Madams Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1909/06/23
Description:
In the very front of the photo is Naomi Ruth Dennis, age 2. Seated from left to right is Walter T. Lilly, Mary E. "Molly" Lilly, Margarette Louise Whitten Lilly, and James L. Lilly holding Aubrey C. Lilly, age one.Standing in the back is Emberry S. Taylor, Verlie Lilly Taylor, Clarence W. Dennis, Josie Lilly Dennis, Margaret E. Lilly, Charles Edgar Pitzer, and Nelly Lilly Pitzer holding Margaret Pitzer, age 2.
Workers Building Flood Control Dam near Narrows, Va. and Glen Lyn, Va.
Date:
1910
Description:
Starting on the far left is Luther Keaton, Braid Petrey, Matt Cook and Ross Farley. Pictured on the far right is L. W. "Lue" Petrey. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.The town of Narrows is named after the narrowing of New River, which runs through the town.
Joe Jones and Son, Roy, Traveling by Horse-Drawn Wagon, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1914/12
Description:
The family, originally from Kentucky, moved to the Sandstone area. Joe timbered for work. By the 1980's, Roy was employed at the Summers County Citizens Center in Hinton, W. Va.
C. & O. Employees at Local Chairmen & Representative Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Date:
1915
Description:
Pictured from left to right is engineer John Scott, conductor J. C. Morgan, fireman J. B. "Bert" Hatcher, engineer E. T. Lawson, Sr., and standing in the back is engineer G. R. Sale.
Leonard McVey Shelton and Oxen Transporting Goods, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Oxen "Buck" and "Berry" could travel up to 5 miles an hour with a wagon load of tanbark, which was loaded at Alderson, W. Va. They delivered on average 2-2.5 cord (one cord cost between $8 and $10) from Ted Wills of Madams Creek.
Sewell Valley Passenger Train Operating Between Rainelle, W. Va. and Meadow Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1917/08
Description:
From left to right is Harry Lee (holding his daught, Lucy), Lum Bennett, Emmitt Crotty, Cap. Starrett Moore, John Dobbins, John Wilt, Mark Perkins, and Mitchell Dilly.
Ernest Bleau on a Railroad Bicycle by New River, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1918
Description:
Bleau, a telegrapher and cousin to W.J.B. Gwinn of Meadow Creek, is pictured on top of a railroad bicycle, or "velosipede", in order to get him to the different telegraph offices that he had to work at on the New River Division.
Hinton High School Football Team Portrait, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1920
Description:
Mary Dolin holding football in the front.Front row, left to right: Voile Turner; Harold McNeer; Ashly Eubanks; "Ram" Harford; Jim Anderson; Warren Holbert; and Sam Bess.Middle row, left to right: Ford Wauhop; Milton Bean; John Faulconer; Herman Fredeking; Jack Hayes; Alton Riddlebarger; and Hobart Foster.Back row, left to right: J. S. "Cowboy" Duncan; Coach (and Principal) Theodore Martufi; Norman Wilson; Buster Coleman; Bob Harford; Coleman Hank; Carthon Haythe; and Frank Tomkies (superintendent).
Jim Richmond home pictured on the upper left of the photograph. The large building in the center is W.m. Simmons Store. Small white building to the left is Dr. Lemon's office.
Photo of Mrs. Nell Graham's home economics class at Hinton High School. Pictures id Blanch Carden, Bessie Curtis, Mabel Meador, Layton Ellison, Mamie Krise, Daisy Marsh, Cynthia Ann, Letha Harris, and Vernette Berger.
Hinton High School Girls' Basketball Team, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1921
Description:
Pictured is Forward Madeline Carman, Forward Cora Litsinger, Center Rebecca Huffman, Guard Mary Wicker, Guard Fawn Rogers, and Captain Fannie Quisenberry. During the season of 1920-21, the girls finished 4-6.