Search Results
- IDNO:
- 039253
- Title:
- Building Culvert on Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Unidentified workers use molds to form the arch in a culvert during the construction of the Ohio extension.
- IDNO:
- 039254
- Title:
- Group of Railroad Employees During Construction on Norfolk & Western Railroad, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Large group portrait of black and white workers. Some are holding guns, tools or banjos. None are identified.
- IDNO:
- 039255
- Title:
- New Culvert on Ohio Extension Line, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- The molds hold the shape of a culvert during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039256
- Title:
- Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1911
- Description:
- Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson.
- IDNO:
- 039257
- Title:
- African-American Railroad Construction Workers, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Several unidentified black workers and two women pose outside the entrance to what is possibly a dwelling built into the side of a hill. The photo was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039258
- Title:
- Anderson Hatfield Family, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1891
- Description:
- Identified, back row: Troy; Elliott; Betty; Robert E.; Elias; Joe D. Front row: Mary; Rose; Anderson; Willis; Levicy Chafin Hatfield; Tennyson. The photo was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad in southwest West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 039259
- Title:
- Anderson 'Devil Anse' Hatfield, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Hatfield stands in the snow with a rifle in hand outside a cabin. The photo was taken during construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039260
- Title:
- Portrait of Family in Front of Their Log-Split Cabin, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Unidentified woman and little girl sit in the doorway, while a man wearing a bowler hat sits outside holding a baby, with several onlookers behind them. The photo was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039261
- Title:
- Pistol Packing Man Strikes a Determined Pose, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Unidentified man stands with his arms crossed over his chest and three pistols held in a sash around his waist. The photograph was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039262
- Title:
- Traveling in Mountain Snow By Snow Shoes, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Unidentified bearded men makes his way through heavy mountain snow, wearing snow shoes. The photograph was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039263
- Title:
- Little Boy Poses in Railroad Construction Camp, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Unidentified boy wearing boots and an unhappy expression for the camera. The photograph was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad in southern West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 039264
- Title:
- Showing Catch of Fish, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1893
- Description:
- Three unidentified men display a fish catch hanging from a pole. The photograph was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
