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Published by A.G. Martin Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

85. State Normal School; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042974
Title:
State Normal School; Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Published by A.G. Martin Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on postcard reads: "You can't beat it unless you cheat." Published by A.C. Kinkead.

86. Skinners Tavern; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042975
Title:
Skinners Tavern; Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Caption on postcard reads: "You can't beat it unless you cheat." Published by A.C. Kinkead.
Published by Sheble and Maxwell. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

87. Private Stable, Fairmont Farms; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042976
Title:
Private Stable, Fairmont Farms; Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Published by Sheble and Maxwell. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

88. Girls Dormitory, State Normal School; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042977
Title:
Girls Dormitory, State Normal School; Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by Monongahela Candy Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

89. View of First Presbyterian Church; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042978
Title:
View of First Presbyterian Church; Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Published by Monongahela Candy Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

90. First M.E. Church; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042979
Title:
First M.E. Church; Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. Published by Sheble and Maxwell. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

91. Fairmont Mining Machinery Company; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042980
Title:
Fairmont Mining Machinery Company; Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
See original for correspondence. Published by Sheble and Maxwell. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Westinghouse Electric Corp., located 2 miles east of Fairmont, West Virginia on Rte. 73. It employs 1475 people and is the world's largest glass fluorescent plant." Published by Bobet News Agency. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

92. Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Near Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042981
Title:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Near Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Westinghouse Electric Corp., located 2 miles east of Fairmont, West Virginia on Rte. 73. It employs 1475 people and is the world's largest glass fluorescent plant." Published by Bobet News Agency. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Owen's Bottle Works was a a branch of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company based in Toledo, Ohio which had three other glass plants in West Virginia, including Fairmont, Huntington, and Kanawha City. All plants used the revolutionary Owens bottle making machine, which was invented by West Virginia native Michael Owens in 1903. The factory in Fairmont was built in 1910 on 40 acres of property and originally ran 24 hours a day while employing 200 workers. Around 180,000 bottles were produced daily. In March of 1982 the Fairmont plant was closed. Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

93. Owen's Bottle Works; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042982
Title:
Owen's Bottle Works; Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Owen's Bottle Works was a a branch of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company based in Toledo, Ohio which had three other glass plants in West Virginia, including Fairmont, Huntington, and Kanawha City. All plants used the revolutionary Owens bottle making machine, which was invented by West Virginia native Michael Owens in 1903. The factory in Fairmont was built in 1910 on 40 acres of property and originally ran 24 hours a day while employing 200 workers. Around 180,000 bottles were produced daily. In March of 1982 the Fairmont plant was closed. Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

94. Coal Run; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042983
Title:
Coal Run; Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

95. Colfax Brick Works; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042984
Title:
Colfax Brick Works; Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Exterior of coal mine. Published by A.G. Martin Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

96. New England Mines, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042985
Title:
New England Mines, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Exterior of coal mine. Published by A.G. Martin Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)