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Photo of students at desks in classroom, likely taken in March, 1907.

157. Students in Classroom

IDNO:
052847
Title:
Students in Classroom
Date:
1907
Description:
Photo of students at desks in classroom, likely taken in March, 1907.
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson.

158. Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.

IDNO:
053213
Title:
Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson.
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

159. Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.

IDNO:
053214
Title:
Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
This column of coal was designed by Neil Robinson of Charleston, W. Va. for the 1907 Jamestown Ter-centennial Exhibition, held in Norfolk, Virginia.

160. West Virginia Coal Column, Jamestown Exposition Grounds, Va.

IDNO:
053429
Title:
West Virginia Coal Column, Jamestown Exposition Grounds, Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
This column of coal was designed by Neil Robinson of Charleston, W. Va. for the 1907 Jamestown Ter-centennial Exhibition, held in Norfolk, Virginia.

161. WVU Baseball Team at Devil's Den, Gettysburg, P. A.

IDNO:
053511
Title:
WVU Baseball Team at Devil's Den, Gettysburg, P. A.
Date:
1907
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."

162. Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster

IDNO:
054374
Title:
Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."
People gathering to look at where the only living man was found from the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster.

163. Onlookers looking at a Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054375
Title:
Onlookers looking at a Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
People gathering to look at where the only living man was found from the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster.
Fan house at Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion. Back: "This is the most terrible explosion of its kind that ever happened in the U.S. We were up yesterday. Will write in a few days. It shook here considerably. [illegible]" To Mr. Okey May in Terra Haute, Indiana.

164. Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion

IDNO:
054379
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
Fan house at Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion. Back: "This is the most terrible explosion of its kind that ever happened in the U.S. We were up yesterday. Will write in a few days. It shook here considerably. [illegible]" To Mr. Okey May in Terra Haute, Indiana.
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.

165. The Ruins of Monongah Mine No.10

IDNO:
054380
Title:
The Ruins of Monongah Mine No.10
Date:
1907
Description:
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.

166. Destroyed Coal Carts from Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054381
Title:
Destroyed Coal Carts from Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.
Postcard of Monongah Mine No.8.

167. Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054382
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Postcard of Monongah Mine No.8.
Postcard of homes in Monongah, WV.

168. Monongah Mining Station

IDNO:
054383
Title:
Monongah Mining Station
Date:
1907
Description:
Postcard of homes in Monongah, WV.