Wreck of Bridge at Monongah Mine # 6, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
Information inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Caused by 13 loaded cars breaking loose and jumping over the side of the steel span causing it to "upset"and igniting the coal dust and gas. The photograph was taken after the clean up had begun. The building to the right is the new power house and boiler room, only a small portion of the power house is visible".
South Morgantown Traction Company Street Car, Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
The street car was used as a form of transportation for the citizens of Morgantown in 1906. After thirteen years, these cars became unpopular because of the use of buses.
Postcard photograph of businesses and possibly the Railroad Depot(far right) in St. Marys, West Virginia. See the original for the correspondence written on the front.
Louis Snyder (left) and Martin Luther Brown (right) standing in the doorway of the Bank of Morgantown. Brown would be appointed Warden of the state prison in Moundsville in 1911.