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On the left, Western Union Simplex Printer and right, AT&T Company Teletype. The workers seated at each machine are not identified.

39037. C.H. Mead Coal Company Sales Department, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039041
Title:
C.H. Mead Coal Company Sales Department, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
On the left, Western Union Simplex Printer and right, AT&T Company Teletype. The workers seated at each machine are not identified.
Beckley Hospital, used by employees of the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.

39038. Beckley Hospital, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039042
Title:
Beckley Hospital, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Beckley Hospital, used by employees of the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.
Inscribed on the bottom of the postcard: "Two or three days of a miner's work pays his monthly fixed charges. Can you do as well?" See the original image for the list of charges. The advertisement was used by the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.

39039. Miner's Rental House With Rates Listed, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039043
Title:
Miner's Rental House With Rates Listed, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Inscribed on the bottom of the postcard: "Two or three days of a miner's work pays his monthly fixed charges. Can you do as well?" See the original image for the list of charges. The advertisement was used by the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.
The man standing beside the steam boiler is J. A. Coulter, who later became an engineer for C&O, others in the photograph are not identified. The water tank is the original, it was replaced several years later by another. This photograph was taken before the double track was made through Sewell. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: " C to Ry Engineer deceased via Jim Henry Waverly - C. A. Coulter 209 First Street, West Logan, W. Va. 25601".

39040. Building Bridge Across Manns Creek on Mainline of Chesapeake & Ohio at Sewell, W. Va.

IDNO:
039044
Title:
Building Bridge Across Manns Creek on Mainline of Chesapeake & Ohio at Sewell, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
The man standing beside the steam boiler is J. A. Coulter, who later became an engineer for C&O, others in the photograph are not identified. The water tank is the original, it was replaced several years later by another. This photograph was taken before the double track was made through Sewell. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: " C to Ry Engineer deceased via Jim Henry Waverly - C. A. Coulter 209 First Street, West Logan, W. Va. 25601".
Unidentified men work to salvage track and train after a wreck in Fayette County. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: "Hinton Daily News Coll. from Fred Long to Stephen D. Trail Su Co WV 8-26-1996".

39041. Chesapeake & Ohio Train Wreck Near Sewell, W. Va.

IDNO:
039045
Title:
Chesapeake & Ohio Train Wreck Near Sewell, W. Va.
Date:
1959
Description:
Unidentified men work to salvage track and train after a wreck in Fayette County. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: "Hinton Daily News Coll. from Fred Long to Stephen D. Trail Su Co WV 8-26-1996".
Unidentified men work to salvage the wrecked train in Fayette County. Other information on the back of the photograph includes, "Hinton Daily News Coll from Fred Long to Stephen D. Trail, Su Co WV 8-26-1996".

39042. Chesapeake & Ohio Train Wreck Near Sewell, W. Va.

IDNO:
039046
Title:
Chesapeake & Ohio Train Wreck Near Sewell, W. Va.
Date:
1959
Description:
Unidentified men work to salvage the wrecked train in Fayette County. Other information on the back of the photograph includes, "Hinton Daily News Coll from Fred Long to Stephen D. Trail, Su Co WV 8-26-1996".
Left to right: Cecil Upton, Monroe Cales, Louis Rosemire - Supervisor of Track on the Northern Division, C and O (Chesapeake and Ohio) died in 1930, Evert Johnson died 1952, and Elbert Cales. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: "New Richmond Su Co WV - from Jerome Barr and wife - Stephen Trail".

39043. Group Posed on Porch at Chesapeake and Ohio Depot, Springdale, Ky.

IDNO:
039047
Title:
Group Posed on Porch at Chesapeake and Ohio Depot, Springdale, Ky.
Date:
1914
Description:
Left to right: Cecil Upton, Monroe Cales, Louis Rosemire - Supervisor of Track on the Northern Division, C and O (Chesapeake and Ohio) died in 1930, Evert Johnson died 1952, and Elbert Cales. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: "New Richmond Su Co WV - from Jerome Barr and wife - Stephen Trail".
An identical type of engine is in the rear, while several unidentified workers look towards the camera. Information on the back of the photograph includes, "Courtesy of George C. Miller, Valatie, NY."

39044. Engine No. 147 in Lead, Stone Cliff, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039048
Title:
Engine No. 147 in Lead, Stone Cliff, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1916
Description:
An identical type of engine is in the rear, while several unidentified workers look towards the camera. Information on the back of the photograph includes, "Courtesy of George C. Miller, Valatie, NY."
Home of telegraph operator, Walter L. Miller. Mrs. Walter Miller and son, Raymond Miller pose for the camera on the porch. Information on the back of the photograph includes, " Roy Long Coll., Photo courtesy of George Miller, Valatie, NY".

39045. Railroad House at Stone Cliff, W. Va.

IDNO:
039049
Title:
Railroad House at Stone Cliff, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
Home of telegraph operator, Walter L. Miller. Mrs. Walter Miller and son, Raymond Miller pose for the camera on the porch. Information on the back of the photograph includes, " Roy Long Coll., Photo courtesy of George Miller, Valatie, NY".
A photograph of a sketch of the Commander of 7th West Virginia Regiment, Army of the Potomac. Lockwood took command during the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 1862 to the Battle of Spotsylvania, May, 1864, where he was wounded.

39046. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan H. Lockwood, Seventh West Virginia Infantry

IDNO:
039050
Title:
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan H. Lockwood, Seventh West Virginia Infantry
Date:
1864
Description:
A photograph of a sketch of the Commander of 7th West Virginia Regiment, Army of the Potomac. Lockwood took command during the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 1862 to the Battle of Spotsylvania, May, 1864, where he was wounded.
This photograph shows Baldwin later in life as a "scholarly patriarch". He assumed command of the regiment following Jonathan Lockwood's resignation.

39047. Lieutenant Colonel Francis W. H. Baldwin, Commander of the Seventh West Virginia Infantry During the Appomattox Campaign

IDNO:
039051
Title:
Lieutenant Colonel Francis W. H. Baldwin, Commander of the Seventh West Virginia Infantry During the Appomattox Campaign
Description:
This photograph shows Baldwin later in life as a "scholarly patriarch". He assumed command of the regiment following Jonathan Lockwood's resignation.
American flags followed into several battles, including Gettysburg and Petersburg, by the 12th West Virginia Regiment during the Civil War. Each flag has 35 stars, the 35th star is for the new state of West Virginia.

39048. Two Battle Scarred Flags of Twelfth West Virginia Regiment

IDNO:
039052
Title:
Two Battle Scarred Flags of Twelfth West Virginia Regiment
Description:
American flags followed into several battles, including Gettysburg and Petersburg, by the 12th West Virginia Regiment during the Civil War. Each flag has 35 stars, the 35th star is for the new state of West Virginia.