Search Results
- IDNO:
- 046825
- Title:
- John W. Davis Home in Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1924
- IDNO:
- 048458
- Title:
- Crowd at Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1931
- Description:
- A large crowd of sightseers pose at a garage where two women and three children were murdered by Harry Powers. Powers was convicted and executed for the killings.
- IDNO:
- 048459
- Title:
- Curious Crowd Surveys Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1931/09/06
- Description:
- Several sightseers inspect the structure and grounds where two women and three children were murdered by Harry Powers.
- IDNO:
- 048460
- Title:
- Member of Thomey-Wood Family, Harrison-Marion Counties, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Possibly Jesse M. Wood Sr. or John Thomey.
- IDNO:
- 048461
- Title:
- Flooded Street in Salem, Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1901
- Description:
- The Leidecker Tool Company building is surrounded by water as some people observe the flood scene from a platform and others wade through the watery street.
- IDNO:
- 048462
- Title:
- Flooded Streets of Salem, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1901
- Description:
- Water levels are high enough that they reached the front decks of most of the buildings lining the street. Cream of Kentucky sign can be seen in background.
- IDNO:
- 048463
- Title:
- Flooded Yard of Home in Salem, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1901
- Description:
- Two men stand in water up to their thighs with their dog standing on it's back feet along fence. Meanwhile the two women stay dry on front porch steps.
- IDNO:
- 048464
- Title:
- Woman Looks Into Ditch at Location of Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1931
- Description:
- Serial killer Harry Powers used this ditch on his own property to hide the bodies of his victims: Asta Eicher, her children, and Dorothy Lemke. He was convicted and hanged on March 18, 1932 before he could commit any further murders, of which he had seemingly planned to do after hearing back from several other women who replied to his ads in Lonely Hearts Magazine.
- IDNO:
- 048465
- Title:
- Several People Following Ditch That Leads Underneath Structure at Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1931
- Description:
- This recently dug ditch was where serial killer Harry Powers hid the bodies of his victims: Asta Eicher, her children and Dorothy Lemke. He was convicted and hanged on March 18, 1932 before he could commit any further murders, of which he had seemingly planned to do after hearing back from several other women who replied to his ads in Lonely Hearts Magazine.
- IDNO:
- 048466
- Title:
- Man Underneath Structure Along Ditch at Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1931
- Description:
- Serial killer Harry Powers hid the bodies of his victims: Asta Eicher, her children and Dorothy Lemke in this ditch on his own property. He was convicted and hanged on March 18, 1932 before he could commit any further murders, of which he had seemingly planned to do after hearing back from several other women who replied to his ads in Lonely Hearts Magazine.
- IDNO:
- 049539
- Title:
- View of Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1938
- Description:
- Looking over the city from the hill top.
- IDNO:
- 050923
- Title:
- Seventh Day Baptist Church, Salem, Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was organized in 1795; the present building was built in 1899 and dedicated in 1901.
