109 Free Photos of West Virginia In The 1940s

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Public School. Barrackville, West Virginia. - NARA - 540303
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Coal miners and their families. Panther Red Ash Coal Corporation, Douglas Mine, Panther, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 541026
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Coal miner. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540667
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Locker room in washhouse used by ... miners. Southern Coal Corporation, Bradshaw Mine, Bradshaw, McDowell County... - NARA - 541024
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Mrs. Luther Walker, wife, and baby of miner in living room of their three room house. Gilliam Coal and Coke Co... - NARA - 540812
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Miner. Gilliam Coal and Coke Company, Gilliam Mine, Gilliam, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540803
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Daughter of Clabe Hicks, miner - NARA - 541047
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Daughter of J. F. Bryant miner. The family rents six room upstairs flat of two family house, paying $14.50 monthly... - NARA - 540732
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Houses and ditch. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540961
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Houses and privies on the hillside. Southern Coal Corporation, Bradshaw Mine, Bradshaw, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 541037
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Front of company store. Koppers Coal Division, Kopperston Mine, Kopperston, Wyoming County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540902
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Housing for Negro miners. U.S. Coal and Coke Company, Gary Mines, Gary, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540845
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Baseball team composed of coal miners. Welch, West Virginia. - NARA - 540769
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Corner of the living room of Mr. and Mrs. Elige Hicks. The army coat belongs to a married son who has returned to... - NARA - 541028
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Mrs. Clabe Hicks and seven of her eight children - NARA - 541045
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D.B. Henry, miner, entering front door of his four room house, rental $10 monthly. He has made minor repairs, painted... - NARA - 540736
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B. B. Barksdale, section foreman in mine, in the living room of his six room house. The house has running water and... - NARA - 540870
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Bedroom in dispensary. Koppers Coal Division Federal ^1 Mine, Grant Town, Marion County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540321
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Welch is the shopping and entertainment center for the nearby mining camps. Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 541006
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Daughter of the Elige Hicks, the family will soon move to Virginia where the husband and son are now working in a... - NARA - 541036
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Subsidiary company store near Elbert mine. U.S. Coal and Coke Company, Gary Mines, Gary, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540850
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Church and parsonage. Barrackville, West Virginia. - NARA - 540304
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Daughter of Lawson Mayo, disabled miner, makes the bed in the four room house which the two adults and ten children... - NARA - 540970
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Front porch and runway to the home of Robert Harold and his wife. He built the runway. Southern Coal Corporation... - NARA - 541049
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This Side of Romney: View along the road leading out of Romney, West Virginia, Winter 1942.
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Mrs. Robert Harold in downstairs bedroom of her home. She and her husband have lived in this house for sixteen years.... - NARA - 541056
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Children playing among typical houses. Gilliam Coal and Coke Company, Gilliam Mine, Gilliam, McDowell County, West... - NARA - 540793
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Backs of houses in the white section showing the garbage and trash strewn in gullly. Gilliam Coal and Coke Company... - NARA - 540826
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Children of Bill Daniels, miner, in their playhouse. Panther Red Ash Coal Company, Douglas Mine, Panther, McDowell... - NARA - 540993
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Children of Clabe Hicks, miner, Ten people, two adults and eight children live in a four room house for which they... - NARA - 541052
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Miners at the wash house ready for work. U.S. Coal and Coke Company, Gary Mines, Gary, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540798
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Mrs. Lincoln Hagg, wife of miner, in the bedroom of her house. This house is estimated to be at least forty years... - NARA - 540994
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Betty, daughter of J.F. Bryant, miner, watering flower in hallway entrance to the upstairs flat in which the family... - NARA - 540734
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Two family house in the Negro section. Gilliam Coal and Coke Company, Gilliam Mine, Gilliam, McDowell County, West... - NARA - 540820
