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M & W Railway coming around the bend at Scotts Store in Blacksville, West Virginia. Lott Thomas building at left on bank. In distance is Smith Brocks barn and wash house. The smoke hides the Brock home. The bird house at the right is the back of the Thomas property. Photo labeled: Sara Scott

493. M and W Railway; Blacksville, W. Va.

Greenbrier School, Hinton, West Virginia. 1907-1908- A & B Fourth Grade. One of the teachers is a Miller.

494. Greenbrier School, Hinton, W. Va.

Store on right says Parker & Co. Wholesale Fruit & Produce.

495. Wholesale District, Wheeling, W. Va.

Showing Market and South Streets and Flat Iron Building.

496. View From Baltimore & Ohio Viaduci, Wheeling, W. Va.

The New River flowing pass the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot and the YMCA.

497. C & O Depot and YMCA, Hinton, W. Va.

This photograph shows the old Market Auditorium which is now a pedestrian plaza. The building with the Raus Drugs sign is still standing. It's address is 1107 Market Street - the Alfred Egeter Building (ca. 1895) a Neo-Classical Revival/Romanesque stone commercial structure (Franzheim, Giesey & Faris, Architechts).

498. Corner of 11th and Market Streets, Wheeling, W. Va.

499. B & O Depot; Keyser, W. Va.

500. Hamill C & C Co. Dump and Coal Carrier; Blaine, W. Va.

The tipple at the Federal Coal mine in Marion County.

501. Federal Coal & Coke Company Mine, Grant Town, W. Va.

Fairfax was killed July 3, 1893, when he was thrown from his vehicle by a runaway horse. He was a college freshman at the time.

502. George William Fairfax from Preston County, W. Va.

Travelers await train arriving at station in Philippi, West Virginia. Published by Reger News Stand. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

503. Old Depot and B & O Railroad; Philippi, W. Va.

Building was originally established as a second prison in 1797 for the Martinsburg area. In 1890 a group of women from Sisters of the Holy Spirit came to the area to bring nursing care to the inmates of the prison. In 1893 the group, known as the King's Daughter's, bought the building and after remodeling, a new hospital was opened on May 15, 1896. In 1914 a training school for nurses was opened in the same building, graduating 44 nurses before closing in 1973. See original for correspondence. Published by Louis Kaufmann & Sons. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

504. Kings Daughters Hospital, East King Street; Martinsburg, W. Va.