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IDNO:
003747
Title:
Mother Jones
Date:
undated
Description:
A portrait of Mother Jones, a prominent American labor and community organizer.
IDNO:
003697
Title:
Miners Tent Colony
Date:
undated
Description:
Tents behind fence in front of building. Laundry hanging on line. Some men on right side.
IDNO:
003600
Title:
Child in Window of Barrack
Date:
undated
IDNO:
003598
Title:
Barracks at Jamison No. 9., Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Three barracks in the snow.
IDNO:
003599
Title:
Miners' Children in Front of Barracks, Grant Town, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
003576
Title:
Coal Miners' Tent Colony
Date:
undated
Description:
Looking down at a tent colony.
IDNO:
003750
Title:
Barracks at Lewistown, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Miners families in front of Lewistown Barracks.
IDNO:
003658
Title:
Barracks at Maidsville, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Barracks in Maidsville, Monongalia County, West Virginia.
IDNO:
003664
Title:
Lewis, John L. Giving a Speech
Date:
undated
Description:
John L. Lewis standing on a platform decorated in stars and stripes.
IDNO:
003650
Title:
Barracks at Baxter, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Located in Marion County.
IDNO:
003601
Title:
Barracks at Mt. Clare, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
View of barracks on hill above house with picket fence. Two females are standing in what appears to be the snowy road.
IDNO:
003663
Title:
Barracks at Irona with 1917 Scale Protest Sign, Irona, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Sign on side of building reads, 'The 1917 scale means starvation wages, slavery conditions [and] sacrafice of honor to coal miners.'
IDNO:
003567
Title:
Mother Jones with U. M. W. A. organizer John R. Lawson and U. M. W. A. attorney Horace Hawkins
Date:
ca. 1913-1914
Description:
Mother Jones (center), with John R. Lawson (left) and Horace Hawkins (right).
IDNO:
004326
Title:
Newspaper Reporter at Forbes
Date:
ca. 1913-1914
Description:
Newspaper reporter standing with a white flag. Another one standing beside him. 'Athey Family Photos.'
IDNO:
003665
Title:
UMWA Supporters Including Van Bittner and Wife
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
IDNO:
003634
Title:
Besoco, W. Va., Mine
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
Tracks going up mountain at Besoco, W. Va.
IDNO:
003529
Title:
Baseball at Blakely Field, Welch, W. Va.
Date:
1940
Description:
People playing baseball with a crowd surrounding the field watching.
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.
IDNO:
003672
Title:
Miners' Rally
Date:
1925/09/26
Description:
Large crowd possibly at Fairmont. Musicians with instruments are at the front of the crowd.
IDNO:
003545
Title:
One of W. Va.'s Most Notorious Thugs
Date:
1914/02/14
Description:
Man pointing a gun at another man.
IDNO:
002937
Title:
One of W. Va.'s Most Notorious Thugs
Date:
1914/02/14
Description:
Man holding a tripod mounted gun.
IDNO:
003615
Title:
UMWA Camp, Pardoe, Pa.
Date:
1908/08/24
Description:
Group portrait of men at a UMWA Camp.
IDNO:
003682
Title:
Barracks at Dakota, W. Va.
Description:
Laundry hanging on line near barracks in Dakota, W. Va. with railroad tracks nearby.
IDNO:
003752
Title:
Local Union No. 4010, Owings, W. Va.
Description:
Group portrait of coal miners and their families sitting outside a barrack at Owings, West Virginia coal mining town.
IDNO:
003577
Title:
Barracks at Watson, W. Va.
IDNO:
003587
Title:
Barracks at Monongah, W. Va.
IDNO:
003721
Title:
Barracks at Rivesville, W. Va.
Description:
Barracks with tree in front at Rivesville, W. Va. with some snow and a girl standing on the right.
IDNO:
003551
Title:
Barracks at Baxter, W. Va.
Description:
Laundry hanging on line between two barracks in Baxter, W. Va.
IDNO:
003579
Title:
Boycotting Schwab Clothing Company
Description:
Group of men and women holding signs in boycott of Schwab Clothing Company.
IDNO:
003540
Title:
Barracks at Bear Mountain, W. Va.
Description:
Set of doors to wooden barracks.
