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Elevated view of the lumber company town of Jenningston.

1. Jenningston, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
007863
Title:
Jenningston, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
Elevated view of the lumber company town of Jenningston.

2. Main Street, Jenningston, W. Va.

IDNO:
022291
Title:
Main Street, Jenningston, W. Va.
The photograph was taken while West was driven through the streets of Beckley by a very proud fan following West Virginia University's amazing run in the 1959 NCAA Basketball Tournament. The Mountaineers make it to the National Championship game, losing to California by one point. West was named the MVP of the tournament. The others in the photograph are not identified.

3. WVU Basketball Player Jerry West Receives Congratulations, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
022318
Title:
WVU Basketball Player Jerry West Receives Congratulations, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1959
Description:
The photograph was taken while West was driven through the streets of Beckley by a very proud fan following West Virginia University's amazing run in the 1959 NCAA Basketball Tournament. The Mountaineers make it to the National Championship game, losing to California by one point. West was named the MVP of the tournament. The others in the photograph are not identified.
James Chapman sits with his dog in front of his demolished home three days after the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam broke, killing 125 people and leaving thousands homeless. Four days before the disaster, the dam had been declared "satisfactory" by federal inspectors.

4. Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster Victims at Man, Logan County, W. Va.

IDNO:
024532
Title:
Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster Victims at Man, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:
1972/02/29
Description:
James Chapman sits with his dog in front of his demolished home three days after the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dam broke, killing 125 people and leaving thousands homeless. Four days before the disaster, the dam had been declared "satisfactory" by federal inspectors.
A store is located on the left at the railroad crossing.

5. Main Street Looking East, Inwood, Berkeley County, W. Va.

IDNO:
024542
Title:
Main Street Looking East, Inwood, Berkeley County, W. Va.
Description:
A store is located on the left at the railroad crossing.
Elevated view small town in Harrison County.

6. West End Bristal, Harrison County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037926
Title:
West End Bristal, Harrison County, W. Va.
Description:
Elevated view small town in Harrison County.
Unidentified teamster works hard at transferring or hauling a load.

7. Lynch's Transfer and Storage Company, Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
037927
Title:
Lynch's Transfer and Storage Company, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
1928
Description:
Unidentified teamster works hard at transferring or hauling a load.
Created for West Virginia's Fifty Year Celebration. Also printed on the image, " By Starkey at Rau's No. 25".

8. Ship of State Float, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
037928
Title:
Ship of State Float, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1913
Description:
Created for West Virginia's Fifty Year Celebration. Also printed on the image, " By Starkey at Rau's No. 25".
The "Ben Hur" tied up on Water Street during the flood of 1891. The steamboat packet sank in 1916 on the Mississippi river.

9. Packet 'Ben Hur' at Water Street, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
037934
Title:
Packet 'Ben Hur' at Water Street, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1891
Description:
The "Ben Hur" tied up on Water Street during the flood of 1891. The steamboat packet sank in 1916 on the Mississippi river.
A barge and packet rest along the Ohio River shore with downtown Wheeling in the background.

10. Old Water Front at Foot of 12th Street, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
037935
Title:
Old Water Front at Foot of 12th Street, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1886
Description:
A barge and packet rest along the Ohio River shore with downtown Wheeling in the background.
Three people drowned in the accident that drew onlookers along the shore and on the suspension bridge.

11. Yacht Capsized on Ohio River, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
037937
Title:
Yacht Capsized on Ohio River, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1889
Description:
Three people drowned in the accident that drew onlookers along the shore and on the suspension bridge.
Located in Jackson County, on the Ohio River.

12. Clark's Cabins, Main Street, Huntsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
040177
Title:
Clark's Cabins, Main Street, Huntsville, W. Va.
Description:
Located in Jackson County, on the Ohio River.
Colored postcard of the glass factory.

13. Libbey Owens Glass Plant, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
041247
Title:
Libbey Owens Glass Plant, Charleston, W. Va.
Description:
Colored postcard of the glass factory.

