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Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."

1. Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster

IDNO:
054374
Title:
Remains of Monongah Mine No.18 after Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
Front: "Fan after the Explosion Monongah, W.Va" Back: "See if you can find grandpa on this card. To Fred from Aunt Lessie."
People gathering to look at where the only living man was found from the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster.

2. Onlookers looking at a Mine Disaster

IDNO:
054375
Title:
Onlookers looking at a Mine Disaster
Date:
1907
Description:
People gathering to look at where the only living man was found from the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster.
Rescue parties clearing a cave-in at Monongah Mine #8.

3. Rescue Efforts at Monongah Mine #8

IDNO:
054376
Title:
Rescue Efforts at Monongah Mine #8
Date:
ca. 1900s
Description:
Rescue parties clearing a cave-in at Monongah Mine #8.
Fairmont Coal Company, Monongah Mine No. 6.

4. Monongah Mining Station

IDNO:
054377
Title:
Monongah Mining Station
Date:
ca. 1900s
Description:
Fairmont Coal Company, Monongah Mine No. 6.
Front: "No.6 Tip[p]le, Monongah, WVA".

5. Monongah Mining Station No.6

IDNO:
054378
Title:
Monongah Mining Station No.6
Date:
ca. 1900s
Description:
Front: "No.6 Tip[p]le, Monongah, WVA".
Fan house at Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion. Back: "This is the most terrible explosion of its kind that ever happened in the U.S. We were up yesterday. Will write in a few days. It shook here considerably. [illegible]" To Mr. Okey May in Terra Haute, Indiana.

6. Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion

IDNO:
054379
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8 Fan House after Explosion
Date:
1907
Description:
Fan house at Monongah Mine No.8 after the explosion. Back: "This is the most terrible explosion of its kind that ever happened in the U.S. We were up yesterday. Will write in a few days. It shook here considerably. [illegible]" To Mr. Okey May in Terra Haute, Indiana.
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.

7. The Ruins of Monongah Mine No.10

IDNO:
054380
Title:
The Ruins of Monongah Mine No.10
Date:
1907
Description:
People look upon the remains of Monongah Mine collapse.
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.

8. Destroyed Coal Carts from Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054381
Title:
Destroyed Coal Carts from Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Remains of a decimated coal cart recovered from the No. 8 Monongah Mine.
Postcard of Monongah Mine No.8.

9. Monongah Mine No.8

IDNO:
054382
Title:
Monongah Mine No.8
Date:
1907
Description:
Postcard of Monongah Mine No.8.
Postcard of homes in Monongah, WV.

10. Monongah Mining Station

IDNO:
054383
Title:
Monongah Mining Station
Date:
1907
Description:
Postcard of homes in Monongah, WV.
A picture of Main Street in Monongah, West Virginia.

11. Main Street in Monongah, West Virginia

IDNO:
054384
Title:
Main Street in Monongah, West Virginia
Date:
1907
Description:
A picture of Main Street in Monongah, West Virginia.
Postcard of the entrance to Monongah Mine No.6

12. Entrance to Monongah Mine No.6

IDNO:
054385
Title:
Entrance to Monongah Mine No.6
Date:
1907
Description:
Postcard of the entrance to Monongah Mine No.6