Search Results
- IDNO:
- 039355
- Title:
- Portrait of Colonel W. H. Thomas, Bluefield, W. Va.
- Description:
- Colonel Thomas was a financier and civic leader in Mercer County.
- IDNO:
- 039356
- Title:
- Children on Playground of Mercer County School, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The playground is part of White Day Nursery. All persons are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039357
- Title:
- Children Pose With Smiles on Playground of Mercer County School, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- The playground is part of White Day Nursery. All persons are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039358
- Title:
- Children at Play, Mercer County School, W. Va.
- Description:
- The playground is part of White Day Nursery. All persons are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039359
- Title:
- Portrait of Mrs. Belle McEwen of Mercer County, W. Va.
- Description:
- Mrs. Belle McEwen wearing a coat styled for the fashion of the day.
- IDNO:
- 039360
- Title:
- Colonel Claude Crozet, 1790 - 1864, Chief Engineer of Virginia Board of Public Works
- Description:
- Crozet was involved in the planning and construction of several antebellum period transportation projects in Western Virginia including the Northwest Turnpike (1832) and the Staunton - Parkersburg Turnpike (1848). Crozet was also one of the founders of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Va.
- IDNO:
- 039361
- Title:
- Covered Bridge at Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Designed and built by Lemuel Chenoweth, the bridge spans the Tygart Valley River. The Chenoweth home can be seen on the right. Lemuel Chenoweth was a renown architect and bridge designer in Western Virginia before the Civil War.
- IDNO:
- 039365
- Title:
- Threshing on Ellison Farm, Hans Creek, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1916
- Description:
- Information included with the photograph, unidentified workers were "... probably thrashing clover for seed ... Note the wooden wheels on the thrashing machine."
- IDNO:
- 039366
- Title:
- Riding on Hans Creek Road, Monroe County, West Virginia
- Description:
- A horse-drawn carriage with passengers on Hans Creek Road. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039367
- Title:
- Maddy Caves in Greenville, West Virginia
- Description:
- Maddy Caves are saltpeter caves in Monroe County. During the Civil War, the caves were mined by the Confederates for nitrate, used to make gun powder. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039368
- Title:
- Red Sulphur Spring House, Monroe County, W. Va.
- Description:
- The Red Sulfur Spring House was part of a popular resort. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 039369
- Title:
- Autographed Portrait of President John F. Kennedy
- Date:
- ca. 1962
- Description:
- Inscribed on the bottom of the photograph: " To Arthur B. Koontz - with appreciation and warm regards, John F. Kennedy". Koontz was from Charleston , West Virginia and at one time a United States Senator and a member of the Democratic National Committee, 1940-1958.