14. View of Tunnelton, W. Va.

IDNO:
041248
Title:
View of Tunnelton, W. Va.
Located on Route 50.

15. Millstone Tavern, Bridgeport, W. Va.

IDNO:
041249
Title:
Millstone Tavern, Bridgeport, W. Va.
Description:
Located on Route 50.

16. White Sulphur Restaurant, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041250
Title:
White Sulphur Restaurant, Greenbrier County, W. Va.
A Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad train rolls pass the station located near what is now Route 7.

17. Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad Station, Reedsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
041251
Title:
Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad Station, Reedsville, W. Va.
Description:
A Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad train rolls pass the station located near what is now Route 7.

18. St. Mary's Phife and Drum March in John W. Davis Parade

IDNO:
041254
Title:
St. Mary's Phife and Drum March in John W. Davis Parade
Date:
1924

19. Elevated View of Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
041255
Title:
Elevated View of Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1945

20. Public Library, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041256
Title:
Public Library, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1946
Jackson's Mill is the state's Four-H Camp.

21. Swimming Pool at Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

IDNO:
041257
Title:
Swimming Pool at Jackson's Mill, W. Va.
Date:
1954
Description:
Jackson's Mill is the state's Four-H Camp.
1925-1926 Harrison County Champions.

22. Clarksburg Shamrocks Basketball Team, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041273
Title:
Clarksburg Shamrocks Basketball Team, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1925-1926
Description:
1925-1926 Harrison County Champions.
Union miners, involved in a riot at the Cliftonville Mine against non-union miners, were charged and tried for murder. An estimated nine men were killed including Sheriff Harding Duval during the northern panhandle "mine war".

23. Miners Chained Together for Murder Trial, Cliftonville, Brooke County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041274
Title:
Miners Chained Together for Murder Trial, Cliftonville, Brooke County, W. Va.
Date:
1922
Description:
Union miners, involved in a riot at the Cliftonville Mine against non-union miners, were charged and tried for murder. An estimated nine men were killed including Sheriff Harding Duval during the northern panhandle "mine war".

24. Glen Elk Hotel, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041286
Title:
Glen Elk Hotel, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1924

25. Railroad Station, Glen Elk, W. Va.

IDNO:
041287
Title:
Railroad Station, Glen Elk, W. Va.
Keystone is being placed in this Main Street bridge. The span is 159 feet.

26. New Stone Bridge Spanning Wheeling Creek, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
041290
Title:
New Stone Bridge Spanning Wheeling Creek, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1891/12/17
Description:
Keystone is being placed in this Main Street bridge. The span is 159 feet.
Caption under the photograph reads, "One of the first signs of Spring in Wheeling was the Organ Grinder with a monkey. There were German bands that played on the street and passed the hat. Then there were performing bears, gypsies telling fortunes, and fakirs selling trinkets."

27. Organ Grinder and Pet Monkey, Wheeling , W. Va.

IDNO:
041291
Title:
Organ Grinder and Pet Monkey, Wheeling , W. Va.
Date:
1896
Description:
Caption under the photograph reads, "One of the first signs of Spring in Wheeling was the Organ Grinder with a monkey. There were German bands that played on the street and passed the hat. Then there were performing bears, gypsies telling fortunes, and fakirs selling trinkets."

28. Child Mine Workers and Donkeys in Front of Carts Loaded With Coal, Grafton, W. Va.

IDNO:
041400
Title:
Child Mine Workers and Donkeys in Front of Carts Loaded With Coal, Grafton, W. Va.
The New River flowing pass the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot and the YMCA.

29. C & O Depot and YMCA, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
041404
Title:
C & O Depot and YMCA, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1910
Description:
The New River flowing pass the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot and the YMCA.
Workers stand outside of D. E. Abbott: "Manufacturer of Picture Frames and Mouldings. Portraits of All Kinds and Sizes."

