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Postcard print of East Covington, Allegheny County, Virginia, bordering Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
Postcard print of large homes with several turrets, window dormers and chimneys.
Postcard print.
Group of boys gather to form a human pyramid.
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."
People gathering to look at where the only living man was found from the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster.
Fan house at Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion. Back: "This is the most terrible explosion of its kind that ever happened in the U.S. We were up yesterday. Will write in a few days. It shook here considerably. [illegible]" To Mr. Okey May in Terra Haute, Indiana.
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.
Postcard of Monongah Mine No.8.
Postcard of homes in Monongah, WV.
A picture of Main Street in Monongah, West Virginia.
Postcard of the entrance to Monongah Mine No.6
Citizens of towns neighboring towns come to see the scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster.
Crowds at Fairmont were mailing their way to Monongah to see the remains of the recent mine explosions.
A postcard of Monongah Mine No.8 after the recent explosion.
A postcard of the fan at Monongah Mine No.8 after the recent explosion.
A postcard of workers at the remains of Monongah Mine No.8 after the 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."
A postcard showing the scene at Monongah after the mine explosion.
A postcard showing mine inspectors at Mine No.8 at Monongah.
People trying to identify the dead of the disaster at Monongah Mine No.6.
Victims of the disaster at Monongah Mine in their caskets.
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."
A view of a mine at Monongah.
Crowds gathering on train tracks to view the remains of the Monongah Mines after the explosion.
A survivor looking toward the remains of the Monongah Mines.
Hearses taking caskets from the streets of Monongah to Monongah Mine No.6.
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."
Young orphans awaiting news at the Monongah Mine No. 8.
Wives waiting for their husbands at Monongah Mine No.8.
Mourners view rows of caskets from the mine disaster.
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster.
A coal miner stands with his pickaxe, shovel, and canister.
A crowd stands outside one of the Monongah mines.
Men in coats stand outside a mine entrance.
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.
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."