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Back yards showing privies and coal houses, notice maintenance of creek bank. Nearly all houses have outdoor toilets... - NARA - 540853
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The back porch of the Lewis Moncy house. Southern Coal Corporation, Bradshaw Mine, Bradshaw, McDowell County, West... - NARA - 541031
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Amos Wilson, miner, in bedroom of his home in company housing project. Koppers Coal Division, Federal ^1 Mine, Grant... - NARA - 540276
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Back yards showing privies and coal houses, notice maintenance of creek bank. Nearly all houses have outdoor toilets... - NARA - 540848
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Julius Brooks, miner, in his four room house for which he pays $10 monthly, no closets or storage space is provided.... - NARA - 540740
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Miners boarding buses at the washhouse after they have cleaned up. One bus goes to the main housing project, another... - NARA - 540905
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Twin daughters of miner. Koppers Coal Division, Kopperston Mine, Kopperston, Wyoming County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540893
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Mrs. Robert Harold in the bedroom of her house. Her husband, a miner, has lived in this house for sixteen years. For... - NARA - 541054
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Children of miners. U.S. Coal and Coke Company, Gray Mines, Gary, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540878
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Mantrip entering mine. U.S. Coal and Coke Company, Gary Mines, Gary, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540847
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Church and school building are supplied by company. Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company, Exeter Mine, Big Sandy Housing... - NARA - 540752
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Grave Sign: Cemetery at edge of Romney, West Va., 1942
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Son of Lawson Mayo, disabled miner. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540968
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Church in company housing project for miners. Basement also serves as gathering and meeting place for Lion's Club... - NARA - 540888
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Julius Brooks and his daughters admire new lunch pail. He installed running water in his kitchen at no cost to the... - NARA - 540737
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Railroad tracks, coal cars, tipple and houses. Southern Coal Corporation, Bradshaw Mine, Bradshaw, McDowell County... - NARA - 541057
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Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Swafford and their son in the living room of their four room house in which they have lived for... - NARA - 541014
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Negro housing, water tank and old beehive coke ovens. Gilliam Coal and Coke Company, Gilliam Mine, Gilliam, McDowell... - NARA - 540827
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Son of Clabe Hicks, miner, builds fire in the grate. All heat is furnished by grate fires and kitchen range. Southern... - NARA - 541044
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Daughter of Bill Daniels, drinking water. This water was red and thick with iron rust, as much as a quarter inch of... - NARA - 540991
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Daughter of the Elige Hicks washing in the kitchen of their four room house for which they pay $10.50 monthly. They... - NARA - 541035
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Notice foundation posts of this typical house. Southern Coal Corporation, Bradshaw Mine, Bradshaw, McDowell County... - NARA - 541051
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Church, the building was donated by company. Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company, Warwick Mine, Welch, McDowell County... - NARA - 540773
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Coal cars moving from mine to tipple. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West... - NARA - 540955
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Railroad overpass. This is one of the very few overpasses seen in any coal camp where generally the hazard of... - NARA - 540852
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Richard Hughes, a miner, plays with his young daughter as he awakens from midday nap before going to work on the... - NARA - 541008
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Daughter-in-law of a miner, wife of a miner and her son. Southern Coal Corporation, Bradshaw Mine, Bradshaw, McDowell... - NARA - 541032
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Children of miners wash jars for home canning. Southern Coal Corporation, Bradshaw Mine, Bradshaw, McDowell County... - NARA - 541043
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D.B. Henry, miner, who has worked for the company four years, repairs his children's wagon. He has made minor... - NARA - 540739
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Robert Harold, miner, in his kitchen. He and his wife have lived in this house for sixteen years. For the four room... - NARA - 541055
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One of the new houses, built a year and a half ago. These houses are sheet rocked on the inside. They have no running... - NARA - 541002
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Store, offices, and some of the housing. Panther Red Ash Coal Company, Douglas Mine, Panther, McDowell County, West... - NARA - 541020
