0778: Jim Taylor Photograph Collection, 1880-1910

This collection consists of 51 TIFF images representing 50 photographs of early Huntington, West Virginia. Photographic subjects include the D. E. Abbot frame factory in Huntington, WV, Twelve Pole Creek in Wayne County, WV, Norfolk and Western Railway and Chesapeake and Ohio railroad tracks, trestles, and trains, Big Sandy River, Kenova Electric Power Plant, log and timber in rivers, log cabins in Huntington and Kenova, WV, Camden Interstate Railway train cars, tie hoists, Johnson’s Lane car house, as well as a railway car wreck in 1906, Cabell County Courthouse, Cabell County Jail, Huntington Hospital, 20th Street Hill, Kessler Hospital, “H. G. Fields, the Minstrel Man”, steamboat Carrie Brown and Thealka, houseboat Ohio Valley, horse from Germany sold at the Huntington Racetrack, and a photo of dogs and puppies.

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Car #200 Camden Interstate Rwy loading ties, Huntington, W.Va., 1906

Car #200, Camden Interstate Rwy at rear of car house loading ties, 1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Back reads: 200-At rear of car house-loading ties Motor Green Goose Snatcher-Happy Holigan.
C&O RR, Big Sandy Bridge, Kenova, W.Va., 1906

C&O RR, Big Sandy Bridge, Kenova, W.Va.,1906, b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Mar. 17, '06, CandO RR Big Sandy Bridge, Kenova, W.Va.
Electric sub station, Huntington, W.Va., 1906

Electric sub station, Johnson's Lane, Huntington, W.Va., ca1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Back reads: Sub. Sta. Johnson's Lane.
H. G. Fields, the Minstrel Man, Huntington, W.Va., 1906

H. G. Fields, the Minstrel Man, at 8th St & 3rd Ave, Huntington, ca1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Back reads: H. G. Fields The Minstrel Man, 8th St & 3 Ave, Huntington.
Horse from Germany at Huntington Racetrack, Huntington, ca 1906

Horse from Germany, sold for $3,000 at Huntington Racetrack, 1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Back reads: Imported from Germany. Weight 2600 lbs, price $3,000. For sale at Huntington track. Apr. 11/'06.
Houseboat "Ohio Valley," at foot of 9th St., Huntington, ca 1906

Houseboat "Ohio Valley", tied up at foot of 9th St, Huntington, ca1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Back reads: House boat - foot of 9th St. Residence of the notorious "Cotton Top" Richardson.
Kenova electric power plant, Kenova, W.Va., 1906

Kenova electric power plant 1906, b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Mar. 17, '06. Kenova P. Plant.
Kessler Hospital at 4th Ave & 5th St, Huntington, W.Va., 1906

Kessler Hospital at 4th Ave & 5th Street, Huntington, 1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Back reads: Kessler Hospital-4th Ave & 5th St A similiar postcard view is at 1975.0099.05.07.02.
Log cabin at Kenova, W.Va., 1906

Log cabin at Kenova, W.Va., 1906, b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Mar. 17, '06. Log cabin, Kenova, W.Va.
Log cabin near Home for Incurables, Huntington, W.Va. 1906

Log cabin, 20th Street Hill, near Huntington State Hospital, ("Home for Incurables') 1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Back reads: Old time log cabin, Apr. 11, '06. Home of the Incurables on the right.
Log jam on 12 Pole Creek, Wayne Co., W.Va., 1906

Log jam on 12 Pole Creek, Wayne Co.,W.Va., 1906 b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Apr. 2/'06, 12 Pole, log jam.
Log rafts on 12 Pole Creek near Camden Park, 1906

Log rafts on 12 Pole Creek in rear of Camden Park, 1906, b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Apr. 2, '06. 12 Pole rear of Camden Park.
N&W RR cut at Kenova, W.Va., 1906

N&W RR cut at Kenova, W.Va., b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Mar. 17, '06. N&W RR cut, Kenova, W.Va.
N&W RR, cut through solid rock, 1/2 mile from Kenova depot, 1906

N&W RR, cut through solid rock, 1/2 mile from Kenova depot, 1906, b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Mar. 17, 06. N&W RR. Kenova, W.Va. Cut through solid rock- 1/2 mile from K. depot.
N&W RR near Kenova, W.Va., 1906

N&W RR near Kenova, W.Va., 1906, b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Mar. 17, 06. N&W, Kenova.
Putting vestibule on Car #55 Camden Interstate Railway, Huntington, W.Va.

Putting vestibule on Car #55, Camden Interstate Rwy, Huntington, W.Va., b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Putting a vestibule on Car #55 in carpenter shop. Jim Tr????.
Rafting logs on 12 Pole Creek, Wayne County, 1906

Rafting logs on 12 Pole Creek, Wayne County, 1906, b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Apr. 2/06. Rafting - 12 Pole. (Available in digital format only).
Shanty beside entrance to Home of the Incurables, Huntington, W.Va., 1906

Shanty beside entrance to Home of the Incurables, Huntington, W.Va., 1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Back reads: Apr. 16/'06. Shanty dwelling beside entrance to the Home of the Incurables.
Sidewheel steamboat "Thealka," ca 1906

Sidewheel steamboat "Thealka", ran on the Big Sandy River, ca1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Batwing packet boat, wooden hull. Built Paintsville, Ky 1899. Named for Alka Meek, but words "The" and "Alka" were ran together when painted. Supposedly the last batwing boat on the Big Sandy.
Steamboat "Carrie Brown," ca 1906

Steamboat "Carrie Brown", ran Gallipolis to Huntington, ca1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Built 1890, Harmar, Ohio. Sternwheel, wooden hull, packet boat. Ran between Gallipolis, Oh and Huntington. Burned at Gallipolis, Nov. 17, 1913.
The first Huntington Hospital, Huntington, W.Va. 1906

The first Huntington Hospital, ca1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. (note temporary construction fence is still up).
Tie hoist, Camden Interstate Rwy on left, 1906

Tie hoist, Camden Interstate Rwy on left. Near 12 Pole Creek, 1906, b&w (Available in digital format only). Back reads: Apr 2/'06 12 Pole- C. I. Ry on left. Tie-hoist.
View from Camden Interstate Railway, near Bush's Stop, 1906

View from Camden Interstate Rwy, near Bush's Stop, 1906, b&w mounted on cardboard. Back reads: C.I. Ry, Big Sandy Bridge, Mar. 17/'06.
Unidentified office, ca 1905

Unidentified office, ca. 1905, b&w mounted on cardboard. Unidentified, calendar on back wall is probably Oct. 1905.
D. E. Abbott frame factory, Huntington, ca 1890

D. E. Abbot frame factory, Huntington, W.Va., ca. 1890, b&w (Available in digital format only). There are several photographs extant obviously made the same day, with varying numbers of people in photo. Abbott was also a well-known photographer in Huntington in the 1890's. (Available in digital format only).