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Portrait of Morton in A. M. Slusher's photo studio.

1. J. E. Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.

IDNO:
051835
Title:
J. E. Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.
Date:
1891/09
Description:
Portrait of Morton in A. M. Slusher's photo studio.
Male and female graduates pose with the "Class of 1906" pennant. Subjects unidentified.

2. Graduate Class of 1906 at Concord College, Athens, W. Va.

IDNO:
046257
Title:
Graduate Class of 1906 at Concord College, Athens, W. Va.
Date:
1906
Description:
Male and female graduates pose with the "Class of 1906" pennant. Subjects unidentified.
Male and female students pose for the class photo. Subjects unidentified.

3. Graduate Class of 1906 at Concord College, Athens, W. Va.

IDNO:
046258
Title:
Graduate Class of 1906 at Concord College, Athens, W. Va.
Date:
1906
Description:
Male and female students pose for the class photo. Subjects unidentified.
Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, is pictured with a large bouquet of flowers and what appears to be a bottle of champagne.Ms. Wright-Mann sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.

4. Miss Alice Wright-Mann at Christening and Launch of the U.S.S. West Virginia

IDNO:
048506
Title:
Miss Alice Wright-Mann at Christening and Launch of the U.S.S. West Virginia
Date:
1921/11/19
Description:
Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, is pictured with a large bouquet of flowers and what appears to be a bottle of champagne.Ms. Wright-Mann sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.
Miss Alice Wright-Mann, third from left holding a large bouquet and bottle, poses with a group on the battleship. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.

5. Christening and Launch of U.S.S. West Virginia

IDNO:
048507
Title:
Christening and Launch of U.S.S. West Virginia
Date:
1921/11/19
Description:
Miss Alice Wright-Mann, third from left holding a large bouquet and bottle, poses with a group on the battleship. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.
A group of miners sit inside the Ford bus that will take them to the Wenonah Mine.

6. Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company Bus No. 1, Dott, W. Va.

IDNO:
052216
Title:
Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company Bus No. 1, Dott, W. Va.
Date:
1923
Description:
A group of miners sit inside the Ford bus that will take them to the Wenonah Mine.
Train collision occurred six miles east of Princeton, Mercer County, at about noon on May 24, 1927. 'Two trainmen were killed and about twenty people were injured. The accident occurred fourteen cars west of the first tunnel at Ingleside when Virginian Railway (now Norfolk Southern) westbound passenger train No. 3, the steam locomotive, met head-on with one of the huge eastbound electric motors hauling about 100 loaded coal cars downgrade, pushing No. 3 back down the grade a distance of 270 feet. The passenger locomotive climbed on top of the electric motor. The Virginian had been electrified from Mullens, W.Va. to Roanoke, Va. in 1925-1926.'

7. Train Collision, Mercer County, W.Va.

IDNO:
022243
Title:
Train Collision, Mercer County, W.Va.
Date:
1927
Description:
Train collision occurred six miles east of Princeton, Mercer County, at about noon on May 24, 1927. 'Two trainmen were killed and about twenty people were injured. The accident occurred fourteen cars west of the first tunnel at Ingleside when Virginian Railway (now Norfolk Southern) westbound passenger train No. 3, the steam locomotive, met head-on with one of the huge eastbound electric motors hauling about 100 loaded coal cars downgrade, pushing No. 3 back down the grade a distance of 270 feet. The passenger locomotive climbed on top of the electric motor. The Virginian had been electrified from Mullens, W.Va. to Roanoke, Va. in 1925-1926.'
This is a reconstruction of the original fort. All persons in the picture are unidentified.

8. Davidson-Bailey Fort Mercer County, West Virginia

IDNO:
039325
Title:
Davidson-Bailey Fort Mercer County, West Virginia
Date:
1937
Description:
This is a reconstruction of the original fort. All persons in the picture are unidentified.
'Miners, have you invented a gadget?'

9. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013646
Title:
Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
'Miners, have you invented a gadget?'
A view of the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit held in Mercer County, West Virginia. 'Notice: Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that each reproduction shall hear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.'

10. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013595
Title:
Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
A view of the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit held in Mercer County, West Virginia. 'Notice: Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that each reproduction shall hear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.'
A scene from the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit in Mercer County.

11. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013637
Title:
Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
A scene from the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit in Mercer County.

12. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013631
Title:
Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
'Miners, have you invented a gadget?'

13. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013644
Title:
Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
'Miners, have you invented a gadget?'

14. Tri-CIty Traction Car 116 of Cincinatti Car Company, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013633
Title:
Tri-CIty Traction Car 116 of Cincinatti Car Company, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1940
This is a photograph of Concord College located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County. The photo shows the entrance to the school grounds. The college was founded in 1872 and is known as Concord University as of 2004. All persons in the photo are unidentified.

15. Entrance to Concord College

IDNO:
039326
Title:
Entrance to Concord College
Date:
1941
Description:
This is a photograph of Concord College located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County. The photo shows the entrance to the school grounds. The college was founded in 1872 and is known as Concord University as of 2004. All persons in the photo are unidentified.
This is a photo of the Concord College Little Theatre taken in 1941. The college is located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County. It was founded in 1847 and has been known as Concord University since 2004.

16. Little Theatre Concord College Mercer County, West Virginia

IDNO:
039327
Title:
Little Theatre Concord College Mercer County, West Virginia
Date:
1941
Description:
This is a photo of the Concord College Little Theatre taken in 1941. The college is located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County. It was founded in 1847 and has been known as Concord University since 2004.
This is a photo of John White Hall at Concord College. The college is located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County and is now called Concord University. The building was built in 1939 and was used as a men's dormitory. It was demolished in 2004 to build a new technology center. All persons in the picture are unidentified.

17. John White Hall Concord College, Mercer County, West Virginia

IDNO:
039328
Title:
John White Hall Concord College, Mercer County, West Virginia
Date:
1941
Description:
This is a photo of John White Hall at Concord College. The college is located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County and is now called Concord University. The building was built in 1939 and was used as a men's dormitory. It was demolished in 2004 to build a new technology center. All persons in the picture are unidentified.
This is a photograph of the swimming pool at Concord College. Now known as Concord University, it is located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County. The university was founded in 1847.

18. Concord College Swimming Pool Mercer County, West Virginia

IDNO:
039329
Title:
Concord College Swimming Pool Mercer County, West Virginia
Date:
1941
Description:
This is a photograph of the swimming pool at Concord College. Now known as Concord University, it is located in Athens, West Virginia in Mercer County. The university was founded in 1847.

19. Bluefield State Teacher's College, Bluefield, W. Va.

IDNO:
047101
Title:
Bluefield State Teacher's College, Bluefield, W. Va.
Date:
Undated

20. Aerial View of Concord State Teachers College, Athens, W. Va.

IDNO:
047103
Title:
Aerial View of Concord State Teachers College, Athens, W. Va.
Date:
Undated

21. Aerial View of Bluefield State Teachers College, Bluefield, W. Va.

IDNO:
047102
Title:
Aerial View of Bluefield State Teachers College, Bluefield, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Olie, second from left, stands behind a counter sharpening a knife at Matoaka. An African American man stands to his right, and to his left are two other young men who also work at the store.

22. Olie at Matoaka, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013649
Title:
Olie at Matoaka, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1900
Description:
Olie, second from left, stands behind a counter sharpening a knife at Matoaka. An African American man stands to his right, and to his left are two other young men who also work at the store.

23. Mercer County Courthouse, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013659
Title:
Mercer County Courthouse, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1900
'Picture of the Bluefield Inn, taken in 1890. Princeton Avenue, in the foreground, was unpaved. The building is now used as the Division Office of the Norfolk and Western Railway. There is a boardwalk in front of the building with wooden steps leading to the building.'

24. Bluefield Inn, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013666
Title:
Bluefield Inn, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
'Picture of the Bluefield Inn, taken in 1890. Princeton Avenue, in the foreground, was unpaved. The building is now used as the Division Office of the Norfolk and Western Railway. There is a boardwalk in front of the building with wooden steps leading to the building.'