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A group portrait of the 1907 WVU Football club.

1. WVU Football Group Portrait

IDNO:
054702
Title:
WVU Football Group Portrait
Date:
1907
Description:
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."

2. Sightseeing after the explosion in South Monongah, South W. Va.

IDNO:
054413
Title:
Sightseeing after the explosion in South Monongah, South W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
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.

3. Hauling Victims of the Monongah Mine Disaster to Burial

IDNO:
054412
Title:
Hauling Victims of the Monongah Mine Disaster to Burial
Date:
1907
Description:
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.

4. The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054411
Title:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Men in coats stand outside a mine entrance.

5. The Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054410
Title:
The Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Men in coats stand outside a mine entrance.
A crowd stands outside one of the Monongah mines.

6. The Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054409
Title:
The Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
A crowd stands outside one of the Monongah mines.
A coal miner stands with his pickaxe, shovel, and canister.

7. Coal Miner

IDNO:
054408
Title:
Coal Miner
Date:
1907
Description:
A coal miner stands with his pickaxe, shovel, and canister.

8. Viewing the Dead from the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054407
Title:
Viewing the Dead from the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster.

9. The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054406
Title:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster.
Mourners view rows of caskets from the mine disaster.

10. Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054405
Title:
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Mourners view rows of caskets from the mine disaster.
Wives waiting for their husbands at Monongah Mine No.8.

11. Wives waiting at Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054404
Title:
Wives waiting at Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Wives waiting for their husbands at Monongah Mine No.8.
Young orphans awaiting news at the Monongah Mine No. 8.

12. Orphans at the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054403
Title:
Orphans at the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Young orphans awaiting news at the Monongah Mine No. 8.

13. Coal Miner posing for a picture

IDNO:
054402
Title:
Coal Miner posing for a picture
Date:
1907
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."

14. Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054401
Title:
Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
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.

15. Caskets of Monongah Mine No.6

IDNO:
054400
Title:
Caskets of Monongah Mine No.6
Date:
1907
Description:
Hearses taking caskets from the streets of Monongah to Monongah Mine No.6.
A survivor looking toward the remains of the Monongah Mines.

16. A Survivor of the Monongah Mine Horrors

IDNO:
054399
Title:
A Survivor of the Monongah Mine Horrors
Date:
1907
Description:
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.

17. Crowds around remains of the Monongah Mines

IDNO:
054398
Title:
Crowds around remains of the Monongah Mines
Date:
1907
Description:
Crowds gathering on train tracks to view the remains of the Monongah Mines after the explosion.
A view of a mine at Monongah.

18. A Mine at Monongah

IDNO:
054397
Title:
A Mine at Monongah
Date:
1907
Description:
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."

19. Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the Cemetery

IDNO:
054396
Title:
Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the Cemetery
Date:
1907
Description:
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.

20. The Dead of the Disaster at Monongah Mine No.6.

IDNO:
054395
Title:
The Dead of the Disaster at Monongah Mine No.6.
Date:
1907
Description:
Victims of the disaster at Monongah Mine in their caskets.
People trying to identify the dead of the disaster at Monongah Mine No.6.

21. Identifying the Dead at the Monongah Mine No.6 Disaster

IDNO:
054394
Title:
Identifying the Dead at the Monongah Mine No.6 Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
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.

22. Mine Inspectors at Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054393
Title:
Mine Inspectors at Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
A postcard showing mine inspectors at Mine No.8 at Monongah.
A postcard showing the scene at Monongah after the mine explosion.

23. A view of Monongah after the Mine Explosion

IDNO:
054392
Title:
A view of Monongah after the Mine Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
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."

24. Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion

IDNO:
054391
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
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 of workers at the remains of Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion.

25. Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion

IDNO:
054390
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
A postcard of workers at the remains of Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion.
A postcard of the fan at Monongah Mine No.8 after the recent explosion.

26. The Fan at Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion

IDNO:
054389
Title:
The Fan at Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
A postcard of the fan at Monongah Mine No.8 after the recent explosion.
A postcard of Monongah Mine No.8 after the recent explosion.

27. Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion

IDNO:
054388
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
A postcard of Monongah Mine No.8 after the recent explosion.
Crowds at Fairmont were mailing their way to Monongah to see the remains of the recent mine explosions.

28. Crowd leaving Fairmont for the Mine Explosions at Monongah

IDNO:
054387
Title:
Crowd leaving Fairmont for the Mine Explosions at Monongah
Date:
1907
Description:
Crowds at Fairmont were mailing their way to Monongah to see the remains of the recent mine explosions.
Citizens of towns neighboring towns come to see the scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster.

