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Information Included with photograph: "Pictured are: Buster, Mae, Cecil, Lara, Eva, Elva, Essie, J. S. Simms, Sallie Simms, Jesse. Not pictured: Lee and Marshall".

1. Family of John Samuel Simms and Wife Sallie Tyler Summers Simms, Nicholas County W. Va.

IDNO:
039974
Title:
Family of John Samuel Simms and Wife Sallie Tyler Summers Simms, Nicholas County W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1948
Description:
Information Included with photograph: "Pictured are: Buster, Mae, Cecil, Lara, Eva, Elva, Essie, J. S. Simms, Sallie Simms, Jesse. Not pictured: Lee and Marshall".
Written on the side of the truck with the name is "Phone 500". All persons in the photograph are unidentified.

2. Baird Hardware Truck, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
039975
Title:
Baird Hardware Truck, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1922
Description:
Written on the side of the truck with the name is "Phone 500". All persons in the photograph are unidentified.
The Order of the Eastern Star is a fraternity that allows both men and women. Its is connected to the Freemasons.

3. Dedication of O. E. S. Home, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039976
Title:
Dedication of O. E. S. Home, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1935/09/26
Description:
The Order of the Eastern Star is a fraternity that allows both men and women. Its is connected to the Freemasons.
Dapperly dressed in a suit, O'Rourke poses, sitting on rock in the river.

4. Jack O' Rourke on Gauley River, Jodie, W. Va.

IDNO:
039977
Title:
Jack O' Rourke on Gauley River, Jodie, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Dapperly dressed in a suit, O'Rourke poses, sitting on rock in the river.
All persons in the photograph are unidentified.

5. M. J. Simms Home, Montgomery, W. Va.

IDNO:
039978
Title:
M. J. Simms Home, Montgomery, W. Va.
Description:
All persons in the photograph are unidentified.
The sign next to Jesse Simms says "Use the Best Pure Paint".

6. Jesse Clarence Simms, Possibly North Fork or Matoaka, W. Va.

IDNO:
039979
Title:
Jesse Clarence Simms, Possibly North Fork or Matoaka, W. Va.
Description:
The sign next to Jesse Simms says "Use the Best Pure Paint".
Workers are not identified.

7. Sawmill at Swiss, W. Va.

IDNO:
039980
Title:
Sawmill at Swiss, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
Workers are not identified.
John "Sam" Simms, 3rd from right. All other persons in this photograph are unidentified.

8. Building railroad on Little Elk Creek Swiss, W. Va. Nicholas County

IDNO:
039981
Title:
Building railroad on Little Elk Creek Swiss, W. Va. Nicholas County
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
John "Sam" Simms, 3rd from right. All other persons in this photograph are unidentified.
Workers pose on a hand car and railroad track. Jesse C. Simms, 2nd from right. All other persons in this photograph are unidentified.

9. Little Elk Railroad, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039982
Title:
Little Elk Railroad, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Workers pose on a hand car and railroad track. Jesse C. Simms, 2nd from right. All other persons in this photograph are unidentified.
Sold his cornfield to Union Carbine for alloy plant for $4,000.

10. House of John Simms at Boomer, W. Va. Fayette County

IDNO:
039983
Title:
House of John Simms at Boomer, W. Va. Fayette County
Description:
Sold his cornfield to Union Carbine for alloy plant for $4,000.
No persons are identified.

11. Home of Ella Simms Straughan, St. Albans, W. Va.

IDNO:
039984
Title:
Home of Ella Simms Straughan, St. Albans, W. Va.
Description:
No persons are identified.
Carried mail from Jodie to Ansted, West Virginia. All other persons in the photograph are unidentified.

12. Jesse Sims, Mail Carrier at Smale's Home, Jodie, W. Va.

IDNO:
039985
Title:
Jesse Sims, Mail Carrier at Smale's Home, Jodie, W. Va.
Description:
Carried mail from Jodie to Ansted, West Virginia. All other persons in the photograph are unidentified.