Search Results
- IDNO:
- 039235
- Title:
- Male Community Song Group, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900/06
- Description:
- The group of approximately 60 men, wearing bowler, panama and fedora hats, posing with an Irish harp, fiddles, cooking pots and an 8 foot stove-pipe. It was believed to be taken at the Green Sulphur Annual Fair. The man at the extreme right is Timothy Field but all others are unidentified. Other information inscribed on the back includes: "Suspension construction walled circular tent, 2 poles & 4 guide wires, see tent peg at extreme left, Privy at extreme right ...". The photograph was purchased by Stephen Trail in Hinton, West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 039241
- Title:
- Civil Engineers, Norfolk & Western Railroad, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Photograph taken during the construction of the Ohio Extension. Only Ned and his dog "Ran", on the left are identified.
- IDNO:
- 039242
- Title:
- Civil Engineers During Construction Project, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Two unidentified engineers in a casual, cigar chewing pose. The photograph was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad in Southern West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 039243
- Title:
- Construction on Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Unidentified workers building an abutment for a railroad bridge.
- IDNO:
- 039244
- Title:
- African-American Youth, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Unidentified African-American youth happily poses, taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039245
- Title:
- Engine Used During Construction of Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad in Southern W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Unidentified worker stands next to an engine run by steam.
- IDNO:
- 039246
- Title:
- Anderson Hatfield with Survey Crew in Tug Fork District, Southern W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, second from the left holds a surveying pole as several unidentified workers and civil engineers pose with their equipment during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039247
- Title:
- Rebecca S. Wiseman, Monroe County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1909/03/27
- Description:
- Information included with the photograph: "Domestic servant of J. Z. & Harriet Ellison. Later married and wrote letter describing her life. Now in WVU Collection". Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Mr and Mrs. C. P. Ellison March 27, 1909. From R. S. Wiseman"
- IDNO:
- 039253
- Title:
- Building Culvert on Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Unidentified workers use molds to form the arch in a culvert during the construction of the Ohio extension.
- IDNO:
- 039254
- Title:
- Group of Railroad Employees During Construction on Norfolk & Western Railroad, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Large group portrait of black and white workers. Some are holding guns, tools or banjos. None are identified.
- IDNO:
- 039255
- Title:
- New Culvert on Ohio Extension Line, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- The molds hold the shape of a culvert during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039257
- Title:
- African-American Railroad Construction Workers, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Several unidentified black workers and two women pose outside the entrance to what is possibly a dwelling built into the side of a hill. The photo was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
