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An explosion in the mine killed 115 miners and trapped 41 for five days. Survivors told stories of chewing leather shoelaces and the inner bark on chestnut mine props to stave off hunger. The men in the photo are unidentified.

157. Layland Mine Disaster, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
047598
Title:
Layland Mine Disaster, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1915
Description:
An explosion in the mine killed 115 miners and trapped 41 for five days. Survivors told stories of chewing leather shoelaces and the inner bark on chestnut mine props to stave off hunger. The men in the photo are unidentified.
Three unidentified men observe the old building.

158. Old McKenderee Hospital Building, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
047599
Title:
Old McKenderee Hospital Building, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1958
Description:
Three unidentified men observe the old building.

159. Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047600
Title:
Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925

160. Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047601
Title:
Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925

161. Esso Standard Oil Co. Sign at Kanawha City Bridge, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047602
Title:
Esso Standard Oil Co. Sign at Kanawha City Bridge, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Guards for the synthetic rubber plant built on old Wertz Field in Charleston, West Virginia. The factory required so many guards because of it's high importance to the nation during war time. Rubber was one of the most important commodities during the war and because most of our supplies of it had been cut off we had to build our own synthetic rubber plants, which needed lots of protection.

162. Ford, Bacon, and Davis Inc. Guard Department Institute, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047603
Title:
Ford, Bacon, and Davis Inc. Guard Department Institute, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1942/11
Description:
Guards for the synthetic rubber plant built on old Wertz Field in Charleston, West Virginia. The factory required so many guards because of it's high importance to the nation during war time. Rubber was one of the most important commodities during the war and because most of our supplies of it had been cut off we had to build our own synthetic rubber plants, which needed lots of protection.

163. Interior of Luncheonette in Downtown Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047604
Title:
Interior of Luncheonette in Downtown Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated

164. Interior of Blossom Super Dairy Store, Downtown Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047605
Title:
Interior of Blossom Super Dairy Store, Downtown Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Finished pieces of pottery sit on shelf in foreground.

165. Man Guides Group of Women on Pottery Wheel, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047606
Title:
Man Guides Group of Women on Pottery Wheel, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Finished pieces of pottery sit on shelf in foreground.

166. Workers Operating Unidentified Oil Field

IDNO:
047607
Title:
Workers Operating Unidentified Oil Field
Date:
Undated
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad carts seen on the tracks waiting to load up on coal.

167. Coal Tipple and Mining Operations on a Snowy Winter Day

IDNO:
047608
Title:
Coal Tipple and Mining Operations on a Snowy Winter Day
Date:
Undated
Description:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad carts seen on the tracks waiting to load up on coal.
Clark Trucking flat bed on the scene while crowd gathers to observe the situation.

168. Plane Crashed into Telephone Wires Above Building, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047609
Title:
Plane Crashed into Telephone Wires Above Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Clark Trucking flat bed on the scene while crowd gathers to observe the situation.