IDNO:
003630
Title:
Barracks at Baxter, W. Va.
IDNO:
003725
Title:
Barracks at Rivesville, W. Va.
Description:
Barracks at Rivesville, W. Va. with baskets or washtubs hanging on outside. Also, coal storage on right.
IDNO:
003698
Title:
Barracks at Pitcairn, W. Va.
Description:
Laundry is on line in front of the barracks.
IDNO:
003544
Title:
Miner's Children in front of Barracks, Howesville, W. Va.
Description:
Children stand on porch in the snow outside of a barrack.
IDNO:
003618
Title:
Barracks at Osage, W. Va.
Description:
A man and woman are standing in doorway of barracks.
IDNO:
003556
Title:
United Mine Workers of America Monongah Band Local No. 1643
Description:
Group portrait of the Monongah Band from U.M.W.A. local 1643.
IDNO:
003724
Title:
Barracks at Rivesville, W. Va.
Description:
Side view of barracks at Rivesville, W. Va. with car on right and people in distance between barracks.
IDNO:
003652
Title:
Barracks at Monongah, W. Va.
Description:
Car on road between a house and barracks.
IDNO:
003667
Title:
Miner's Families in front of Barracks at Lewistown, W. Va.
IDNO:
003626
Title:
Lumber Stacked Beside Barracks at Ida May, W. Va.
IDNO:
003648
Title:
Empty Company Houses in Monongah, W. Va.
Description:
Row of miners' houses.
IDNO:
003675
Title:
Barracks at Grant Town, W. Va.
IDNO:
003637
Title:
Mining Family and Guests
Description:
Children with two women and a man.
IDNO:
003554
Title:
Barracks at Meadowbrook, W. Va.
IDNO:
003655
Title:
Women and Children next to a Barrack
IDNO:
003595
Title:
Homes at Jamison No. 8, Farmington, W. Va.
Description:
View of some snow covered houses with barracks in the distance.
IDNO:
003542
Title:
Mining Family at Bear Mountain, W. Va.
Description:
Family standing in front of a wooden barrack.
IDNO:
003624
Title:
Barracks at Barrackville, W. Va.
IDNO:
003713
Title:
Barracks at Adamston, W. Va.
Description:
Old shed in the foreground with barracks and a house in the background.
IDNO:
003646
Title:
Barracks at Flemington, W. Va.
IDNO:
003580
Title:
Miner's Children in Front of Barracks, Watson, W. Va.
IDNO:
003701
Title:
Barracks at Pitcairn, W. Va.
Description:
Chickens in front of barracks at Pitcairn with laundry hanging in the background.
IDNO:
003586
Title:
Barracks at Viropa, W. Va.
IDNO:
003703
Title:
Coal Storage Area Beside Barracks in Lost Creek, W. Va.
Description:
There appears to be a make-shift cover over a coal storage area beside a barracks in Lost Creek, W. Va.
IDNO:
003702
Title:
Barracks at Howesville, W. Va. in the Winter
IDNO:
003596
Title:
Barracks at Meadowbrook, W. Va.
IDNO:
003754
Title:
Gompers, Samuel
Description:
Samuel Gompers, while riding in a car, shaking hands with an unidentified man.
IDNO:
003566
Title:
Barracks at Bear Mountain, W. Va.
Description:
Man standing outside of barracks at Bear Mountain, W. Va.
IDNO:
003616
Title:
Barracks at Reynoldsville, W. Va.
Description:
Barracks beside railroad tracks.
IDNO:
003514
Title:
Barracks at Downs, W. Va.
IDNO:
003610
Title:
Barracks at Lost Creek, W. Va.
Description:
Barracks at Lost Creek, W. Va. and large house behind.
IDNO:
003581
Title:
Miner's Children in front of Barracks
Description:
Children are standing under the clothes line.
IDNO:
003657
Title:
Miner's House
IDNO:
003727
Title:
Barracks at Dakota, W. Va.
Description:
Man standing in doorway of barracks.
IDNO:
003641
Title:
State Police Building in Lowesville, W. Va.
IDNO:
003607
Title:
Barracks at Columbia, W. Va.
IDNO:
003553
Title:
United Mine Workers of America Monongah Band Local No. 1643
Description:
Group picture of the Monongah Band of Local No. 1643 of United Mine Workers of America.
