Photograph taken from an airplane, part of the support piece for the wing can be seen on the left. The Marion County Courthouse is seen below, center right.
Bird's Eye View of Southside Section, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925
Description:
Fairmont W. Va. Mar. 15-23. I started to work here today. I am staying at Richards. My address is 314 Madison St. Daddy' Postcard sent to Ellen Belle Hickle, Fairchance, Pa. Box 207 on March 15, 1925.
Most likely the couple is W. Benton and Edna Campbell, owners of the shoe store, posing in front of their business located at 318 Main Street in Fairmont.
Tygart Valley River and West Fork River Join to Form the Monongahela River, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
The Tygart Valley River is on the left, Monongahela River is in the center, and the West Fork River is on the right. 'Around Fairmont 115 leave 215 for Connellsvile. Quite a pretty town altho hilly. Want to finish writing this eve or in am.' Postcard sent to Miss Ester Shirley, Shen Jct, W. Va. on December 14, 1909.
Members of the faculty included: William A. Hustead, Principal; Miss Gertrude Huff; Miss Tocie Moore; Miss Florence W. Levelle; Miss Alta A. Smith; Miss Minnie E. Hughes; Miss Nan Cox; Miss Artha Morgan; Miss Nell Cox; Miss Rose McKinney; Miss Louise Sutter.
The Black Hand was an underworld society of Italians that thrived in Sicily in the late 19th century. After the great migration, immigrants of the group settled in West Virginia and sought to extort money from other Italian immigrants to the area. Several members of the Black Hand were successfully prosecuted for murder and extortion in the early 20th century.
A view of an old covered bridge in Fairmont. 'Formerly called Hunsaker Covered Bridge. It was torn down around 1925 and replaced with a concrete bridge.'
Marion Hardware Store, Main Street, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
A view of the Marion Hardware Company building on Main Street in Fairmont. A horse-drawn carriage in front of the store. 'Standing in the doorway are Miss Olive Brand, H. J. Jones, and L. C. Boice.'
The vehicle was owned by Andrew (A. C.) Lyons seated on the right with the control stick in hand. Lyons was a turn of the century architect working in Fairmont. The man seated next to Lyons is not identified.
'Group of people Harrison County at Fairmont. 1. Virgil Highland, 2. Page Fortney, 3. Lewis Dawson, 4. Ida Carpenter, 5. Mel Sperry, 7. Eden Corbin, 8. Icie Tetrick, 9. Mable Lee, 13. James Robinson, 14. Ernest Fortney, 22. O.W. Ladwig, 23. Blanche Hewes
Main Street, Fairmont, W. Va. Following the Fire of April 2, 1876
Date:
ca. 1876/04/02
Description:
'22 Buildings Destroyed, Damage $125,000. Destroyed entire business block from Bridge (Madison) St. to Jefferson St. Every Building on East Side, all but 2 on West. Arson suspected.'
'Looking up Madison toward Quincy, on Adams street, showing C. E. McCray's saddlery and harness shop on the corner; home of the Misses Eyster, the Chisler Hardware Store, old M. P. Church, opposite Dr. Lazell's residence.'
A close-up view of the War Memorial that honors the sons and daughters of Marion County who serve the cause of freedom located at the Courthouse in Fairmont, West Virginia.
West Virginia Business College Women's Basketball Team, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1929-1930
Description:
Members of WVBC Fairmont, front row left to right: 1) unidentified 2) unidentified 3) Johnny A. (capt.) 4) Evelyn [MacLure?] 5) Hazel Coneland; Back row left to right: 1) Jula Bald [?] 2) Virginia Goula 3) Sue [?] 4) Sara Nuzumn 5) [?] 6) Sula Henderson Fairmont 7) Pete (Coach).
Townspeople surround a coffin and grave marker for Old Man Gloom and watch as an announcer reads from a paper in front of a WMMN microphone during Old Man Gloom funeral in downtown Fairmont, West Virginia.
A front view of Fairmont Hospital No. 3 in Fairmont, West Virginia. 'Fairmont Hospital No. 3, William A. Welton, M. D. Superintendent. This insitution is located at Fairmont, Marion County, and is reached by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by the lines of the Monongahela Valley Traction Company, and by bus or auto over State Route 6 and U.S. Route 19. Number patients treated during June, 1930 were 129.'
Washington and Jefferson College vs. West Virginia University, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1917/11/17
Description:
West Virginia University Mountaineers face the Washington and Jefferson football team as spectators watch from the sidelines. West Virginia University won the game, 7-0, which took place in Fairmont, W. Va.
Lawler Class 1909, First Ward School, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1909
Description:
Members of the class are: Blanch Pearl Satterfield; Eva Linn Summers; Ruth Meryle West; Lora Eva May; Minnie Gay Satterfield; Clarence Lloyd Garner; Wagner Edgar Carpenter; Louis Harvey Esterline; Mame Florence McWhorter; Harry Colven Morgan; LaFayette E. Vincent; Hood Satterfield; Elsie Annett Clelland; Harry Ray Smouse; ray edward Horner; Larned Arnold Radford; Hattie bailey Boggs; Bernard James Costilow; Chesley Ray Boggs; Dove Washington Jones; Lena Hazel Satterfield; Mary Ruth Stevens; Susie May Daugherty; Herschell Dewitt Kingcaid; Mertha May Hayhurst; Divinia Meyers Brown; Maud Virginia Merrifield; Virginia Louetta Helmick; Earl Numan Phillips.
Two African-American Newsboys and Unidentified man stand outside C. N Chilins, located on Madison Ave. Fairmont, W. Va...eventually (relocated) to the first floor of Watson Hotel.
The Florence Belle pulling up to the edge of the river next to a train. 'At foot of Quincy St., showing Capt. Walker's House and Cal Arnett's home, one of the first modern homes in the city.'
Fairmont State Normal School - New Addition from Palatine Knob, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1896
Description:
A close-up view of the new addition from Palatine Knob, in Fairmont, West Virginia. Fairmont Normal School building is the tall building left of center. Beeson's Hill bounds the city in the right background. See photograph numbers 005811 and 005812 for a continuation of this view of Fairmont.
View of Fairmont, West Virginia from Palatine Knob. Hamilton's Hill bounds the city in the left background. Houses stand on Pierpont's Hill on the right.