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Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42973. Girls Dormitory, State Normal School; Fairmont, W. Va.

Published by Monongahela Candy Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42974. View of First Presbyterian Church; Fairmont, W. Va.

Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42975. First M.E. Church; Fairmont, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by Sheble and Maxwell. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42976. Fairmont Mining Machinery Company; Fairmont, W. Va.

Caption on back of postcard reads: "Westinghouse Electric Corp., located 2 miles east of Fairmont, West Virginia on Rte. 73. It employs 1475 people and is the world's largest glass fluorescent plant." Published by Bobet News Agency. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42977. Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Near Fairmont, W. Va.

Owen's Bottle Works was a a branch of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company based in Toledo, Ohio which had three other glass plants in West Virginia, including Fairmont, Huntington, and Kanawha City. All plants used the revolutionary Owens bottle making machine, which was invented by West Virginia native Michael Owens in 1903. The factory in Fairmont was built in 1910 on 40 acres of property and originally ran 24 hours a day while employing 200 workers. Around 180,000 bottles were produced daily. In March of 1982 the Fairmont plant was closed. Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42978. Owen's Bottle Works; Fairmont, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42979. Coal Run; Fairmont, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42980. Colfax Brick Works; Fairmont, W. Va.

Exterior of coal mine. Published by A.G. Martin Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42981. New England Mines, Fairmont, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42982. Big Snow Storm; Fairmont, W. Va.

Published by Souvenir Post Card Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42983. Bird's Eye View of Fairmont, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by Souvenir Post Card Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

42984. Gaston Avenue; Fairmont, W. Va.