Sightseeing after the explosion in South Monongah, South W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Crowds of men and women, with horse-drawn carriages, stand in the streets of Monongah. A sign for Coliseum Restaurant is visible in the background. Front of the card reads: ""Sightseeing after the explosion in S Monongah, W.Va."
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being carried off to the cemetery. Back of postcard reads: "Mine explosion at Monongah, W.Va. A Merry Christ and Happy New Year."
Caskets from Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the Cemetery
Date:
1907
Description:
Caskets from the Monongah Mine Disaster being taken to the cemetery by W. S. Thomas. An excerpt of text from the front states, "Between 400 and 600 killed."Back reads: "Where is that post card picture of your school you were going to send me? How are you? One of my cousins (Becca Clinton) was buried yesterday. 3 of her sisters and her brother Luke are not expected to live. You remember him. You had his knife. They have Spinal Meningitis. I am not teaching this week. [Maurie?] Alice. To Ada Ballentine, Waverly, West Virginia."
A postcard showing the extent of the destruction inflicted by the explosion of Monongah Mine No.8. Back reads: "The worst damage was done at this mine, over 225 bodies have been taken out to date and about twice that amount in there yet, exact number [illegible] never be known [illegible] reach near 700."
Fan house at Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion. Back: "This is the most terrible explosion of its kind that ever happened in the U.S. We were up yesterday. Will write in a few days. It shook here considerably. [illegible]" To Mr. Okey May in Terra Haute, Indiana.
Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.
Date:
1907
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.
Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.
Date:
1907
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.
Reverse lists names of family members. "Mrs. J. W. Whitt. Mr. J. W. Whitt. Earnest Whitt. Frank Whitt, 15? Hattie Whitt, 11. Stella Whitt, 8. Tracie Whitt, 5."
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.Scenic view of the Keyser Curve along the Western Maryland Railroad.
View Of Church From Baltimore St., Cumberland, Md.
Date:
1907
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community."Church from Baltimore St., Cumberland Md. near W.M.R.R. [Western Maryland Railroad]"
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.View of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.A caption on the back of the image reads: "Our yard at Davis, June or July [of 1907].Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Thompson and two daughters, A. Thompson, Mrs. S.W. Thompson, Geo B Thompson and Wife, Maude Wakefield, Leigh Wilson, Ben, Hilda, Albert, and Ruth, Wade Wilson, left of Mrs. J.F. Thompson."
Women of the Niagara Movement at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Left to right are Mrs. O. M. Waller, Mrs. H. F. M. Murray, Mrs. Mollie Lewis Kelan, Mrs. IdaD. Bailey, Miss Sadie Shorter, and Mrs. Charlotte Hershaw. Mrs. Gertrude Wright Morgan is seated.
Postcard photograph of a dirt paved road to the bridge over Cheat River. A house and a structure with a storefront fascade is situation at the near side of the bridge. Also inscribed on the image, "Published by Dawson and Co. Morgantown, West Virginia".
Identified subjects: Captain Ellsworth E. Eisenbarth. lower deck, 5th from the left; daughter Ignace, age 7, upper deck 3rd from the left; small child in nurse's arms, son Eugene H. Eisenbarth. Mrs. Eisenbarth died in 1906. An older daughter (later Mrs. R. C. Manhall) was ill and not in photograph. Infant daughter, Julia Pauline also not in photograph, she was raised in Sistersville,W. Va.
Human Confederate Flag and General R. E. Lee Monument, Richmond, Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Printed on the back of this postcard, "The flag was made up of children from the schools of Richmond, the occasion being the unveiling of a monument to [Confederate] President Jefferson Davis". There is also correspondence and a postmark dated October 28, 1912.
CSA Veterans at Michael Foster Dedication, Monroe County, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Group of Confederate Veterans at Forest Hill Primitive Baptist Church. None are identified. Inscribed on the back: "Given to Stephen Trail by Mary Shumate Feb. 1984." Mike Foster belonged to the Monroe Guards, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall" Brigade.
Chestnut Tree Under Which McKinley and McClellan Camped, Buckhannon, W. Va
Date:
1907
Description:
Tree under which Union Army Quartermaster William McKinley (later President of the United States) and General McClellan camped during the Battle Summer of 1861 in Western (West) Virginia.
Cedar Creek, Near Strasburg, Shenandoah Valley, Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
The Battle of Cedar Creek was fought here on October 19, 1864. Confederate forces under General Jubal Early were throw back and crushed by the Union Army after General Phil Sheridan rallied his troops in a counter attack. The Rebels were never able to mount another threat in the Valley.
'The Circle', West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Post card illustration of the buildings on Woodburn Circle on the West Virginia University campus including: Martin Hall (with clock in the cupola), Woodburn Hall and Chitwood Hall, and Experiment Station in the foreground.
Information included on the back of the photograph: "Picture made in 1907 at Goshen, W. Va. where he drove these lovely horses - uncle Charles Thomas".
Group Portrait of Storer College Baseball Team, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
1907 Storer College baseball team sitting on the steps of a building. First Row: Mr. McDonald, Paige, Dennis, McGill, Moody. Second Row: Simpson, Wims, McNeal, Hakins, Young, Elsie Howard. Third Row: Johnson, Taylor, Frazier, Proctor.
'This is where D. D. Brown spent part of his first vacation after coming to West Virginia on March 1, 1905, working at Montes, W. Va. most of the time 12 to 18 hours per day.'