Search Results
- IDNO:
- 039281
- Title:
- Corner Stone Laying, Norton, Va.
- Date:
- July 19, 1906
- Description:
- Photograph of the corner stone laying of a Presbyterian church. All persons in the photograph are unidentified. The church was located in Wise County, Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 039282
- Title:
- Union First Lieutenant John N. Davidson of Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1863
- Description:
- Before the war Davidson was a preacher in Taylor County.
- IDNO:
- 039283
- Title:
- Union First Lieutenant John N. Davidson of Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca.1863
- Description:
- Davidson was a preacher before the war. According to F. A. Cather's diary, AM 3633, Davidson died in April 12, 1864, probably from disease. There is a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph indicating a tax had been paid on the image. This tax was implemented to pay for the war.
- IDNO:
- 039284
- Title:
- Norfolk & Western Railroad Yard in Bluefield, W. Va
- Description:
- Postcard color image of the several tracks and cars. Part of the town can be seen on the right side.
- IDNO:
- 039285
- Title:
- View Along Buckhanon River, Buckhannon, W. Va.
- Description:
- Color image postcard of the Buckhannon River running beside a railroad track in Upshur County.
- IDNO:
- 039286
- Title:
- Camden On Gauley, Webster County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Small town located on the Gauley River and named for Senator Johnson Camden. A lumber yard can be seen the down a wheel-rutted dirt road next to the railroad tracks.
- IDNO:
- 039287
- Title:
- Clarence Petrie Ellison, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Ellison was a student-cadet at West Virginia University and the oldest son of John Z. and Harriet D. Ellison of Monroe County.
- IDNO:
- 039288
- Title:
- Sutton Chemical Company on Elk River, Braxton County, W. Va
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Possibly a circuit photograph of the facilities at the Sutton Chemical Company just below the town of Sutton. The photograph was taken during World War I.
- IDNO:
- 039289
- Title:
- Group Portrait at Hominy Falls, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Unidentified people gathered in front of a two-story house for this photograph.
- IDNO:
- 039290
- Title:
- Clara Ellison, West Virginia University Student from Monroe County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1909
- Description:
- Daughter of John Z. and Harriet P. Ellison. Portrait taken while Clara was a student at WVU.
- IDNO:
- 039291
- Title:
- Webster Springs Sports, Webster Springs, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Photograph of poker players outside, with money in hand, huddled around a rock "table." Written on the back of the photograph; "Everete Hawkins of Webster Springs and friends." Identified individuals are Grover Starcher (second from left) and Elias Hammond (third from left).Courtesy of Steve McElwain, Sutton, Braxton County.
- IDNO:
- 039292
- Title:
- Boggs Hospital & Sanitarium, Gassaway, W. Va.
- Description:
- Large three story, clapboard building with a wrap around porch and several unidentified people gathered on the porch, including one woman wearing a white uniform.