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Unidentified worker stands next to an engine run by steam.

39241. Engine Used During Construction of Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad in Southern W. Va.

IDNO:
039245
Title:
Engine Used During Construction of Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad in Southern W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1893
Description:
Unidentified worker stands next to an engine run by steam.
Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, second from the left holds a surveying pole as several unidentified workers and civil engineers pose with their equipment during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

39242. Anderson Hatfield with Survey Crew in Tug Fork District, Southern W. Va.

IDNO:
039246
Title:
Anderson Hatfield with Survey Crew in Tug Fork District, Southern W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1893
Description:
Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, second from the left holds a surveying pole as several unidentified workers and civil engineers pose with their equipment during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
Information included with the photograph: "Domestic servant of J. Z. & Harriet Ellison. Later married and wrote letter describing her life. Now in WVU Collection". Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Mr and Mrs. C. P. Ellison March 27, 1909. From R. S. Wiseman"

39243. Rebecca S. Wiseman, Monroe County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039247
Title:
Rebecca S. Wiseman, Monroe County, W. Va.
Date:
1909/03/27
Description:
Information included with the photograph: "Domestic servant of J. Z. & Harriet Ellison. Later married and wrote letter describing her life. Now in WVU Collection". Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Mr and Mrs. C. P. Ellison March 27, 1909. From R. S. Wiseman"
Image of a steam engine, wood fired tractor rolling in front of J. Z. Ellison's sheep barn.

39244. Steam Engine Tractor on John Z. Ellison's Farm, Monroe County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039248
Title:
Steam Engine Tractor on John Z. Ellison's Farm, Monroe County, W. Va.
Description:
Image of a steam engine, wood fired tractor rolling in front of J. Z. Ellison's sheep barn.
Probably a photograph of Norton, Virginia, southwest of the West Virginia state line, soon after a fire destroyed much of the town.

39245. Smothering Ruins in Norton, Wise County, Va.

IDNO:
039249
Title:
Smothering Ruins in Norton, Wise County, Va.
Description:
Probably a photograph of Norton, Virginia, southwest of the West Virginia state line, soon after a fire destroyed much of the town.
Photograph post card of Norton, southwest of the West Virginia state line. Several buildings and homes are identified.

39246. Norton, Wise County, Va.

IDNO:
039250
Title:
Norton, Wise County, Va.
Description:
Photograph post card of Norton, southwest of the West Virginia state line. Several buildings and homes are identified.
Unidentified man stands on a wooden, plank bridge crossing Hans Creek.

39247. Foot Bridge at Hans Creek Mill, Monroe County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039251
Title:
Foot Bridge at Hans Creek Mill, Monroe County, W. Va.
Description:
Unidentified man stands on a wooden, plank bridge crossing Hans Creek.
Jean D. Chaison aims a musket. She was "Queen" at the event of the unveiling of the Confederate Monument in Union, West Virginia, 1901.

39248. Jean Dunlap Chaison Takes Aim, Monroe County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039252
Title:
Jean Dunlap Chaison Takes Aim, Monroe County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1902
Description:
Jean D. Chaison aims a musket. She was "Queen" at the event of the unveiling of the Confederate Monument in Union, West Virginia, 1901.
Unidentified workers use molds to form the arch in a culvert during the construction of the Ohio extension.

39249. Building Culvert on Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad, Tug Fork District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039253
Title:
Building Culvert on Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1893
Description:
Unidentified workers use molds to form the arch in a culvert during the construction of the Ohio extension.
Large group portrait of black and white workers. Some are holding guns, tools or banjos. None are identified.

39250. Group of Railroad Employees During Construction on Norfolk & Western Railroad, Tug Fork District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039254
Title:
Group of Railroad Employees During Construction on Norfolk & Western Railroad, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1893
Description:
Large group portrait of black and white workers. Some are holding guns, tools or banjos. None are identified.
The molds hold the shape of a culvert during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

39251. New Culvert on Ohio Extension Line, Tug Fork District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039255
Title:
New Culvert on Ohio Extension Line, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1893
Description:
The molds hold the shape of a culvert during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
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.

39252. Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.

IDNO:
039256
Title:
Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
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.