30. D.E. Abbott, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
041405
Title:
D.E. Abbott, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Workers stand outside of D. E. Abbott: "Manufacturer of Picture Frames and Mouldings. Portraits of All Kinds and Sizes."

31. Workers Outside of Miller Supply Co., Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
041406
Title:
Workers Outside of Miller Supply Co., Huntington, W. Va.

32. People Gathered on Porch of Bishoff House, Main Street, Albright, W. Va.

IDNO:
041475
Title:
People Gathered on Porch of Bishoff House, Main Street, Albright, W. Va.
Clearing trees to build the new town of Davis.

33. Birth of City, Davis, W. Va.

IDNO:
041476
Title:
Birth of City, Davis, W. Va.
Date:
1885
Description:
Clearing trees to build the new town of Davis.

34. Pleasants County Fair; W. Va.

IDNO:
041477
Title:
Pleasants County Fair; W. Va.
Date:
1925

35. Train Depot; Durbin, W. Va.

IDNO:
041478
Title:
Train Depot; Durbin, W. Va.
Date:
1907

36. The Arthurdale Association Cooperative Store; Arthurdale, W. Va.

IDNO:
041479
Title:
The Arthurdale Association Cooperative Store; Arthurdale, W. Va.

37. Indian Rock, Cunningham Run; Harrison Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
041480
Title:
Indian Rock, Cunningham Run; Harrison Co., W. Va.

38. Railroad Tracks Running Through Kerens, W. Va.

IDNO:
041481
Title:
Railroad Tracks Running Through Kerens, W. Va.

39. B & O Depot; Keyser, W. Va.

IDNO:
041512
Title:
B & O Depot; Keyser, W. Va.

40. Harpers Ferry; Jefferson Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
041513
Title:
Harpers Ferry; Jefferson Co., W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1860

41. Lamp Plant and Marble Plant

IDNO:
041514
Title:
Lamp Plant and Marble Plant

42. Aerial View of Lumberport; W. Va.

IDNO:
041515
Title:
Aerial View of Lumberport; W. Va.

43. Street View of Mannington; W. Va.

IDNO:
041516
Title:
Street View of Mannington; W. Va.

44. Community Building; Mannington, W. Va.

IDNO:
041517
Title:
Community Building; Mannington, W. Va.
Two Marshall football players, who were injured and didn't fly with the team on a plane which crashed and killed all 75 aboard, visit a symbolic wreath of flowers on Marshall's football field with the father of one of the victims. From left: Felix Jordan, Cincinnati, OH.; Nat Ruffin, Quincy, Fla.; and Lucian Sanders, Tuscaloosa, Ala., father of football player Larry Sanders.

45. Marshall Football Players Mourn the Death of Teammates; Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
041518
Title:
Marshall Football Players Mourn the Death of Teammates; Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1970/11/17
Description:
Two Marshall football players, who were injured and didn't fly with the team on a plane which crashed and killed all 75 aboard, visit a symbolic wreath of flowers on Marshall's football field with the father of one of the victims. From left: Felix Jordan, Cincinnati, OH.; Nat Ruffin, Quincy, Fla.; and Lucian Sanders, Tuscaloosa, Ala., father of football player Larry Sanders.
First time in 27 years the West Virginia Mountaineers beat the Penn State Nittany Lions 17 to 14 at Mountaineer field.

46. Students Tear Down Field Goal Post After West Virginia University Football Team Beats Penn State University; Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
041519
Title:
Students Tear Down Field Goal Post After West Virginia University Football Team Beats Penn State University; Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1984
Description:
First time in 27 years the West Virginia Mountaineers beat the Penn State Nittany Lions 17 to 14 at Mountaineer field.

47. Car Driving Down Route 50; Macomber, W. Va.

IDNO:
041520
Title:
Car Driving Down Route 50; Macomber, W. Va.

48. Hamill C & C Co. Dump and Coal Carrier; Blaine, W. Va.

IDNO:
041521
Title:
Hamill C & C Co. Dump and Coal Carrier; Blaine, W. Va.