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Cars are parked on Adams and Madison Streets in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

1. Cars Buried in the Snow at Adams and Madison Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005792
Title:
Cars Buried in the Snow at Adams and Madison Street, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
Cars are parked on Adams and Madison Streets in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

2. Fan House Fire at Gaston Mine in Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
002463
Title:
Fan House Fire at Gaston Mine in Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1912

3. Fan House Fire at Gaston Mine in Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
002465
Title:
Fan House Fire at Gaston Mine in Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1912

4. Fan House Fire at Gaston Mine in Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
002460
Title:
Fan House Fire at Gaston Mine in Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1912

5. Mining Equipment at Fairmont Machinery Company

IDNO:
002748
Title:
Mining Equipment at Fairmont Machinery Company
Date:
1918

6. Coal Being Processed at Champion Cleaning Plant

IDNO:
003340
Title:
Coal Being Processed at Champion Cleaning Plant
Date:
1929/02/18
Men practicing first aid techniques at Beall High School in Frostburg.

7. First Aid Meeting at Beall High School, Frostburg, Md.

IDNO:
002807
Title:
First Aid Meeting at Beall High School, Frostburg, Md.
Date:
1930/06
Description:
Men practicing first aid techniques at Beall High School in Frostburg.
A few men stand outside of processing plant no. 32 at Fairmont W. Va.

8. Consol No. 32, New Tipple & Cleaning Plant, Fairmont W. Va.

IDNO:
002169
Title:
Consol No. 32, New Tipple & Cleaning Plant, Fairmont W. Va.
Date:
1941
Description:
A few men stand outside of processing plant no. 32 at Fairmont W. Va.

9. Coke Ovens of the Koppers Co. Conn. Coke Company

IDNO:
002334
Title:
Coke Ovens of the Koppers Co. Conn. Coke Company
Date:
1941/10/21
Consolidated elevators in foreground; Docks #1, Pgh Coal Co. 'abandoned'; Docks #7 'used section'; Docks #7 'abandoned section'; Consolidated Elevators; Cleveland Cliffs Coal Docks; Capitol Elevators; North Western Fuel Co. Coal Docks #4 'Consolidated Coal Co.'; Occident Elevators; Planey Elevators; Long strip of land is Minnesota and Wisconsin Points separating the harbor from Lake Superior. Photographed in fall 1942.

10. Pittsburgh Coal Co. of Wisconsin, Docks #7, Duluth Minnesota

IDNO:
001867
Title:
Pittsburgh Coal Co. of Wisconsin, Docks #7, Duluth Minnesota
Date:
1942
Description:
Consolidated elevators in foreground; Docks #1, Pgh Coal Co. 'abandoned'; Docks #7 'used section'; Docks #7 'abandoned section'; Consolidated Elevators; Cleveland Cliffs Coal Docks; Capitol Elevators; North Western Fuel Co. Coal Docks #4 'Consolidated Coal Co.'; Occident Elevators; Planey Elevators; Long strip of land is Minnesota and Wisconsin Points separating the harbor from Lake Superior. Photographed in fall 1942.
Facilities and Preparation Plant at Pursglove No. 15.

11. Pursglove No. 15 Preparation Plant, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
003415
Title:
Pursglove No. 15 Preparation Plant, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1943/07/01
Description:
Facilities and Preparation Plant at Pursglove No. 15.

12. Piles of Coal at Windsor Dock, Empire Hanna Coal Company; Detroit Edison Plant in Background

IDNO:
001843
Title:
Piles of Coal at Windsor Dock, Empire Hanna Coal Company; Detroit Edison Plant in Background
Date:
1945
Caption on back reads, 'Shinnston, West Virginia (Jan. 00, 1945...Joe Akers, 32 year old bituminous coal miner, and 400,000 fellow miners in America's bituminous coal industry, are World's most prosperous coal miners. (See lead off story for additional data.) Photo shows: Joe Akers' house. He bought it in 1943 for $5000. There is plenty of ground-100'x 110' and he has a nice vegetable garden in the back. Attached to this garage is a warm water shower where he washes up after work. The house is located on one of the principle streets of Shinnston and the mine is at Owings, only 6 miles away. The house has two downstairs bedrooms and two small bedrooms and bath upstairs. Joe's car is a 1940 model. From Hamilton Wright Org For: Bituminous Coal Industry Photo Gratis'

