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IDNO:
047099
Title:
View From Hill of Spruce River Coal Company Tipple and Operations, Ramage, W. Va.
Date:
1949/02/15
IDNO:
047101
Title:
Bluefield State Teacher's College, Bluefield, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047102
Title:
Aerial View of Bluefield State Teachers College, Bluefield, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047103
Title:
Aerial View of Concord State Teachers College, Athens, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047104
Title:
Fairmont State Teachers College, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047105
Title:
Fairmont State Teachers College, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047106
Title:
Interior of Fairmont State Teachers College Library, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047107
Title:
Aerial View of Hopemont Sanitarium, Hopemont, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047108
Title:
Huntington State Hospital Instructional Farm, Barboursville, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047109
Title:
Aerial View of Huntington State Hospital, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047110
Title:
Marshall College Library, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047111
Title:
McKendree Emergency Hospital Room, McKendree, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
McKendree Hospital opened in 1901 near train tracks connecting the New River coal companies. This location was chosen by Quinnimont coal operator Joseph Beury due to it's close proximity to his mine.
IDNO:
047112
Title:
New River State College Wood Shop, Montgomery, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047113
Title:
Aerial View of Potomac State School of W. Va. University, Keyser, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047114
Title:
Classroom at Potomac State School of W. Va. University, Keyser, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047115
Title:
Potomac State School of West Virginia Library, Keyser, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047238
Title:
Aerial View of Shepherd State Teachers College, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
View includes the College campus, the Potomac River and Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
IDNO:
047305
Title:
Helen Holt Stands Beside Mrs. Davis While She Signs Oath of Office, Weston, W. Va.
Date:
1958/05/09
Description:
Caption on back of photograph reads: "Picture taken at Weston as Mrs. Davis signs oath of office as only woman member of State Advisory Board Department of Public Assistance. After Mrs. Rush Holt, Secretary of State, administered the oath."
IDNO:
047316
Title:
Helen Holt Being Sworn In as Member of West Virginia House of Delegates
Date:
1955
Description:
Clerk C.A. Blankenship administers the oath to Helen Holt who succeeded her late husband Rush D. Holt as Lewis County's representative. Rush Holt died before he could take office. Their daughter, Helen Jane, Mrs. Holt's father, W.E. Froelich, and House Minority Leader Underwood look on.
IDNO:
047492
Title:
State Four-H Camp, Braxton Co., W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047493
Title:
Newly Constructed Walls in Backyard at State Four-H Camp, Braxton Co., W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047494
Title:
West Liberty State Teachers College, Near Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047495
Title:
West Virginia Children's Home
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047496
Title:
Interior View of Dining Room at West Virginia Children's Home
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047497
Title:
Interior of Church at West Virginia Industrial School for Boys
Date:
Undated
Description:
The Last Supper scene is painted on the backdrop behind stage.
IDNO:
047498
Title:
Aerial View of West Virginia Colored Children's Home
Date:
Undated
Description:
Road winds past large main building, barn, and large area of farm land.
IDNO:
047499
Title:
West Virginia State Industrial Home For Colored Girls
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047500
Title:
Aerial View of West Virginia Industrial Home for Colored Girls
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047502
Title:
Aerial View of West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047503
Title:
Looms Inside of West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047504
Title:
Theater Inside of West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047505
Title:
Dining Area Inside of West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047506
Title:
Inmates in Yard at West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Small amount of people are inside the cage playing basketball, while the majority of in mates stand around outside playing checkers among other things.
IDNO:
047507
Title:
Outdoor Hallways Connecting Buildings at West Virginia School for Colored Deaf and Blind, Romney, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047508
Title:
Exterior View of West Virginia School for Colored Deaf and Blind, Romney, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047509
Title:
Aerial View of West Virginia Schools For Deaf and Blind, Romney, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047510
Title:
Entrance to Building at West Virginia Schools For Deaf and Blind, Romney, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047513
Title:
Students in Jr. Academy For Science Club, Stonewall Jackson High School Chapter, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1946/10/02
IDNO:
047514
Title:
Waitresses Inside of Swiss Restaurant, Possibly in Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047515
Title:
Eleanor Department Store, Eleanor, W. Va.
Date:
1949/10/20
Description:
Clothing store in Eleanor, West Virginia.
IDNO:
047516
Title:
Exterior of Eleanor Department Store, Eleanor, W. Va.
Date:
1949/10/20
IDNO:
047517
Title:
Thomas Fields Banquet at Daniel Boone Hotel, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1948-03-24
IDNO:
047518
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Football Team, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1935/11/06
IDNO:
047532
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Marching Band on Sidewalk in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047533
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Teachers in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1930
IDNO:
047534
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Band Holding Their Instruments in Front of School, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1930
IDNO:
047535
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Football Team in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047536
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Trojans Marching Band on Sidewalk in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047537
Title:
Library at Shepherd State Teacher's College, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047538
Title:
Looking Down the Long Brick Building of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Spencer State Hospital was primarily a hospital for the insane and those suffering from mental illness. It opened in 1893 to take on patients from Weston State Hospital which was overpopulated at the time. The hospital remained in use until June of 1989.
IDNO:
047539
Title:
Aerial View of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Spencer State Hospital was primarily a hospital for the insane and those suffering from mental illness. It opened in 1893 to take on patients from Weston State Hospital which was overpopulated at the time. The hospital remained in use until June of 1989. As you can see, there was originally no fencing around the building separating patients from the town, and patients were even allowed free access to and from the town and building.
