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An ambrotype portrait of Nathaniel Alcock Bailee [Baillie] dressed in an unidentified uniform. Bailee was a chief civil engineer during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in the Kanawha Valley, ca. 1867-1873.

1. Cased Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, W. Va.

IDNO:
039370
Title:
Cased Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
An ambrotype portrait of Nathaniel Alcock Bailee [Baillie] dressed in an unidentified uniform. Bailee was a chief civil engineer during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in the Kanawha Valley, ca. 1867-1873.
A direct descendent of John Hansford, who was a Kanawha Valley pioneer, Mary married Nathaniel Alcock Bailee[Baillie] in 1852. This cased image is a daguerreotype.

2. Cased Portrait of Mary Matilda Bigelow Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039371
Title:
Cased Portrait of Mary Matilda Bigelow Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1849
Description:
A direct descendent of John Hansford, who was a Kanawha Valley pioneer, Mary married Nathaniel Alcock Bailee[Baillie] in 1852. This cased image is a daguerreotype.
Daguerreotype portrait of Nathaniel Alcock Bailee [Baillie], married Mary Matilda Biglow in 1852. After the Civil War he was a chief civil engineer during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad through the Kanawha Valley.

3. Cased Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039372
Title:
Cased Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1849/03/12
Description:
Daguerreotype portrait of Nathaniel Alcock Bailee [Baillie], married Mary Matilda Biglow in 1852. After the Civil War he was a chief civil engineer during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad through the Kanawha Valley.
Large tintype image of a young woman named Rosa.

4. Portrait of 'Rosa'

IDNO:
040239
Title:
Portrait of 'Rosa'
Date:
ca. 1889
Description:
Large tintype image of a young woman named Rosa.
Information included on the back of the carte de viste, " 'Morgantown Hill', morning of 21st, August, '73, Uniontown, In memorial of one of the happiest of days."

5. Portrait of Young Man Wearing Military Kepi

IDNO:
040240
Title:
Portrait of Young Man Wearing Military Kepi
Date:
ca.1873
Description:
Information included on the back of the carte de viste, " 'Morgantown Hill', morning of 21st, August, '73, Uniontown, In memorial of one of the happiest of days."
Inscribed on the back of photograph, "My uncle R. O. B.". Also has a 2 cent U. S. tax revenue stamp.

6. Charles Bigelow

IDNO:
040241
Title:
Charles Bigelow
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
Inscribed on the back of photograph, "My uncle R. O. B.". Also has a 2 cent U. S. tax revenue stamp.
Unidentified young girl poses wearing a large outer garment, held at the waist with ornat belt, and a bonnet tied with a huge ribbon.

7. Tintype Portrait of Elaborately Dressed Young Girl

IDNO:
040251
Title:
Tintype Portrait of Elaborately Dressed Young Girl
Date:
ca. 1880
Description:
Unidentified young girl poses wearing a large outer garment, held at the waist with ornat belt, and a bonnet tied with a huge ribbon.
Carte de viste of teenage boy.

8. Portrait of G. R. Irvin

IDNO:
040289
Title:
Portrait of G. R. Irvin
Description:
Carte de viste of teenage boy.
Bailee,a construction engineer on the C&O railroad married Matilda Biglow, a descendent of John Hansford.

9. Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee of Hansford, W. Va.

IDNO:
040290
Title:
Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee of Hansford, W. Va.
Description:
Bailee,a construction engineer on the C&O railroad married Matilda Biglow, a descendent of John Hansford.
Portrait of young boy, possible the son of Nathaniel and Matilda Bailee. The album holding this tintype has the name card of Charles R. Bailee attached on the inside cover.

10. Charles R. Bailee

IDNO:
040291
Title:
Charles R. Bailee
Date:
1873
Description:
Portrait of young boy, possible the son of Nathaniel and Matilda Bailee. The album holding this tintype has the name card of Charles R. Bailee attached on the inside cover.