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1. Mine After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
044544
Title:
Mine After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
(From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

2. Victims of Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
044553
Title:
Victims of Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

3. Mine No. 6 Just After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
044564
Title:
Mine No. 6 Just After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

4. Sight Seeing After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
044571
Title:
Sight Seeing After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
Published by A.G. Martin and Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

5. Wrecked Coal Cars Blown Out of No. 8 Mine, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
044574
Title:
Wrecked Coal Cars Blown Out of No. 8 Mine, Monongah, W. Va.
Description:
Published by A.G. Martin and Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
(From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

6. Men Stand Around Mine No. 8, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
044576
Title:
Men Stand Around Mine No. 8, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."

7. Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster

IDNO:
054374
Title:
Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."
Rescue parties clearing a cave-in at Monongah Mine #8.

8. Rescue Efforts at Monongah Mine #8

IDNO:
054376
Title:
Rescue Efforts at Monongah Mine #8
Date:
ca. 1900s
Description:
Rescue parties clearing a cave-in at Monongah Mine #8.
Fan house at Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion. Back: "This is the most terrible explosion of its kind that ever happened in the U.S. We were up yesterday. Will write in a few days. It shook here considerably. [illegible]" To Mr. Okey May in Terra Haute, Indiana.

9. Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion

IDNO:
054379
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
Fan house at Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion. Back: "This is the most terrible explosion of its kind that ever happened in the U.S. We were up yesterday. Will write in a few days. It shook here considerably. [illegible]" To Mr. Okey May in Terra Haute, Indiana.
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.

10. The Ruins of Monongah Mine No.10

IDNO:
054380
Title:
The Ruins of Monongah Mine No.10
Date:
1907
Description:
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.

11. Destroyed Coal Carts from Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054381
Title:
Destroyed Coal Carts from Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.
Citizens of towns neighboring towns come to see the scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster.

12. Crowds visiting the site of the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054386
Title:
Crowds visiting the site of the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Citizens of towns neighboring towns come to see the scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster.
Crowds at Fairmont were mailing their way to Monongah to see the remains of the recent mine explosions.

13. Crowd leaving Fairmont for the Mine Explosions at Monongah

IDNO:
054387
Title:
Crowd leaving Fairmont for the Mine Explosions at Monongah
Date:
1907
Description:
Crowds at Fairmont were mailing their way to Monongah to see the remains of the recent mine explosions.
A postcard of Monongah Mine No.8 after the recent explosion.

14. Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion

IDNO:
054388
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
A postcard of Monongah Mine No.8 after the recent explosion.
A postcard of the fan at Monongah Mine No.8 after the recent explosion.

15. The Fan at Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion

IDNO:
054389
Title:
The Fan at Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
A postcard of the fan at Monongah Mine No.8 after the recent explosion.
A postcard of workers at the remains of Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion.

16. Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion

IDNO:
054390
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
A postcard of workers at the remains of Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion.
A postcard showing the extent of the destruction inflicted by the explosion of Monongah Mine No.8. Back reads: "The worst damage was done at this mine, over 225 bodies have been taken out to date and about twice that amount in there yet, exact number [illegible] never be known [illegible] reach near 700."

17. Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion

IDNO:
054391
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 after the Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
A postcard showing the extent of the destruction inflicted by the explosion of Monongah Mine No.8. Back reads: "The worst damage was done at this mine, over 225 bodies have been taken out to date and about twice that amount in there yet, exact number [illegible] never be known [illegible] reach near 700."
A postcard showing the scene at Monongah after the mine explosion.

18. A view of Monongah after the Mine Explosion

IDNO:
054392
Title:
A view of Monongah after the Mine Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
A postcard showing the scene at Monongah after the mine explosion.
People trying to identify the dead of the disaster at Monongah Mine No.6.

19. Identifying the Dead at the Monongah Mine No.6 Disaster

IDNO:
054394
Title:
Identifying the Dead at the Monongah Mine No.6 Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
People trying to identify the dead of the disaster at Monongah Mine No.6.
Victims of the disaster at Monongah Mine in their caskets.

