Search Results
- IDNO:
- 039353
- Title:
- Potrait of Judge David E. Johnston, Mercer County, W. Va.
- Description:
- Johnston was also a statesman, a jurist, and an ex-confederate soldier. He published two books, "Confederate Soldier Boy" and "History of New River Settlements and Contiguous Counties". These were published in 1905.
- IDNO:
- 039354
- Title:
- Portrait of Dr. Frank Fox, Mercer County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- Description:
- Dr. Fox worked in the Bluefield Sanitarium in Bluefield, West Virginia in Mercer County.
- IDNO:
- 039355
- Title:
- Portrait of Colonel W. H. Thomas, Bluefield, W. Va.
- Description:
- Colonel Thomas was a financier and civic leader in Mercer County.
- IDNO:
- 039356
- Title:
- Children on Playground of Mercer County School, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The playground is part of White Day Nursery. All persons are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039357
- Title:
- Children Pose With Smiles on Playground of Mercer County School, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- The playground is part of White Day Nursery. All persons are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039358
- Title:
- Children at Play, Mercer County School, W. Va.
- Description:
- The playground is part of White Day Nursery. All persons are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039359
- Title:
- Portrait of Mrs. Belle McEwen of Mercer County, W. Va.
- Description:
- Mrs. Belle McEwen wearing a coat styled for the fashion of the day.
- IDNO:
- 039360
- Title:
- Colonel Claude Crozet, 1790 - 1864, Chief Engineer of Virginia Board of Public Works
- Description:
- Crozet was involved in the planning and construction of several antebellum period transportation projects in Western Virginia including the Northwest Turnpike (1832) and the Staunton - Parkersburg Turnpike (1848). Crozet was also one of the founders of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Va.
- IDNO:
- 039361
- Title:
- Covered Bridge at Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Designed and built by Lemuel Chenoweth, the bridge spans the Tygart Valley River. The Chenoweth home can be seen on the right. Lemuel Chenoweth was a renown architect and bridge designer in Western Virginia before the Civil War.
- IDNO:
- 039362
- Title:
- Cased Portrait of G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Va. (later W. Va.)
- Date:
- ca. 1855
- Description:
- Either an ambrotype or tintype, Pre-Civil War image of a young G. P. Gardener.
- IDNO:
- 039363
- Title:
- Cased Portrait of Civil War Army Officer G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Va. (later W. Va.)
- Date:
- ca. 1861
- Description:
- Either an ambrotype or tintype image of G. P. Gardner wearing an officer's uniform of possibly the Union Army,and holding a sword with a revolver tucked in his belt.
- IDNO:
- 039364
- Title:
- Cased Portrait of Unidentified Child, Point Pleasant, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1865
- Description:
- An ambrotype portrait of a small boy, probably the son of G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Mason County.
