0227: Marshall University Regional Photograph Collection

This collection is an artificially created collection of photographs of individuals, groups, buildings, locations, and activities of the Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia tri-state region that the Marshall University Archives and Special Collections Department has accumulated over time. Items are foldered by subject or provenance where known. Topics of interest include the 1913 and 1937 floods, river and railroad scenes, and local businesses among many other subjects.

The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Marshall University Regional Photograph Collection. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Marshall University Regional Photograph Collection.

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First Methodist Episcopal church, Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1915.

First Methodist Episcopal church, Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1915. 1 postcard : col. ; 9x14cm. Verso of card has message; postmarked 1915.
Fourth ave., looking west, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915.

Fourth ave., looking west, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915. 1 print : col. ; 7.5x10 cm. Print separated from souvenir postcard booklet with folded pages. 4th ave. from 11th st. Note cars parked along center of street.
Hotel Farr, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915.

Hotel Farr, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915. 1 print : col. ; 7.5x10 cm. Print separated from souvenir postcard booklet with folded pages. Known as Gov. Cabell hotel for many years; note streetcar tracks and traffic kiosk in intersection.
Huntington high school, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915.

Huntington high school, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915. 1 print : col. ; 7.5x10 cm. Print separated from souvenir postcard booklet with folded pages.
Huntington High School Senior Class of 1915

Senior Class of Huntington High School, 1915, b&w. Back of photo has complete class roster dated June 1915.
Huntington hospital, Huntington, W. Va., 1915.

Huntington hospital, Huntington, W. Va., 1915. 1 postcard : col. ; 9x14 cm. Message on verso, postmarked Sept., 1915. Copy photographic print in Box 5, fd 24, #8, Feb. 1988.
Marshall college, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915.

Marshall college, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915. 1 print : col. ; 7.5x10 cm. Print separated from souvenir postcard booklet with folded pages. View of west side of campus with 16th st. in foreground.
Old Revolutionary house and Ritter mansion, Ritter park, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915.

Old Revolutionary house and Ritter mansion, Ritter park, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915. 1 print : col. ; 10x15 cm. Print separated from souvenir postcard booklet with folded pages. Buford chapter NSDAR cabin; Ritter house in background.
Steam tow boat D. T. Lane on the Ohio River, Ca. 1915

Steam tow boat D. T. Lane on the Ohio River., ca. 1915, b&w. The D. T. Lane was built in 1908, belonged to Campbell's Creek Coal Co. Ran on the Kanawha River. Sank in 1934 raised and sank in 1937. (One postcard found in a folder in Lisle Brown's office, 9/2013)
Steam tow boats moving coal barges on the Ohio River

Bx 08, Fd 3, #10: Steam tow boats moving coal barges on the Ohio River, ca. 1915, b&w. (One postcard found in a folder in Lisle Brown's office, 9/2013)
The lake, Clyffeside park, [Ashland, Ky.], ca. 1915.

The lake, Clyffeside park, [Ashland, Ky.], ca. 1915. 1 print : col. ; 7.5x10 cm. Print separated from souvenir postcard booklet with folded pages.
West Virginia aslylum building, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915.

West Virginia aslylum building, [Huntington, W. Va.], ca. 1915. 1 print : col. ; 7.5x10 cm. Print separated from souvenir postcard booklet with folded pages.
1st Presbyterian Church basketball team, Huntington, W.Va.

1st Presbyterian Church basketball team, Huntington, W.Va., b&w. Long family papers, acc 348, June 1982 Back has complete list of individuals. Pub. in Herald Advertiser, Sept. 4, 1932, p.10
Billy Sunday tabernacle, Huntington, W. Va., 1914.

Billy Sunday tabernacle, Huntington, W. Va., 1914. 1 postcard : sepia ; 9x14 cm. Revival by evangelist Billy Sunday, April 1914.
Central fire department, Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1914.

Central fire department, Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1914. 1 photograph : col. ; 9x14 cm. Copy of post card, Feb. 1988.
Chesapeake and Ohio hospital, Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1914.

Chesapeake and Ohio hospital, Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1914. 1 photograph : sepia. ; 9x14 cm. Copy of illustration, Feb. 1988. Formerly "Forest Hill," home of Peter Cline Buffington.
High school and Oley school beyond, Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1914.

High school and Oley school beyond, Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1914. 1 photograph : col. ; 9x14 cm. Copy of postcard, Feb. 1988.
Huntington High School Senior Class of 1914

Senior Class of Huntington High School, 1914, b&w.
Sixth Ave. west from 13th st., Huntington, W. Va., 1914.

Sixth Ave. west from 13th st., Huntington, W. Va., 1914. 1 postcard : col. ; 9x14 cm. Message on verso postmarked July 20, 1914.
Steamboat Florence Marmet pushing barges at the Pt. Pleasant, W.Va. harborr

Panoramic postcard, Steamboat Florence marmet pushing barges at the Pt. Pleasant, W.Va. harbor, ca. 1914, b&w. The "Florence Marmet" was a stern wheel tow boat built at Pt. Pleasant, W.Va. in 1900. Ran coal from the Kanawha River to Cincinnati. This picture was probably made near the Pt. Pleasant bridge. Condemned in 1915, lost in the ice in 1918. (One panoramic postcard found in a folder in Lisle Brown's office, 9/2013)
Tabernacle, Huntington, W. Va., 1914.

Tabernacle, Huntington, W. Va., 1914. 1 postcard : b&w. ; 9x14 cm.
Sixth Ave., Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1914.

C. R. Thomas

Sixth Ave., Huntington, W. Va., ca. 1914. 1 postcard : col. ; 9x14 cm.
1913 Flood, Huntington, W. Va.

Huntington, W. Va. Flood, 1913. 4 photographs : b&w. ; 21x26 cm. two originals, two copy photographs.
5th Ave & 16th St.., 1913 Flood, Huntington, W.Va.

5th Ave & 16th St., 1913 Flood, Huntington, W.Va., b&w. mounted on cardboard back reads: Elizabeth Stillman
Corner 10th St and 3rd Ave., Huntington,W.Va., 1913 Flood

Corner 10th St and 3rd Ave., Huntington,W.Va., 1913 Flood, b&w. ; 9 x 14 cm. Message on verso tells of "the city as a whole certainly suffered some loss." postmarked Huntington, Apr 13, 1913 addressed toi mr. W.A. Spruce, Charleston,WVa.