Search Results
- IDNO:
- 047478
- Title:
- Quarantine at Bluestone Reservoir C.C.C. Camp, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Six unidentified men wearing quarantine masks due to a death from spinal meningitis. The quarantine lasted 30 days for all personnel at the Civilians Conservation Corps (CCC) camp. The CCC constructed projects including bridges, buildings, overnight cabins, retaining walls, roads, dams, towers, picnic areas, and drainage systems.
- IDNO:
- 047480
- Title:
- C.C.C. Workers at a Swimming Hole, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A group of unidentified men spend time by the swimming hole located on the banks of New River. Here, life saving techniques were taught to the members of the Civilians Conservation Corps (CCC).
- IDNO:
- 047481
- Title:
- C.C.C. Workers Sit by a Swimming Hole, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The unidentified men of the Civilians Conservation Corps pose by the swimming hole off the banks of New River.
- IDNO:
- 047482
- Title:
- Civilian Conservation Corps Workers in Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Photo caption reads, "Coahes & K. P.'s or dishwashers and dining room orderlies". Subjects unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 047483
- Title:
- Cooks in the Kitchen at the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Two unidentified men working in the kitchen. The camp required two cooks per shift of 24 hours followed by 24 hours off.
- IDNO:
- 047484
- Title:
- High-ranking Civilian Conservation Corps Members In Charge of Camp in Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Th men in army uniforms were in control of the (approximately) 175 men at the camp. The other men were from the U.S. Forest Service and were in charge of men at work clearing the right of way for the dam. No funds were appropriated for the construction of Bluestone Dam, so the C.C.C. Co. 524 was cancelled and all men were transferred to other C.C.C. camps in West Virginia
- IDNO:
- 047485
- Title:
- Connell Finnell Timber Cutting Crews, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Civilian Conservation Corps members on the way to clear heavy timber for the Bluestone Dam right of way.
- IDNO:
- 047487
- Title:
- Typing Class at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Six young men sit behind typewriters. The class cost 50 cents a month to participate in. Subjects unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 047890
- Title:
- Portrait of E. B. Roach
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Father of Elvera Fox Porterfield from top of Pie Hollow. The Roach house is located in Talcott, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 047891
- Title:
- Portrait of David Fox
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Grandfather to Elvera Fox Porterfield. Husband to Virginia Martin Fox.
- IDNO:
- 047898
- Title:
- Portrait of Bill Galloway, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1965
- Description:
- Galloway pictured in uniform.
- IDNO:
- 048553
- Title:
- Young Men with Guns on Meador Farm near Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- James David Neely (left), Luther L. Meador (center), and C. Brade Neely (right) holding guns, perhaps used for hunting, and sitting with their dogs. Meador sips from a bottle in the middle.The farm is now known as Meador Camp Ground at Bluestone State Park.