Group portrait of businessmen. 'Back Row L-R; 1.Unidentified, 2. Geo. W. Miller (Grange Manager), 3. J. W. Johnson, 4. L.E. Johnson (Banker), 5. Dr. W. C. Beard M.D. Front Row L-R; 1. Andrew L. Riffe (Retail Merchant), 2.-5. Unidentified.'
Huntington to Richmond Express Train at Alderson House Hotel, Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
1885/04
Description:
'C&O Train, The Huntington to Richmond Express at the breakfast shop by the Alderson House Hotel on the morning of April (?) 1885. The locomotive is No. 32, and the engineer is ? Noel.'
'The Original Baptist Church (the Big Levels Church) erected in the 1800s. The ground was donated by Joseph Alderson, son of Rev. John Alderson, of Alderson.'
Chesapeake and Ohio Train No. 14 on the Platform at the Depot in Alderson, W.Va.
Date:
1891/03/26
Description:
'Thirty minutes after the photograph of train 14 was taken, it wrecked in Mann Tunnel when it ran into the rear of a freight train; the locomotive and cars were completely burned, but no injuries resulted to members of the crew or passengers. Engineer Lon Alley, March 26, 1891 at 2:00 p.m.'
Railroad Avenue and Monroe Street, South Alderson, Monroe County, W. Va.
Date:
1903
Description:
"This is an excellent view of the principal business district of the Town of Alderson at the turn of this century. Note prominence of two large railroad stations 'passanger and freight' and the long freight yard on down the tracks from the passanger station. On the west side of Monroe Street 'foreground' we see from left to right these stores: #1-J.M. Alderson, Gen Merch. '1888-1930', #2- Shanklin [and] Co., Gen Merch. 1900-1904, #3- E.D. Jeffries 'later W.J. Hancock', #5 Corner- First National Bank '1901--'==turning corner from bank: #2 T. M. Reynolds- Gen Merch. '1890's-1906', #3 'brick bldg'- J. Orr Nickell Drug store, #3b. 'same bldg' Greenbrier Valley Bank '1884-1909', Post Office and 2 small confectionaries. #7 Annex to Monroe Hotel with Hardware of G.W. Graves in bottom floor 'Hotel:1872-1935', Hardware '1879-1925', #8 Monroe Hotel, main bldg.-J.M. Trice barber shop, Lobban Bros.,Furniture '1901-1909,1909--', other small stores, residences; far right: Alderson Hotel."