13. Day in the Life of a Coal Miner

IDNO:
002855
Title:
Day in the Life of a Coal Miner
Date:
1945/01
Description:
Caption on back reads, 'Shinnston, West Virginia (Jan. 00, 1945...Joe Akers, 32 year old bituminous coal miner, and 400,000 fellow miners in America's bituminous coal industry, are World's most prosperous coal miners. (See lead off story for additional data.) Photo shows: Joe Akers' house. He bought it in 1943 for $5000. There is plenty of ground-100'x 110' and he has a nice vegetable garden in the back. Attached to this garage is a warm water shower where he washes up after work. The house is located on one of the principle streets of Shinnston and the mine is at Owings, only 6 miles away. The house has two downstairs bedrooms and two small bedrooms and bath upstairs. Joe's car is a 1940 model. From Hamilton Wright Org For: Bituminous Coal Industry Photo Gratis'
Consolidated Coal Co. display at the National Pm. [sic] Agents Convention in Chicago, 1946.

14. Consolidation Coal Company Display

IDNO:
001868
Title:
Consolidation Coal Company Display
Date:
1946
Description:
Consolidated Coal Co. display at the National Pm. [sic] Agents Convention in Chicago, 1946.

15. Jeffrey Loading Machine Emptying Coal into a New 11-Ton Steel Mine Car at Mine No. 32

IDNO:
002715
Title:
Jeffrey Loading Machine Emptying Coal into a New 11-Ton Steel Mine Car at Mine No. 32
Date:
1946/01/19
Consolidation Coal Company exhibits their coal history.

16. Consolidation Coal Company Exhibit at N.Y. Power Show Exhibit and Cleveland Heating and Ventilation Exposition

IDNO:
001896
Title:
Consolidation Coal Company Exhibit at N.Y. Power Show Exhibit and Cleveland Heating and Ventilation Exposition
Date:
1946/12-1947/01
Description:
Consolidation Coal Company exhibits their coal history.
Dispatcher in office outside of mine. 'Credit must be given to William Vandivert, and picture is not to be reproduced without written license.'

17. Dispatcher at Mine No. 32

IDNO:
002995
Title:
Dispatcher at Mine No. 32
Date:
1947
Description:
Dispatcher in office outside of mine. 'Credit must be given to William Vandivert, and picture is not to be reproduced without written license.'
Two miners standing next to drilling machine.

18. Miners Operating a Drilling Machine at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 32

IDNO:
003031
Title:
Miners Operating a Drilling Machine at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 32
Date:
1947/01/22
Description:
Two miners standing next to drilling machine.
Scenic view of buildings and houses at Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va. 'Credit must be given. Not to be reproduced without written liscense from William Vandivert.'

19. Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
003367
Title:
Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Scenic view of buildings and houses at Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va. 'Credit must be given. Not to be reproduced without written liscense from William Vandivert.'
Full loads of coal in train cars in front of the C.C.C. Preparation Plant in Fairmont, W. Va. Credit must be given to William Vandivert, 21 East Tenth St., New York 3, N.Y.

20. Coal Cars Entering the Consolidation Coal Company Preparation Plant, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
001803
Title:
Coal Cars Entering the Consolidation Coal Company Preparation Plant, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Full loads of coal in train cars in front of the C.C.C. Preparation Plant in Fairmont, W. Va. Credit must be given to William Vandivert, 21 East Tenth St., New York 3, N.Y.
Coal traveling on conveyors. Credit Must Be Given. Not to be reproduced without written license from William Vandivert.

21. Coal Being Processed

IDNO:
003352
Title:
Coal Being Processed
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Coal traveling on conveyors. Credit Must Be Given. Not to be reproduced without written license from William Vandivert.
Coal on a conveyor.

22. Oil Treatment, Stoker Coal

IDNO:
003353
Title:
Oil Treatment, Stoker Coal
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Coal on a conveyor.
Two men placing charges in an already drilled hole. Notice the preparatory cut on upper right hand side.

23. Miners Placing Charges

IDNO:
002147
Title:
Miners Placing Charges
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Two men placing charges in an already drilled hole. Notice the preparatory cut on upper right hand side.
Two miners operate a cutting machine. 'Credit must be given to Willaim Vandivert, 21 East Tenth St., New York 3, N.Y., Not to be reproduced without written liscense.'

24. Cutting Machine in Operation

IDNO:
003191
Title:
Cutting Machine in Operation
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Two miners operate a cutting machine. 'Credit must be given to Willaim Vandivert, 21 East Tenth St., New York 3, N.Y., Not to be reproduced without written liscense.'