IDNO:
047540
Title:
Gathering Room Inside of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Podium and piano are the focal point of the room in front. Spencer State Hospital was primarily a hospital for the insane and those suffering from mental illness. It opened in 1893 to take on patients from Weston State Hospital which was overpopulated at the time. The hospital remained in use until June of 1989.
IDNO:
047541
Title:
West Virginia Colored Children's Home Sun Parlor, Near Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Building was constructed in 1923, originally founded as the West Virginia Normal and Industrial School for Colored Children. The building was closed in 1956 and was transferred to Marshall University in 1961, where it was used as college owned apartments. The apartments were later demolished in 2011.
IDNO:
047542
Title:
Group of People Looking at New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1949/01/20
Description:
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
IDNO:
047543
Title:
Interior of New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1948/03/07
Description:
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
IDNO:
047544
Title:
Interior of New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1948/03/07
Description:
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
IDNO:
047545
Title:
Two New Superior Coach Co. Hearses on Show Floor, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1948/03/07
Description:
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
IDNO:
047546
Title:
Mining Machinery Traveling Down Railroad
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047547
Title:
Long Dump Truck Travels Down Dirt Road Through Clinchfield Mine, McClure, Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047548
Title:
Looking Down From Top of Hill at Unidentified Coal Tipple and Mining Operations
Date:
Undated
Description:
Notice the wires carrying carts filled with coal from the top to bottom of mine.
IDNO:
047549
Title:
Looking Down From Top of Hill at Unidentified Coal Mining Operations
Date:
Undated
Description:
Notice the wires carrying carts filled with coal from the top to the bottom of mine. Coal town and mining operations can be seen in far distance.
IDNO:
047550
Title:
Town Tops Taxi Driver Drops Off Passengers at Airport Runway
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047551
Title:
Miners Gathered Around Outside of Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1948/05/08
IDNO:
047552
Title:
Mining Town at Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1948/05/08
IDNO:
047553
Title:
Coal Miners Sit in Carts Being Pulled Into Mine at Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1948/05/08
IDNO:
047555
Title:
Main Building in Truax Traer Coal Company Town on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1944/05/30
Description:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad carts sit on the tracks behind building.
IDNO:
047556
Title:
Tracks Leading Down to Tipple on Kayford Mountain at Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047557
Title:
Miners Pose for Photograph in Tunnel of Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1946/04/11
IDNO:
047558
Title:
Coal Miners in Tunnel Near Entrance to Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1946/04/11
IDNO:
047559
Title:
Coal Miner Operating Large Piece of Machinery Inside Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1946/04/11
IDNO:
047560
Title:
Coal Miners Using Large Piece of Machinery to Cut Into Wall in Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1946/04/11
IDNO:
047561
Title:
Unidentified Football Field in Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1940/10/04
IDNO:
047562
Title:
United Mine Workers Rally, Likely in Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1945/09/03
IDNO:
047563
Title:
Crowd Gathered at United Mine Workers Rally, Likely in Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1945/09/03
IDNO:
047564
Title:
Valley Coal Company Ward and Tipple on Edge of Water, Valley Camp, Ohio Co., W. Va.
Date:
1944/09/27
IDNO:
047565
Title:
Valley Coal Company Ward and Tipple on Edge of Water, Valley Camp, Ohio Co., W. Va.
Date:
1945/09/27
IDNO:
047566
Title:
The Valley Camp Stores Company Building, Cedar Grove, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047567
Title:
Operations at Cedar Grove Mine Along River, Cedar Grove, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047568
Title:
Operations at Cedar Grove Mine Along River, Cedar Grove, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047569
Title:
Church in Mining Town of Cedar Grove, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047570
Title:
War Assets Administration Government Surplus Office, Likely in Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1947/06/16
IDNO:
047571
Title:
West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboat, F.M. Staunton, Out of River, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1938/04/11
IDNO:
047572
Title:
West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboat, F.M. Staunton, on Kanawha River, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1938/04/01
IDNO:
047573
Title:
West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboats, F.M. Staunton, James Sutherland, and Creighton, Docked on Kanawha River, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1938/04/01
Description:
Front of Creighton is submerged under water.
IDNO:
047574
Title:
West Virginia Sand and Gravel Company Operations, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1938/04/01
IDNO:
047575
Title:
Construction in Walch, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Caption on photograph is: "Vicellio and Grogan, Norman Travillian, Walch, W. Va."
IDNO:
047600
Title:
Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925
IDNO:
047601
Title:
Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925
IDNO:
047602
Title:
Esso Standard Oil Co. Sign at Kanawha City Bridge, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
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.
IDNO:
047604
Title:
Interior of Luncheonette in Downtown Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047605
Title:
Interior of Blossom Super Dairy Store, Downtown Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
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.
IDNO:
047607
Title:
Workers Operating Unidentified Oil Field
Date:
Undated
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.
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.
IDNO:
047610
Title:
Power Plant, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047611
Title:
Little Girl Shakes Hands With Woman After Being Greeted at Door, Likely Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047612
Title:
Group of Elderly Women Sitting By Their Beds in Nursing Home, Likely Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047613
Title:
Black Barrett Steamboat Pulling Coal Barge
Date:
Undated