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Unidentified railroad workers pose in front of Chesapeake and Ohio Engine No.380. The photograph was possibly taken at a depot in Summers County. Information on the back includes: "From Roy Long Coll. C & O RR".

38917. Group Portrait of Railroad Workers In Front of Engine No. 380

Unidentified engineer sits at the controls of a locomotive of probably a Chesapeake and Ohio train, looking out the window, down the track. Information on the back includes, "Stephen D. Trail Su. Co. W. V. 2000 From Roy Long Collection".

38918. Locomotive Engineer in Cab

Paris Hammons, the father of fiddler Edden Hammons, and his family are the subjects of a Library of Congress publication, "The Hammons Family: Traditions of a West Virginia Family and Friends". The phase, "Howdy Fellers", a favorite greeting of Paris Hammons, is written on the front of the photograph.

38919. Paris Hammons of Pocahontas County, W. Va.

Paris Hammons, left and Ed Richardson, right, were hunting buddies. Paris Hammons, the father of fiddler, Edden Hammons, and his family were the subjects of a Library of Congress publication titled, "The Hammons Family: Traditions of a West Virginia Family and Friends".

38920. Paris Hammons and Ed Richardson, Marlinton, Pocahontas County, W. Va

A group of casually posed people in a wooded area, two holding Concord College banners. Other information includes "HDN Coll. early 20th Century, S. Trail 2002".

38921. Group from Concord State Normal College, Athens, Mercer County, W. Va.

The post office was located along a railroad track. The bridge in the background of the photograph crosses the New River near the mouth of Glade Creek.

38922. Glade Post Office, Raleigh County, W. Va.

Originally operated by the Glade Creek Coal and Lumber Company, the 750 foot railroad bridge was salvaged by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad during World War II. Information on the back of photograph includes: " Stephen D. Trail Su. Co. W. V. 2000; Roy Long Coll."

38923. Removing Superstructure Off Railroad Bridge Over New River, Glade, W. Va.

The piers were part of the a 750-foot railroad bridge spanning the New River near the mouth of Glade Creek. The line was operated by the Glade Creek Coal and Lumber Railway, 1924-1929 and Babcock Coal & Timber Company, 1929-1936 . The bridge was salvage by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad during World War II.

38924. Piers Of Glade Creek Coal and Lumber Railway Bridge Looking Down New River, Glade, W. Va.

Color postcard of the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot and the Gladys Inn. The Inn was taken over by the YMCA in 1930.

38925. Gladys Inn and Chesapeake and Ohio Station, Clifton Forge, Va.

Looking north from Kirkwood, Ohio. The site of the Union Army military camp during the Civil War was just north on the island, at the end of the covered bridge to the left.

38926. Wheeling Island, Ohio County, W. Va.

Color print of the C&O (Chesapeake and Ohio) Depot at Eagle Rock, Virginia.

38927. Eagle Rock Station, Botetourt County, Va.

Photograph postcard of a coal company store in Fayette County. See the original for the correspondence on the postcard.

38928. Company Store, Nuttalburg, W. Va.