Search Results
- IDNO:
- 052187
- Title:
- Bank of Pax, Pax, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1918
- Description:
- Bank manager Mr. Jeff Tyree is pictured sitting behind a desk inside the bank building.
- IDNO:
- 052188
- Title:
- Work Train Explosion in Powellton Hollow, McDunn, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1934/12/27
- Description:
- Those killed as a result of the accident were William Blankenship, Homer Cart, Thomas W. Craft, James Hunter, Eddie Huelett, Steve Kozma, Everett Leach, John Long, William J. Maynus, Henry McMillian, J. L. "Pat" Murphy, Delmar Oxley, Jesse Persinger, S. L. Runyon, Ray Tartar, William Turner, and Jerome Walters. In addition to those who lost their lives, 43 or 46 were injured. A Chesapeake and Ohio derrick car works to clear the wreckage.
- IDNO:
- 052189
- Title:
- C. & O. Railroad Bridge during Flood, Prince, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1940/04
- Description:
- A Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad train moves across the bridge while flood water rushes beneath.
- IDNO:
- 052190
- Title:
- Prudence Coal Company Store, Prudence, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Store manager W. M. Pifer stands in front of the store entrance while his five employees sit on the stairs. An African-American man is pictured in a horse-drawn carriage to the left.
- IDNO:
- 052191
- Title:
- Mine Facilities, Prudence, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A group of coal miners are pictured around the by the mine's railway tracks. The mine, Prudence No. 1, was owned by the New River Coal Company.
- IDNO:
- 052192
- Title:
- Quinnimont, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- View overlooking the small town which was located on Route 41 near the New River. The New River Coal Company had mines in Quinnimont.
- IDNO:
- 052193
- Title:
- Mike Mangen's Moving and Hauling Truck, Scarbro, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Mangen stands beside his truck on "moving day" in the coal fields. His truck holds a number of personal belongings, including a sewing machine, as well as a cow.
- IDNO:
- 052194
- Title:
- Horse-Drawn Carriage Leaving White Oak Saloon, Scarbro, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Four horses pull a cart of three men from the saloon, which is pictured in the background on the left. .
- IDNO:
- 052195
- Title:
- Man Riding Bicycle at C. & O. Station, Sewell, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Omer Plumley is pictured riding a bicycle in the forefront, In the back is the Sewell Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad station.
- IDNO:
- 052196
- Title:
- Koppers Coal Division Helen Plant No. 11 Mine, Stotesbury, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1946
- Description:
- Eleven miners are pictured outside of a mine entrance.
- IDNO:
- 052197
- Title:
- Babcock Store and Post Office, Sewell, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- View from across the railroad tracks at the store entrance which is obscured by overgrown plants and weeds.
- IDNO:
- 052198
- Title:
- Summerlee Company Store, Summerlee, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The building was later replaced by a brick building after it burned.
