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Group portrait of McKean Family with their horse and carriage prior to participating in a parade in Beckley. From left to right: Gertie (Beasley) McKean, son Clay, daughter Mae, and Sam McKean.

1. McKean Family with Horse and Carriage, Beckley, West Virginia

IDNO:
000036
Title:
McKean Family with Horse and Carriage, Beckley, West Virginia
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Group portrait of McKean Family with their horse and carriage prior to participating in a parade in Beckley. From left to right: Gertie (Beasley) McKean, son Clay, daughter Mae, and Sam McKean.
Class portrait of students attending "summer class," Beckley School, Beckley, West Virginia. Top, left to right: Hal Scott, Jean Kay, Ophia Edison, Zeta Williams, John Williams, Lucy Maxwell, Add Williams. Bottom, left to right: Bessie Lemon, Bessie Willis, Stella Lemon, Zora Ball, George Willis.

2. Summer Class, Beckley School, W. Va.

IDNO:
000037
Title:
Summer Class, Beckley School, W. Va.
Date:
1899
Description:
Class portrait of students attending "summer class," Beckley School, Beckley, West Virginia. Top, left to right: Hal Scott, Jean Kay, Ophia Edison, Zeta Williams, John Williams, Lucy Maxwell, Add Williams. Bottom, left to right: Bessie Lemon, Bessie Willis, Stella Lemon, Zora Ball, George Willis.
Marching band poses with several members wearing an American flag in their hair. Front row, L to R: 1. A. E. Sampson; 2. Unidentified; 3. Edd Maxwell; 4. Prof. Erwin; 5. Evert Shrewsberry; 6. J. G. Hutchinson; 7. Lawrence Spencer; 8. John Martin; 9. Walter Smith; 10. James H. McGinnis; 11. __ Mauck; 12. Lucien Davis; 13. E. O. Phlegan; 14. Charley Bailey; 15. ___ Frazier; 16. Edd Martin

3. Patriotic Band, Morgan County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000532
Title:
Patriotic Band, Morgan County, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Marching band poses with several members wearing an American flag in their hair. Front row, L to R: 1. A. E. Sampson; 2. Unidentified; 3. Edd Maxwell; 4. Prof. Erwin; 5. Evert Shrewsberry; 6. J. G. Hutchinson; 7. Lawrence Spencer; 8. John Martin; 9. Walter Smith; 10. James H. McGinnis; 11. __ Mauck; 12. Lucien Davis; 13. E. O. Phlegan; 14. Charley Bailey; 15. ___ Frazier; 16. Edd Martin
View showing split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway grade .5 mile south of Slab Fork.

4. Split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway Grade One Half Mile South of Slab Fork

IDNO:
001762
Title:
Split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway Grade One Half Mile South of Slab Fork
Description:
View showing split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway grade .5 mile south of Slab Fork.
Station of the Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad Co. at Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.

5. Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad Station at Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
002048
Title:
Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad Station at Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Station of the Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad Co. at Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Caption on back reads, 'No misfortune can come to the coal miner, or operator, that does not touch every man, woman and child in Beckley. So, this picture of Beckley's greatest disaster at the Eccles mine, April 28, 1914, in which 181 men lost their lives. The photo is believed to have been taken very quickly after the (first) explosion, since the gondolas have not beed dropped out from under the tipple and the West Virginia mine rescue car does not appear to have arrived.'

6. Disaster at the Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
002467
Title:
Disaster at the Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1914/04/28
Description:
Caption on back reads, 'No misfortune can come to the coal miner, or operator, that does not touch every man, woman and child in Beckley. So, this picture of Beckley's greatest disaster at the Eccles mine, April 28, 1914, in which 181 men lost their lives. The photo is believed to have been taken very quickly after the (first) explosion, since the gondolas have not beed dropped out from under the tipple and the West Virginia mine rescue car does not appear to have arrived.'

7. Explosion at Eccles No. 5 Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
002469
Title:
Explosion at Eccles No. 5 Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Crowds gather around the smoking buildings after an explosion at the Eccles mine.

8. Explosion at an Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
002481
Title:
Explosion at an Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Description:
Crowds gather around the smoking buildings after an explosion at the Eccles mine.
Tipple and General Store in the Background

9. Miners' Houses, Beckley Coal and Coke Company, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
002859
Title:
Miners' Houses, Beckley Coal and Coke Company, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Tipple and General Store in the Background
Beckley Fire Creek Coal Company.

10. Miner's Homes Along a Tree Lined Road in Penman, W. Va.

IDNO:
002865
Title:
Miner's Homes Along a Tree Lined Road in Penman, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1940
Description:
Beckley Fire Creek Coal Company.
Filled Chesapeake and Ohio coal car in front of a group of houses at Tams, W. Va.Picture includes: Betty Jean Seals, Robert Church, Doris Williams, Marlene Dews, Leroy Messingbery, Josephine or Ernestine Hill, Whitney Hairston, Wilfred Younger, and Charlene Jennings.

11. Beckley Coal at Tams, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
002896
Title:
Beckley Coal at Tams, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
1916/06
Description:
Filled Chesapeake and Ohio coal car in front of a group of houses at Tams, W. Va.Picture includes: Betty Jean Seals, Robert Church, Doris Williams, Marlene Dews, Leroy Messingbery, Josephine or Ernestine Hill, Whitney Hairston, Wilfred Younger, and Charlene Jennings.
Two miners watching dogs haul loads of coal.

12. Dog Mines, Zanesville, Ohio

IDNO:
003071
Title:
Dog Mines, Zanesville, Ohio
Description:
Two miners watching dogs haul loads of coal.