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Miners boarding buses which will take them to washhouse from lamp house where they have checked out. Koppers Coal... - NARA - 540901
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Milong Bond, tipple worker, taking a bath. There is no washhouse for mine nor tipple workers. Mullens Smokeless Coal... - NARA - 540958
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Church (left) and one of homes for miners. Mullens Smokeless Coal Company, Mullens Mine, Harmco, Wyoming County, West... - NARA - 540672
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Mrs. Lincoln Hagg with her baby in the kitchen of her house. Panther Red Ash Coal Corporation, Douglas Mine, Panther... - NARA - 540995
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Daughter of Lawson Mayo hanging up clothing. The house was in bad repair when they moved in, nothing has been... - NARA - 540967
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Betty Bryant, daughter of J. F. Bryant, miner, with her dolls. Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company, Warwick Mine, Welch... - NARA - 540729
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A miner and children on steps of a typical house. Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company, Exeter Mine, Big Sandy Housing... - NARA - 540760
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A house in ... section of company housing project. Panther Red Ash Coal Corporation, Douglas Mine, Panther, McDowell... - NARA - 541025
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Richard Hughes, a miner, washes his hands in the kitchen of his four room house for which he pays $9 monthly. Panther... - NARA - 540996
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Richard Hughes, miner, and his family eating. This family lives in a four room house for which they pay $9 monthly.... - NARA - 540990
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At this mine the motor hauling the man trip is stopped just after it emerges from mine portal. The men get out of the... - NARA - 540921
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Big Sandy Housing Camp. Mines at Big Sandy closed and housing now occupied by Exeter Miners. Mrs. Beulah Wady, wife... - NARA - 540710
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Miners boarding cars of man trip just before going underground on afternoon shift. Koppers Coal Division, Kopperston... - NARA - 540929
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At this mine the motor hauling the man trip is stopped just after it emerges from mine portal. The men then get out... - NARA - 540923
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Children of miners at play. There is no playground, no recreational directors either paid or volunteer in this camp.... - NARA - 540794
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Children of miners. Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company, Exeter Mine, Big Sandy Housing Camp, Welch, McDowell County... - NARA - 540751
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D.B. Henry, miner, who has worked for the company four years, repairs his children's wagon. He has made many minor... - NARA - 540735
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Mrs. Elige Hicks and her daughter in the kitchen of the four room house which rents for $10.50 monthly. Mrs. Hicks'... - NARA - 541034
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Four room house of Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Mayo and their ten children. Mr. Mayo worked for the company for nine years... - NARA - 540966
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Mrs. James Robert Howard and her son with Dr. J. A. Bennet, company doctor. Dr. Bennet is in this camp office one... - NARA - 540815
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The company store is as much a gathering and visiting spot as it is a shopping place. Gilliam Coal and Coke Company... - NARA - 540818
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Milong Bond taking a bath. Because of having to carry water from slow running outside faucet he tries to get the most... - NARA - 540959
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The mantrip going into the mine. Gilliam Coal and Coke Co, Giliam Mine, Gilliam, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540804
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Daughters of miners carrying jug of water from hydrant near church to home up the hill (left). Note garbage and... - NARA - 540932
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About three hunded people attended the annual renuion of the England family. This family has been in this area over... - NARA - 540763
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Mr. and Mrs. James Robert Howard and their four children. They live in a three room house of a two-family house, the... - NARA - 540779
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Mrs. James Robert Howard gives her daughter a banana from electrical refrigerator. The Howard bill for electricity is... - NARA - 540800
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Tipple, housing and coal cars. New River Pocahontas Corporation, Cables Mine, McDowell County, West Virginia. - NARA - 540768
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Mrs. James Robert Howard sets the table for supper. Her husband works the night shift, going on at 6pm, consequently... - NARA - 540777
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Empty coal cars for loading at tipple. Koppers Coal Division, Kopperston Mine, Kopperston, Wyoming County, West... - NARA - 540891
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Families of miners shopping in the company store. Gilliam Coal and Coke Company, Gilliam Mine, Gilliam, McDowell... - NARA - 540814
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