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IDNO:: 013619
Title:: Patients of the State Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Men and Women, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:: 1930/06
Description:: Group portrait of 'Old Folks' at the State Home For aged and Infirmed Colored Men and Women

IDNO:: 013627
Title:: Medical and Nursing Staff of Welch Hospital, McDowell County, W. Va.
Date:: 1930/06

IDNO:: 013645
Title:: Welch Emergency Hospital, McDowell County, W. Va.
Date:: 1930/06
Description:: Main building of Welch Emergency Hospital. A.G. Rutherford, M.D., Superintendent. This institution is located at Welch, McDowell County, and is reached by the Norfolk and Western Railroad, and by bus or auto over State Routes 8 and 66. Number of patients treated during June, 1930 was 207.

IDNO:: 013863
Title:: Fairmont Emergency Hospital, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:: 1930/06
Description:: Front view of Fairmont Emergency Hospital in Fairmont, West Virginia. 'Fairmont Hospital Number 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.'

IDNO:: 013881
Title:: Medical and Nursing Staff, Fairmont Emergency Hospital, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:: 1930/06

IDNO:: 013898
Title:: Women's Ward Building, Huntington State Hospital, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:: 1930/06
Description:: View of Women's Ward Building at Huntington State Hospital. W. D. McClung, M. D., superintendent. Following the death on September 20, 1930, of Dr. L. V. Guthrie, who for nearly 30 years was head of Huntington State Hospital, his widow, Mrs. M. L. Guthrie was appointed by Governor Conley as acting superintendent of that institution, to serve until such a time as Dr. Guthrie's successor should be appointed and qualified. On December 5, 1930, W. D. McClung, M. D., for ten years superintendent of Spencer State Hospital was commissioned by Governor William G. Conley as superintendent of Huntington Hospital. This institution is located at Huntington, Cabell County, and is reached by the Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, Virginia Railroads; by the interurban line of the Ohio Valley Electric Company, by Ohio River steamboats, and by bus or auto on State Routes 8, 10, and 62, also U.S. Route 60. Number of patients June 30, 1930 was 996.