Search Results
- IDNO:
- 047537
- Title:
- Library at Shepherd State Teacher's College, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 047538
- Title:
- Looking Down the Long Brick Building of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Spencer State Hospital was primarily a hospital for the insane and those suffering from mental illness. It opened in 1893 to take on patients from Weston State Hospital which was overpopulated at the time. The hospital remained in use until June of 1989.
- IDNO:
- 047539
- Title:
- Aerial View of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Spencer State Hospital was primarily a hospital for the insane and those suffering from mental illness. It opened in 1893 to take on patients from Weston State Hospital which was overpopulated at the time. The hospital remained in use until June of 1989. As you can see, there was originally no fencing around the building separating patients from the town, and patients were even allowed free access to and from the town and building.
- IDNO:
- 047540
- Title:
- Gathering Room Inside of Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Podium and piano are the focal point of the room in front. Spencer State Hospital was primarily a hospital for the insane and those suffering from mental illness. It opened in 1893 to take on patients from Weston State Hospital which was overpopulated at the time. The hospital remained in use until June of 1989.
- IDNO:
- 047541
- Title:
- West Virginia Colored Children's Home Sun Parlor, Near Huntington, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Building was constructed in 1923, originally founded as the West Virginia Normal and Industrial School for Colored Children. The building was closed in 1956 and was transferred to Marshall University in 1961, where it was used as college owned apartments. The apartments were later demolished in 2011.
- IDNO:
- 047542
- Title:
- Group of People Looking at New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1949/01/20
- Description:
- Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
- IDNO:
- 047543
- Title:
- Interior of New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1948/03/07
- Description:
- Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
- IDNO:
- 047544
- Title:
- Interior of New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1948/03/07
- Description:
- Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
- IDNO:
- 047545
- Title:
- Two New Superior Coach Co. Hearses on Show Floor, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1948/03/07
- Description:
- Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
- IDNO:
- 047546
- Title:
- Mining Machinery Traveling Down Railroad
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 047547
- Title:
- Long Dump Truck Travels Down Dirt Road Through Clinchfield Mine, McClure, Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 047548
- Title:
- Looking Down From Top of Hill at Unidentified Coal Tipple and Mining Operations
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Notice the wires carrying carts filled with coal from the top to bottom of mine.