IDNO:
003714
Title:
Barracks at Wyatt, W. Va.
Description:
Barracks at Wyatt, W. Va. with piles of lumber stacked and snow covered hillside with laundry hanging on right.
IDNO:
003640
Title:
Miners and Their Families In Front of Barracks
IDNO:
003705
Title:
Barracks at Lumberport, W. Va.
Description:
Laundry is hanging in the distance.
IDNO:
003720
Title:
Barracks at Rivesville, W. Va.
Description:
Two men and a woman standing near a barracks at Rivesville, W. Va.
IDNO:
003693
Title:
Barracks at Rosemont, W. Va.
IDNO:
003696
Title:
Barracks at Tunnelton, W. Va.
IDNO:
003748
Title:
Monongah Local 1643 Picket Line
Description:
Group portrait of members of the Monongah Local 1643 Picket Line.
IDNO:
003666
Title:
Strike Sign on Barracks at Irona, W. Va.
Description:
Sign reads, 'We ar on strike against a reductions in wages. And for an American standard of living. Fill your tank with unionism and step on the gas. We stand for organized labor. If a man owns his own soul, he will "dig" union price coal.'
IDNO:
003606
Title:
Barracks at Shinnston, W. Va.
Description:
Barracks at Shinnston, W. Va. on snowy hill
IDNO:
003572
Title:
Rally for Bertha Local No. 4033 United Mine Workers of America, Star City, W. Va. on Mountaineer Field
Description:
Taken at W. V. U. Stadium, V. Bittner under speaker's hand, speaker unidentifiable
IDNO:
003534
Title:
Garden Plot and Barracks at Adamston, W. Va.
Description:
A garden with wooden stakes in the ground.
IDNO:
003517
Title:
Barracks at Carolina, W. Va.
IDNO:
003679
Title:
Barracks at Rivesville, W. Va.
Description:
Two people in doorway of barracks at Rivesville, W. Va.
IDNO:
003683
Title:
Barracks at Baxter, W. Va.
Description:
American flag on pole near barracks in Baxter, W. Va. and laundry hanging on line.
IDNO:
003744
Title:
Monongah Local 1643 Picket Line
Description:
Group portrait of members of the Monongah Local 1643 Picket Line.
IDNO:
003692
Title:
Barracks at Howesville, W. Va.
Description:
Front door of a barrack at Howesville, W. Va.
IDNO:
003716
Title:
Barracks at Flemington, W. Va.
Description:
Barracks and house with snow on ground at Flemington, W. Va.
IDNO:
003619
Title:
Barracks at Baxter, W. Va.
Description:
Small boy on steps smiling with a man in the background working.
IDNO:
003730
Title:
Barracks at Wyatt, W. Va.
Description:
Laundry hanging in front of barracks.
IDNO:
003546
Title:
Barracks at Columbia, W. Va.
IDNO:
003644
Title:
Barracks at Lowesville, W. Va.
IDNO:
003558
Title:
Barracks at Lost Creek, W. Va.
Description:
Barracks at Lost Creek with a house in the background.
IDNO:
003617
Title:
First Presbyterian Church, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Description:
Group portrait of church members in yard in front of some houses.
IDNO:
003585
Title:
Clothes on Line Outside Miner's Residence at Monongah, W. Va.
IDNO:
003676
Title:
Barracks at Dakota, W. Va.
Description:
Barracks and dirt road along railroad tracks at Dakota, W. Va.
IDNO:
003728
Title:
Barracks at Downs, W. Va.
Description:
Laundry is hanging in front of the barracks
IDNO:
003608
Title:
Miners and Family Members on a Hillside in Tunnelton, W. Va.
Description:
Men, women, and children standing on hillside in Tunnelton, W. Va.
IDNO:
003732
Title:
Barracks at Ida May, W. Va.
IDNO:
003525
Title:
Barracks at Jamison No. 9
Description:
Close-up of steps and doorway of a barracks at Jamison No. 9.
![Sign on side of building reads, 'The 1917 scale means starvation wages, slavery conditions [and] sacrafice of honor to coal miners.'](/thumb/003663.jpg "Barracks at Irona with 1917 Scale Protest Sign, Irona, W. Va.")
