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- IDNO:
- 041522
- Title:
- Monongah Mine After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1907/12
- Description:
- The Monongah Mine disaster occurred on December 6, 1907 and has been described as the worst mining disaster in American history. An explosion thought to have been caused by the ignition of methane ignited the coal dust in mines number 6 and 8, killing hundreds of workers.
- IDNO:
- 052164
- Title:
- Monongah Store, Marion County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- View of the building's interior, where men and women shop workers pose behind the store counters. The building, believed to be built in 1884, was still standing at the time the caption was written.
- IDNO:
- 052165
- Title:
- Monongah Store, Marion County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- From left to right is Marie Shaffer, Gene Lee, Pearl Morris, H. M. Rogers, Bill Tidwell, Tommy and Tommy Leeper. Leeper helped build the store and then spent the rest of his life working in it.
- IDNO:
- 053855
- Title:
- Aftermath of Explosion at Monongah Mine No. 8, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1907/12
- Description:
- The caption reads: "This scene shows rescuers at work at the mouth of No. 8 mine: broken and twisted machinery shown in foreground to the right."
