Sewell, West Virginia

Categories
Appalachian Collections > Willis W. Vail Glass Slide Collection
Subject
Coal--Appalachian Mountains
Photography--West Virginia
Landscapes
Creator
Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
Type
glass slide
Coverage - Temporal
1890-1896
Identifier
155 - Below Sewell looking up New River.jpg
Language
English
Publisher
Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
Description
Scenery along the railroad tracks near Sewell, an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia. The Willis W. Vail Glass Slide Collection is one of three significant collections of mine-related photography aggregated in the George and Melody Bragg New River Coal Fields Photographic Collections housed in Archives & Special Collections in Radford University's McConnell Library. Employed primarily as a surveyor in the years 1890-1896, Willis W. Vail (1868-1951) documented through photography the towns and scenery of the New River Gorge mining companies, especially in Raleigh, Fayette, and McDowell Counties.
Rights
Materials in the Willis W. Vail Glass Slide Collection are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of Archives & Special Collections, McConnell Library, Radford University as a source for borrowed images is requested.