View of New River Bridge and Brooklyn Hotel from C. & O. Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
The hotel, pictured on the right, was built in 1907 and burned shortly after on November 8, 1908 at approximately 1:45 a.m. The loss was estimated at $7,000 at the time. The fire was so intense that it "lit up the streets like day".
All persons in the picture are unidentified and believed to be the staff of a hotel dining room. The woman in the bow-tie and the man in the lapel jacket are also pictured another portrait of the staff (id # 039226). Inscribed on the back "Possibly C & O architecture in background; Purchased by Stephen Trail in Hinton, West Virginia."
All of the persons in the photograph are unidentified, including the hotel. Possibly a Chesapeake & Ohio (C & O) industrial style architecture in the background in Hinton. Inscribed on the back is "Purchased by Stephen Trail in Hinton West Virginia."