Picnic Group Outside Rutherford Hotel, Webster Springs, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
"Picnic group leaving Rutherford Hotel for Whittaker Falls about 1912.First wagon, left to right: Isaac Curry, Doy Rutherford, Hawes Thurmond with large hat, Goodrich White, Garrett Thurmond, Ben Hamrick, Beatrice Cogar, Belle Wethered, R. Moore Dodrill, Eula Thurmond, Eva Lowe.Second wagon: Zetta Stanard, Mrs. S. P. Allen, Attorney H. C. Thurmond, 'Doc' White.Buggy: Faye Thurmond, Roy Rutherford, Kate White. Mrs. Arch Rutherford is on balcony. Unknown observer is in background. Photo was preserved by Mrs. Faye Thurmond Meeker of Charleston, W. Va."
The Davis Free School building was a gift in 1890 from Senator Henry G. Davis, who grew up in Piedmont. Another wing was later added to the building. The school ran from 1890 - 1938.
Davis Child's Transitory Shelter, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Davis Child's Transitory Shelter, established in 1900, was funded by Senator Henry G. Davis and run by the Children's Home Society of West Virginia. It was located on Washington Street between Brooks and Boards Streets in Charleston, W. Va.
Senator Rush D. Holt Testifying on Conditions at Gauley Bridge, W. Va.
Date:
1936/01/22
Description:
"Senator Rush D. Holt, of W. Va., is pictured testifying on conditions at Gauley Bridge, W. Va., which are being investigated by the House Subcommittee on Labor, In Washington D.C. on January 22. Chairman Glenn Griswold, of Indiana, is shown on right." Holt directed an attack on the contractors, the Rhinehart and Dennis Company of Charlottesville, Virginia.
