View of the town's main street which is situated next to railroad tracks. The train station is visible at the far left, while businesses line the street.
"Mt Hope W. Va. after the conflagration March 24th, 1910" The majority of the buildings in town have been destroyed. A number of brick chimneys are left standing after the wooden buildings burned.
Mother Jones Speaking to Gathering, Montgomery, W. Va.
Date:
1912
Description:
Photograph postcard of labor organizer Mother Jones on August 4th speaking at the Montgomery ballpark to a well dressed group of people including, blacks, whites, adults and children.
An explosion in the mine killed 115 miners and trapped 41 for five days. Survivors told stories of chewing leather shoelaces and the inner bark on chestnut mine props to stave off hunger. The men in the photo are unidentified.
P. H. Kelly and a colleague stand outside of a dog wagon--a small restaurant often specializing in short orders that occupies a converted vehicle or that is built to suggest such a vehicle.
Sewell Valley Passenger Train Operating Between Rainelle, W. Va. and Meadow Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1917/08
Description:
From left to right is Harry Lee (holding his daught, Lucy), Lum Bennett, Emmitt Crotty, Cap. Starrett Moore, John Dobbins, John Wilt, Mark Perkins, and Mitchell Dilly.
The walk way on the right is identified as leading to the Dun Glen Hotel. Wallace Bennett lived in the first house from 1918 to 1922, and the second house from 1925 to 1933.
Work Train Explosion in Powellton Hollow, McDunn, W. Va.
Date:
1934/12/27
Description:
Those killed as a result of the accident were William Blankenship, Homer Cart, Thomas W. Craft, James Hunter, Eddie Huelett, Steve Kozma, Everett Leach, John Long, William J. Maynus, Henry McMillian, J. L. "Pat" Murphy, Delmar Oxley, Jesse Persinger, S. L. Runyon, Ray Tartar, William Turner, and Jerome Walters. In addition to those who lost their lives, 43 or 46 were injured. A Chesapeake and Ohio derrick car works to clear the wreckage.
Birthday Party at Jones Residence, Oak Hill, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
Family members gather to honor the man seated with a child on his lap. Pictured to his left is his son, Oather Jones. Also seated is Mrs. Jones. To the far right is Clarice Roberts who stands in front of Charles Wood and beside a mine superintendent (wearing overcoat). To the far left is Mamie Spurlock, who is standing in front of a member of the Moonlight Strollers Band.
Electro Metallurgical Plant at Alloy on U. S. 21-60, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1945/05
Description:
View of the Electro Metallurgical Company Plant at Alloy, W. Va. ' At Alloy, in the Kanawha River Valley in West Virginia, is located one of the ferro-alloy plants of Electro Metallurgical company. Here, ores from the far places of the earth are compounded and smelted in electric furnaces to produce ferro-alloys of chromium, manganese, silicon, vanadium, tungsten, and zirconium -- essential in making iron, steel, and other metals. One of the important products of this plant is low-carbon ferrochrome, which is used in the manufacture of stainless steel for thousands of uses in industry and in the home. A forerunner of the Alloy plant, farther up the river at Glen Ferris, started smelting ferrochrome as early as 1896. Several buildings of the metallurgical works at Alloy are pictured in the color photograph on the reverse. In the photograph can be seen the tall chimneys of the power plant and the brightly lighted windows furnace rooms.'
Nineteen Cars derailed, spilling it's contents at the M. D. Cabin.Pictured is engineer E. V. Rogers, conductor R. B. Tinsley, fireman E. W. Gwinn, and rear brakeman Carlos Garten examining the damage.
Section of Highway Showing Sandstone North of Long Branch, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1955
Description:
Sandstone, which is a most difficult material to drill and blast, is one of the predominant materials that had to be excavated for the roadway construction, as shown in this section of the highway north of Long Branch, Fayette County.
McKendree Emergency Hospital Room, McKendree, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
McKendree Hospital opened in 1901 near train tracks connecting the New River coal companies. This location was chosen by Quinnimont coal operator Joseph Beury due to it's close proximity to his mine.
The Hanging of Wash Adkins, who was convicted of killing Isaac Radford at Deepwater on November 11, 1893, was the last public hanging in Fayette County.
Justice of the Peace Office and Photo Gallery, Glen Jean, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Men and horses are gathered in front of the buildings. James L. Long, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, advertises fire, life, and accident insurance. The Photograph Gallery advertises frames and art novelties for low prices.
Store manager W. M. Pifer stands in front of the store entrance while his five employees sit on the stairs. An African-American man is pictured in a horse-drawn carriage to the left.
Dunglen Hotel Under Construction, Thurmond, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Built in 1901, the Dunglen was a towering 4-story, 100-room wooden structure with a wrap-around deck. The Dunglen was known for the many parties it hosted, where huge dances were held in the elegant ballroom and symphonies would play through the night.According to Ripley’s Believe it or Not and the Guinness Book of World Records, the Dunglen housed the longest-running poker game, which stretched on through 14 years.The hotel was burned down by arsonists on July 22, 1930.
Hand colored depiction of bridge crossing through mill. See original for correspondence. Published by Adolphs Selige Publishing Co. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
