Kanawha County School Bus Number 65, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Description:
View of Kanawha County School Bus number 65. 'Wayne all steel body, model 4360. Lenght 23' 9", width 95", inside height 67". Body is installed on Diamond T chassis, Model 412-B, 250" wheelbase. Special equipment features include: (1) Streamline hood and cowl (2) Special lettering on body sides.'
'The Chimneys of the salt works pour forth, at short intervals of space, their curling masses of black vapor, while swarms of laborers, and others connected with these establishments, are continually passing to and for, presenting a pleasing coup d'oeil of incessant activity and industry. Nature, indeed, seems to have been prodigal in her bounties to this intersecting region. The Contiguous forest having been almost stripped to supply the fuels to the salt-furnaces; the precious mineral so necessary to human comfort, must have remained for ever useless but for the discovery of inexhaustible beds of coal, so convenient of access as to make the cost of procuring it scarcely worth considering. Sometimes, by suitable platforms and inclined culverts, it is thrown from the mountain-side immediately to the door of the manufactory, and when more remote from the place of consumption, it is transported with equal ease, in wagons or cars, over rail-roads constructed for the purpose'
Aerial View of Owens Bottle Company Near Charleston, W. Va.
Description:
Artists rendering of the Owens Bottle Company (left) and the Owens-Illinois Glass Company (right) at Owens near Charleston W. Va. along the Kanawha River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad main line.
Appalachian Electric Power Company Plant, Glasgow, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Date:
1952
Description:
'The new 400,000 kilowatt Kanawha River Plant of Appalachian Electric Power Company at Glasgow, West Virginia, as it appears from the river side. The first of two 200,000 kilowatt units is now in service. The second unit is scheduled for completion late this fall.'
Residence of Frank Henry, 147 Third Ave, South Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
Frank Henry was a glass worker for Banner Glass Company. His home was located on the corner of Third and E Streets. The Armory can be seen in the background.
Postcard photograph of the flood damage along Cabin Creek including the railroad tracks in the background. Information on the back: "Hinton Daily News Collection - John Faulkner Collection From Jim Pettrey to Stephen Trail 1997".
Postcard photograph of Cabin Creek at low water level in Eskdale. Information on the back: " Hinton Daily News Collection - John Faulkner Collection, from Jim Pettrey to Stephen Trail 1997".
Post card photograph of a large house being transported on a river using scaffolding and pontoon boats. The river is probably the Kanawha or Elk River.
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Charleston's leading photo play theatre. Corner of Summers and State Streets." See original for correspondence. Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on back of postcard reads: "The Municipal Auditorium, built in 1940 at a cost of $600,000, seats 3,500 people." Published by The A.W. Smith News Agency. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Ruffner Hotel, On Kanawha Boulevard; Charleston, W. Va.
Description:
Caption on back of postcard reads: "200 modern rooms, located on the new Kanawha Boulevard and facing Kanawha River, a beautiful outlook. Splendid parking and garage facilities." Published by Genuine Curteich Chicago. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Boats docked along the edge of the Kanawha River. See original for correspondence. Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Charleston High School, the only public high school in the city at that time. Building later became Mercer Grade School.See original postcard for correspondence. Published by The Valentine & Sons Publishing Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on back of postcard reads: "In beautiful West Virginia, "The Switzerland of America," the attractive ten-story fireproof Daniel Boone Hotel was erected by the Citizenry of Charleston, W. Va., at a cost of over a million and a quarter dollars, in memory of Daniel Boone, famous Pioneer and Scout of nearly two hundred years ago; located but a short distance from the State Capitol; Completely air conditioned, radio in every room; every room an outside room with private bath; rates moderate, a uniform high standard of quality and service. You will like the homelike atmosphere of the Daniel Boone." Published by Mid-West Map Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Aerial View of City and Kanawha Airport; Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1952
Description:
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Charleston, Capitol City of West Virginia. Located at the confluence of Elk and Kanawha Rivers in the heart of the State's Chemical, Coal, and Gas Industries. Kanawha Airport in the background represents greatest earth moving project in commercial aviation history. Nearly ten million cubic yards earth and rock were moved." Published by Kaeser and Blair. (From postcard collection legacy system.)