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IDNO:
045229
Title:
Diamond Street, Sistersville, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
045350
Title:
Charles Street, Wellsburg, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
View of brick paved Charles Street with trolley car tracks running down the middle.
IDNO:
046821
Title:
Thomas Wilson, Morgantown, Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of the prominent Morgantown attorney and community leader who served in the state legislature from 1792 to 1804, and 1816 to 1817. Wilson was also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Monongalia Academy in Morgantown, 1814 unitl his death in 1826.
IDNO:
048467
Title:
Little Jimmy Dickens from Bolt, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
James Cecil "Little Jimmy" Dickens was born and raised in Raleigh County, West Virginia. In the late 1930's he began performing on WJLS in Beckley while attending West Virginia University. Soon Dickens quit school and pursued his passion for a career in music. He subsequently became a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame and is credited with introducing live performances into the country music business.
IDNO:
050484
Title:
Henry Gassaway Davis, 1823-1916
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of West Virginia politician and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis. Davis served as the state's United States senator 1871-1883.
IDNO:
052087
Title:
Early School House on Backus Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Mr. Ennis, the school teacher, stands outside of the old school building. The photograph was taken in the early 1900's.
IDNO:
052086
Title:
Alaska Coal Company Miners Somewhere in Pennsylvania
Date:
undated
Description:
Five unidentified miners pose beside a truck loaded with coal.
IDNO:
052090
Title:
Glendale School, Backus Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A group of school children pose outside of the school building with their teachers. Subjects unidentified.
IDNO:
052093
Title:
King's Daughters Hospital, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cars are parked in front of the large stone building. The hospital was later renamed Raleigh General.
IDNO:
052094
Title:
Beckley National Bank and Dentist Office, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Photograph taken in the early 1900's shows the entrance to the Beckley National Bank, as well as Dr. Sutphin's dentistry.
IDNO:
052100
Title:
Carbondale, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Smoke rises from a coal facility in Carbondale, W. Va., which is located in the valley between the mountains.
IDNO:
052101
Title:
Campbell's Creek Railroad Company Locomotive Number 6
Date:
undated
Description:
Photograph of the engine, built in January 1922, belonging to Campbell's Creek Railroad Co.
IDNO:
052102
Title:
Clifftop Company Store, Clifftop, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A group of men sit outside of the store's entrance.
IDNO:
052103
Title:
Likely Mann's Creek Railroad Engine and Workers
Date:
undated
Description:
Men sit on the side of the locomotive. The Mann's Creek Railroad carried coal from the Babcock Coal and Coke Company in Clifftop, W. Va. to sawmills in Landisburg, Pa.
IDNO:
052106
Title:
Saloon, Derryhale, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Photograph from the early 1900's, showing a group of men that are standing on the saloon porch.
IDNO:
052109
Title:
Carver Bros. Co. Building, Eagle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A horse-drawn carriage advertising the company is pictured on the right. A group of men and young boys are pictured in front of the store's entrance.
IDNO:
052110
Title:
Coke Ovens in Eagle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men carry coal from a railroad car and shovel coal into furnaces.
IDNO:
052113
Title:
Evans Store, Pax, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Mrs. Barney Evans Gore, left, and Dr. A. L. Hunter, right, are pictured inside the store.
IDNO:
052114
Title:
Bank, Fayetteville, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Bank building in Fayetteville, Fayette County, W. Va., on the corner of Maple and Court Streets.
IDNO:
052118
Title:
Court Street, Fayetteville, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cars are parked along the sidewalk where men and women walk about. The courthouse is visible to the left.
IDNO:
052119
Title:
Fayetteville Hospital, Fayetteville, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Exterior of the hospital building.
IDNO:
052120
Title:
Maple Avenue, Fayetteville, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A crowd of men are pictured outside of the Fayette County National Bank on Maple Avenue.
IDNO:
052121
Title:
Wendell Brothers Building, Fayetteville, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A woman walks by the building entrance, located at the intersection of Court Street and Maple Avenue in Fayetteville.
IDNO:
052133
Title:
K. & M. Station, Gauley Bridge, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A group of men wait by a car parked beside the Kanawha & Michigan Railroad station. The station was built in 1893.