C. & O. Employees and Long Brothers Gather for Mother's Death, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1925/08
Description:
Standing from left to right is Clarence E.; B. Frank; Vernal S.; and William G. Front row from left to right is Walter S.; Ellery C.; and Atchless Murat Long.
Portrait of Frank Williams, an Employee of the Blackwater Lumber Company in Davis, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880-1910
Description:
Williams was a circular saw filer at the lumber company starting in 1898.This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role int he timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.
A group of grocer employees pose inside the first ever Kroger inside of Hinton, located on 3rd Avenue. Later, this store turned into the Bowlings Dairy Bar. Subjects unidentified.