29. Crowds visiting the site of the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054386
Title:
Crowds visiting the site of the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Citizens of towns neighboring towns come to see the scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster.
Postcard of the entrance to Monongah Mine No.6

30. Entrance to Monongah Mine No.6

IDNO:
054385
Title:
Entrance to Monongah Mine No.6
Date:
1907
Description:
Postcard of the entrance to Monongah Mine No.6
A picture of Main Street in Monongah, West Virginia.

31. Main Street in Monongah, West Virginia

IDNO:
054384
Title:
Main Street in Monongah, West Virginia
Date:
1907
Description:
A picture of Main Street in Monongah, West Virginia.
Postcard of homes in Monongah, WV.

32. Monongah Mining Station

IDNO:
054383
Title:
Monongah Mining Station
Date:
1907
Description:
Postcard of homes in Monongah, WV.
Postcard of Monongah Mine No.8.

33. Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054382
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Postcard of Monongah Mine No.8.
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.

34. Destroyed Coal Carts from Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054381
Title:
Destroyed Coal Carts from Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.

35. The Ruins of Monongah Mine No.10

IDNO:
054380
Title:
The Ruins of Monongah Mine No.10
Date:
1907
Description:
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.
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.

36. Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion

IDNO:
054379
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
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 gathering to look at where the only living man was found from the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster.

37. Onlookers looking at a Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054375
Title:
Onlookers looking at a Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
People gathering to look at where the only living man was found from the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster.
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."

38. Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster

IDNO:
054374
Title:
Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."

39. WVU Baseball Team at Devil's Den, Gettysburg, P. A.

IDNO:
053511
Title:
WVU Baseball Team at Devil's Den, Gettysburg, P. A.
Date:
1907
This column of coal was designed by Neil Robinson of Charleston, W. Va. for the 1907 Jamestown Ter-centennial Exhibition, held in Norfolk, Virginia.

40. West Virginia Coal Column, Jamestown Exposition Grounds, Va.

IDNO:
053429
Title:
West Virginia Coal Column, Jamestown Exposition Grounds, Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
This column of coal was designed by Neil Robinson of Charleston, W. Va. for the 1907 Jamestown Ter-centennial Exhibition, held in Norfolk, Virginia.
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

41. Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.

IDNO:
053214
Title:
Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson.

42. Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.

IDNO:
053213
Title:
Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson.
Photo of students at desks in classroom, likely taken in March, 1907.

43. Students in Classroom

IDNO:
052847
Title:
Students in Classroom
Date:
1907
Description:
Photo of students at desks in classroom, likely taken in March, 1907.
View of what is likely the River Stone Estate near Foxburg, Pa.

44. Likely River Stone Estate near Foxburg, Pa.

IDNO:
052466
Title:
Likely River Stone Estate near Foxburg, Pa.
Date:
1907
Description:
View of what is likely the River Stone Estate near Foxburg, Pa.
View overlooking the mine facilities and miners' village.

45. McKell Coal and Coke Company, Kilsyth, W. Va.

IDNO:
052152
Title:
McKell Coal and Coke Company, Kilsyth, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
View overlooking the mine facilities and miners' village.
Studio portrait of John Koon

46. Portrait of John Koon, Son of Weedon Koon

IDNO:
052050
Title:
Portrait of John Koon, Son of Weedon Koon
Date:
1907
Description:
Studio portrait of John Koon
Reverse lists names of family members. "Mrs. J. W. Whitt. Mr. J. W. Whitt. Earnest Whitt. Frank Whitt, 15? Hattie Whitt, 11. Stella Whitt, 8. Tracie Whitt, 5."

47. J. W. Whitt, Beaver, W. Va.

IDNO:
051747
Title:
J. W. Whitt, Beaver, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Reverse lists names of family members. "Mrs. J. W. Whitt. Mr. J. W. Whitt. Earnest Whitt. Frank Whitt, 15? Hattie Whitt, 11. Stella Whitt, 8. Tracie Whitt, 5."
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.Scenic view of the Keyser Curve along the Western Maryland Railroad.

48. Keyser Curve, W.M.R.R., Allegany County, Md.

IDNO:
050633
Title:
Keyser Curve, W.M.R.R., Allegany County, Md.
Date:
1907
Description:
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.Scenic view of the Keyser Curve along the Western Maryland Railroad.