20. The Dead of the Disaster at Monongah Mine No.6.

IDNO:
054395
Title:
The Dead of the Disaster at Monongah Mine No.6.
Date:
1907
Description:
Victims of the disaster at Monongah Mine in their caskets.
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the cemetery by W. S. Thomas. An excerpt of text from the front states, "Between 400 and 600 killed."Back reads: "Where is that post card picture of your school you were going to send me? How are you? One of my cousins (Becca Clinton) was buried yesterday. 3 of her sisters and her brother Luke are not expected to live. You remember him. You had his knife. They have Spinal Meningitis. I am not teaching this week. [Maurie?] Alice. To Ada Ballentine, Waverly, West Virginia."

21. Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the Cemetery

IDNO:
054396
Title:
Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the Cemetery
Date:
1907
Description:
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the cemetery by W. S. Thomas. An excerpt of text from the front states, "Between 400 and 600 killed."Back reads: "Where is that post card picture of your school you were going to send me? How are you? One of my cousins (Becca Clinton) was buried yesterday. 3 of her sisters and her brother Luke are not expected to live. You remember him. You had his knife. They have Spinal Meningitis. I am not teaching this week. [Maurie?] Alice. To Ada Ballentine, Waverly, West Virginia."
Crowds gathering on train tracks to view the remains of the Monongah Mines after the explosion.

22. Crowds around remains of the Monongah Mines

IDNO:
054398
Title:
Crowds around remains of the Monongah Mines
Date:
1907
Description:
Crowds gathering on train tracks to view the remains of the Monongah Mines after the explosion.
A survivor looking toward the remains of the Monongah Mines.

23. A Survivor of the Monongah Mine Horrors

IDNO:
054399
Title:
A Survivor of the Monongah Mine Horrors
Date:
1907
Description:
A survivor looking toward the remains of the Monongah Mines.
Hearses taking caskets from the streets of Monongah to Monongah Mine No.6.

24. Caskets of Monongah Mine No.6

IDNO:
054400
Title:
Caskets of Monongah Mine No.6
Date:
1907
Description:
Hearses taking caskets from the streets of Monongah to Monongah Mine No.6.
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being carried off to the cemetery. Back of postcard reads: "Mine explosion at Monongah, W.Va. A Merry Christ and Happy New Year."

25. Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054401
Title:
Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being carried off to the cemetery. Back of postcard reads: "Mine explosion at Monongah, W.Va. A Merry Christ and Happy New Year."
Young orphans awaiting news at the Monongah Mine No. 8.

26. Orphans at the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054403
Title:
Orphans at the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Young orphans awaiting news at the Monongah Mine No. 8.
Wives waiting for their husbands at Monongah Mine No.8.

27. Wives waiting at Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054404
Title:
Wives waiting at Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Wives waiting for their husbands at Monongah Mine No.8.
Mourners view rows of caskets from the mine disaster.

28. Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054405
Title:
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Mourners view rows of caskets from the mine disaster.
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster.

29. The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054406
Title:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster.

30. Viewing the Dead from the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054407
Title:
Viewing the Dead from the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
A crowd stands outside one of the Monongah mines.

31. The Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054409
Title:
The Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
A crowd stands outside one of the Monongah mines.
Men in coats stand outside a mine entrance.

32. The Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054410
Title:
The Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Men in coats stand outside a mine entrance.

33. The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054411
Title:
The Italian and Polish Cemetery for the Monongah Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
The caskets are pulled in a cart with the name "W. S. Thomas" on it, drawn by several horses. Many onlookers stand outside a church in the background.

34. Hauling Victims of the Monongah Mine Disaster to Burial

IDNO:
054412
Title:
Hauling Victims of the Monongah Mine Disaster to Burial
Date:
1907
Description:
The caskets are pulled in a cart with the name "W. S. Thomas" on it, drawn by several horses. Many onlookers stand outside a church in the background.
Crowds of men and women, with horse-drawn carriages, stand in the streets of Monongah. A sign for Coliseum Restaurant is visible in the background. Front of the card reads: ""Sightseeing after the explosion in S Monongah, W.Va."

35. Sightseeing after the explosion in South Monongah, South W. Va.

IDNO:
054413
Title:
Sightseeing after the explosion in South Monongah, South W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Crowds of men and women, with horse-drawn carriages, stand in the streets of Monongah. A sign for Coliseum Restaurant is visible in the background. Front of the card reads: ""Sightseeing after the explosion in S Monongah, W.Va."