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1. General View of Monongah, Marion County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013428
Title:
General View of Monongah, Marion County, W. Va.
United Mine Workers of America Local No. 1643

2. Monongah Band, Marion County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017219
Title:
Monongah Band, Marion County, W. Va.
Description:
United Mine Workers of America Local No. 1643

3. Monongah Glass Plant, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
028563
Title:
Monongah Glass Plant, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
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.

4. Monongah Mine After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.

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.
Published by Sheble and Maxwell. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

5. Office of Monongah Glass Factory; Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
043004
Title:
Office of Monongah Glass Factory; Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Published by Sheble and Maxwell. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Person rides atop a horse through the fields in Monogah, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. Published by Curt Teich and Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

6. Greetings From Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
043005
Title:
Greetings From Monongah, W. Va.
Description:
Person rides atop a horse through the fields in Monogah, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. Published by Curt Teich and Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by I. Robbins and Son. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

7. Monongah Mine No. 6 and Coal Tipple, Near Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
044551
Title:
Monongah Mine No. 6 and Coal Tipple, Near Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Description:
Published by I. Robbins and Son. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
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.

8. Monongah Store, Marion County, W. Va.

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.
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.

9. Monongah Store, Marion County, W. Va.

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.