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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.

39361. Covered Bridge at Beverly, Randolph County, W. 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.
Either an ambrotype or tintype, Pre-Civil War image of a young G. P. Gardener.

39362. Cased Portrait of G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Va. (later W. Va.)

IDNO:
039362
Title:
Cased Portrait of G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Va. (later W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1855
Description:
Either an ambrotype or tintype, Pre-Civil War image of a young G. P. Gardener.
Either an ambrotype or tintype image of G. P. Gardner wearing an officer's uniform of possibly the Union Army,and holding a sword with a revolver tucked in his belt.

39363. Cased Portrait of Civil War Army Officer G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Va. (later W. Va.)

IDNO:
039363
Title:
Cased Portrait of Civil War Army Officer G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Va. (later W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Either an ambrotype or tintype image of G. P. Gardner wearing an officer's uniform of possibly the Union Army,and holding a sword with a revolver tucked in his belt.
An ambrotype portrait of a small boy, probably the son of G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Mason County.

39364. Cased Portrait of Unidentified Child, Point Pleasant, W. Va.

IDNO:
039364
Title:
Cased Portrait of Unidentified Child, Point Pleasant, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
An ambrotype portrait of a small boy, probably the son of G. P. Gardner of Point Pleasant, Mason County.
Information included with the photograph, unidentified workers were "... probably thrashing clover for seed ... Note the wooden wheels on the thrashing machine."

39365. Threshing on Ellison Farm, Hans Creek, W. Va.

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."
A horse-drawn carriage with passengers on Hans Creek Road. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.

39366. Riding on Hans Creek Road, Monroe County, West Virginia

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.
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.

39367. Maddy Caves in Greenville, West Virginia

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.
The Red Sulfur Spring House was part of a popular resort. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.

39368. Red Sulphur Spring House, Monroe County, W. Va.

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.
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.

39369. Autographed Portrait of President John F. Kennedy

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.
An ambrotype portrait of Nathaniel Alcock Bailee [Baillie] dressed in an unidentified uniform. Bailee was a chief civil engineer during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in the Kanawha Valley, ca. 1867-1873.

39370. Cased Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, W. Va.

IDNO:
039370
Title:
Cased Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
An ambrotype portrait of Nathaniel Alcock Bailee [Baillie] dressed in an unidentified uniform. Bailee was a chief civil engineer during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in the Kanawha Valley, ca. 1867-1873.
A direct descendent of John Hansford, who was a Kanawha Valley pioneer, Mary married Nathaniel Alcock Bailee[Baillie] in 1852. This cased image is a daguerreotype.

39371. Cased Portrait of Mary Matilda Bigelow Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039371
Title:
Cased Portrait of Mary Matilda Bigelow Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1849
Description:
A direct descendent of John Hansford, who was a Kanawha Valley pioneer, Mary married Nathaniel Alcock Bailee[Baillie] in 1852. This cased image is a daguerreotype.
Daguerreotype portrait of Nathaniel Alcock Bailee [Baillie], married Mary Matilda Biglow in 1852. After the Civil War he was a chief civil engineer during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad through the Kanawha Valley.

39372. Cased Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039372
Title:
Cased Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1849/03/12
Description:
Daguerreotype portrait of Nathaniel Alcock Bailee [Baillie], married Mary Matilda Biglow in 1852. After the Civil War he was a chief civil engineer during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad through the Kanawha Valley.