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Cotton Hill, West Virginia
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- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
Cotton Hill, West Virginia
A group of people stand on the porch of a building in Cotton HIll, 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.- Creator
- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
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Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
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- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
Bridge crossing the river in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. The Gauley River and the New River converge at Gauley Bridge and form the Kanawha River. 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.- Creator
- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
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Keeneys Creek
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- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
Keeneys Creek
View of the town of Keeneys Creek, 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.- Creator
- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
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Nuttallburg, West Virginia
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- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
Nuttallburg, West Virginia
Point opposite Butchers Run a mile below Nuttallburg, 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.- Creator
- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
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Keeneys Creek, West Virginia
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- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
Keeneys Creek, West Virginia
Mountains along the New River seen from Keenys Creek coal tipple. 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.- Creator
- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
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Fayette County
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- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
Fayette County
View of Manns Creek in eastern Fayette County. 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.- Creator
- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
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Blue Hole tunnel
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- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
Blue Hole tunnel
The scene around an entrance to Blue Hole Tunnell 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.- Creator
- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
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Keeneys Creek, West Virginia
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- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
Keeneys Creek, West Virginia
Train tracks along the upper grade of the Keeneys Creek Branch. Keenys Creek was 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.- Creator
- Vail, Willis W., 1868-1951
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Coal Mining Machinery
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- Trevey, William O.
Coal Mining Machinery
Two men inside a mine riding on an Arcwall Machine. From studio portraiture to candid location shots, the William O. Trevey Glass Slide Collection documents the daily lives and labor of coal miners, primarily in the New River Coal Fields of southern West Virginia, at the turn of the Twentieth Century. (COAL029)- Creator
- Trevey, William O.
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West Virginia School
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- Trevey, William O.
West Virginia School
Small school group and teachers posing in front of their one-room schoolhouse. From studio portraiture to candid location shots, the William O. Trevey Glass Slide Collection documents the daily lives and labor of coal miners, primarily in the New River Coal Fields of southern West Virginia, at the turn of the Twentieth Century.- Creator
- Trevey, William O.
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- Appalachian Collections
- William O. Trevey Glass Slide Collection1159
- Willis W. Vail Glass Slide Collection86
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- Photography--West Virginia1068
- Portraits845
- Coal--Appalachian Mountains157
- Coal Mining--West Virginia145
- Country life118
- Landscapes82
- Coal--Transportation--West Virginia45
- Coal mines and mining44
- Coal-mining machinery--Transportation40
- Historic buildings--West Virginia39
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