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Picture of a intersection of streets in Monongah, W. Va. 1907. Trolley car in the foreground.

1. Currey Hotel and Other Buildings, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
001779
Title:
Currey Hotel and Other Buildings, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Picture of a intersection of streets in Monongah, W. Va. 1907. Trolley car in the foreground.
Men stand on the porch of the Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va. 1907.

2. Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
001780
Title:
Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Men stand on the porch of the Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va. 1907.
Caskets lining the street as horse-drawn hearse takes caskets to the mine.

3. Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah

IDNO:
002464
Title:
Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah
Date:
1907
Description:
Caskets lining the street as horse-drawn hearse takes caskets to the mine.
Street scene after Monongah disaster. Horse-drawn hearse delivers caskets to the mine and coffins line the street of Monongah.

4. Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah

IDNO:
002466
Title:
Hearses Taking Caskets to the Mine, Coffins in the Streets of Monongah
Date:
1907
Description:
Street scene after Monongah disaster. Horse-drawn hearse delivers caskets to the mine and coffins line the street of Monongah.

5. Scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
026728
Title:
Scene of the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Number 8 Fan House after the explosion.

6. Number 8 Fan House after the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
026729
Title:
Number 8 Fan House after the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Number 8 Fan House after the explosion.

7. Number 8 Fan House afer the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
026730
Title:
Number 8 Fan House afer the Monongah Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907

8. Coal Mine No. 7 and 8 Viewed from Trestle Over West Fork River, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
028422
Title:
Coal Mine No. 7 and 8 Viewed from Trestle Over West Fork River, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907

9. Monongah Mine No. 8 after Explosion, Marion County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037515
Title:
Monongah Mine No. 8 after Explosion, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."

10. Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster

IDNO:
054374
Title:
Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."
People gathering to look at where the only living man was found from the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster.

11. Onlookers looking at a Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054375
Title:
Onlookers looking at a Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
People gathering to look at where the only living man was found from the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster.
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.

12. Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion

IDNO:
054379
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
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.