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Portrait of Morton in A. M. Slusher's photo studio.

1. J. E. Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.

IDNO:
051835
Title:
J. E. Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.
Date:
1891/09
Description:
Portrait of Morton in A. M. Slusher's photo studio.
Male and female students pose for the class photo. Subjects unidentified.

2. Graduate Class of 1906 at Concord College, Athens, W. Va.

IDNO:
046258
Title:
Graduate Class of 1906 at Concord College, Athens, W. Va.
Date:
1906
Description:
Male and female students pose for the class photo. Subjects unidentified.
Male and female graduates pose with the "Class of 1906" pennant. Subjects unidentified.

3. Graduate Class of 1906 at Concord College, Athens, W. Va.

IDNO:
046257
Title:
Graduate Class of 1906 at Concord College, Athens, W. Va.
Date:
1906
Description:
Male and female graduates pose with the "Class of 1906" pennant. Subjects unidentified.
Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, is pictured with a large bouquet of flowers and what appears to be a bottle of champagne.Ms. Wright-Mann sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.

4. Miss Alice Wright-Mann at Christening and Launch of the U.S.S. West Virginia

IDNO:
048506
Title:
Miss Alice Wright-Mann at Christening and Launch of the U.S.S. West Virginia
Date:
1921/11/19
Description:
Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, is pictured with a large bouquet of flowers and what appears to be a bottle of champagne.Ms. Wright-Mann sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.
Miss Alice Wright-Mann, third from left holding a large bouquet and bottle, poses with a group on the battleship. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.

5. Christening and Launch of U.S.S. West Virginia

IDNO:
048507
Title:
Christening and Launch of U.S.S. West Virginia
Date:
1921/11/19
Description:
Miss Alice Wright-Mann, third from left holding a large bouquet and bottle, poses with a group on the battleship. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.
A group of miners sit inside the Ford bus that will take them to the Wenonah Mine.

6. Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company Bus No. 1, Dott, W. Va.

IDNO:
052216
Title:
Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company Bus No. 1, Dott, W. Va.
Date:
1923
Description:
A group of miners sit inside the Ford bus that will take them to the Wenonah Mine.
Train collision occurred six miles east of Princeton, Mercer County, at about noon on May 24, 1927. 'Two trainmen were killed and about twenty people were injured. The accident occurred fourteen cars west of the first tunnel at Ingleside when Virginian Railway (now Norfolk Southern) westbound passenger train No. 3, the steam locomotive, met head-on with one of the huge eastbound electric motors hauling about 100 loaded coal cars downgrade, pushing No. 3 back down the grade a distance of 270 feet. The passenger locomotive climbed on top of the electric motor. The Virginian had been electrified from Mullens, W.Va. to Roanoke, Va. in 1925-1926.'

7. Train Collision, Mercer County, W.Va.

IDNO:
022243
Title:
Train Collision, Mercer County, W.Va.
Date:
1927
Description:
Train collision occurred six miles east of Princeton, Mercer County, at about noon on May 24, 1927. 'Two trainmen were killed and about twenty people were injured. The accident occurred fourteen cars west of the first tunnel at Ingleside when Virginian Railway (now Norfolk Southern) westbound passenger train No. 3, the steam locomotive, met head-on with one of the huge eastbound electric motors hauling about 100 loaded coal cars downgrade, pushing No. 3 back down the grade a distance of 270 feet. The passenger locomotive climbed on top of the electric motor. The Virginian had been electrified from Mullens, W.Va. to Roanoke, Va. in 1925-1926.'
This is a reconstruction of the original fort. All persons in the picture are unidentified.

8. Davidson-Bailey Fort Mercer County, West Virginia

IDNO:
039325
Title:
Davidson-Bailey Fort Mercer County, West Virginia
Date:
1937
Description:
This is a reconstruction of the original fort. All persons in the picture are unidentified.
'Miners, have you invented a gadget?'

9. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013646
Title:
Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
'Miners, have you invented a gadget?'
A view of the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit held in Mercer County, West Virginia. 'Notice: Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that each reproduction shall hear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.'

10. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013595
Title:
Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
A view of the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit held in Mercer County, West Virginia. 'Notice: Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that each reproduction shall hear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.'
A scene from the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit in Mercer County.

11. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013637
Title:
Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
A scene from the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit in Mercer County.

12. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013631
Title:
Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1938