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Forrested area with building in the background.

1. Dunedin Coal Company Tipple

IDNO:
002291
Title:
Dunedin Coal Company Tipple
Date:
1926
Description:
Forrested area with building in the background.

2. Explosion at Eccles No. 5 Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
002469
Title:
Explosion at Eccles No. 5 Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Crowds gather around the smoking buildings after an explosion at the Eccles mine.

3. Explosion at an Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
002481
Title:
Explosion at an Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Description:
Crowds gather around the smoking buildings after an explosion at the Eccles mine.
During Unionization of Coal Company workers, miners' families were evicted from Company owned houses. The Union supplied building material and land and the miners plus others constructed temporary barracks until the labor trouble was settled. Beside the barracks, there was room for small garden plots and here they are shown working in them. See New York Times Sunday Sept. 5th Picture Section.

4. Women Working in Garden at Barrack Village Near Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
003668
Title:
Women Working in Garden at Barrack Village Near Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Description:
During Unionization of Coal Company workers, miners' families were evicted from Company owned houses. The Union supplied building material and land and the miners plus others constructed temporary barracks until the labor trouble was settled. Beside the barracks, there was room for small garden plots and here they are shown working in them. See New York Times Sunday Sept. 5th Picture Section.
People watch as the corner stone is set at the present day West Virginia State Capitol Building.

5. Cornerstone Ceremony at the West Virginia State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
005495
Title:
Cornerstone Ceremony at the West Virginia State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Description:
People watch as the corner stone is set at the present day West Virginia State Capitol Building.
Imperial Ice Cream Business on the corner of Beech Street and McGraw Avenue in Grafton, West Virginia.

6. Imperial Ice Cream Company, Grafton, W. Va.

IDNO:
005914
Title:
Imperial Ice Cream Company, Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Description:
Imperial Ice Cream Business on the corner of Beech Street and McGraw Avenue in Grafton, West Virginia.