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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Island Creek Coal Co. store, Holden, W.Va.

Island Creek Coal Co. store, Holden, W.Va., hand colored no postmark, no addressee Note: from Anna Schrale Coll. Acc79
John Laidley and wife Mary Scales Hite

John Laidley and wife Mary Scales Hite, from a painting, b&w.
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church Huntington, W.Va.

Johnson Memorial Methodist Church, Huntington, W.Va., b&w. Back reads: Johnson memorial Church Long Family papers, Acc 348, June 1982
Kanawha Harbor & B&O RR bridge, Pt. Pleasant, W.Va.

Kanawha Harbor & B&O RR bridge, Pt. Pleasant, W.Va., b&w. Back reads "from Curtis Baxter papers 5/85" No addressee, no stamp
Lincoln County Courthouse, Hamlin, W.Va.

Lincoln County Courthouse, Hamlin, W.Va., b&w. mounted on cardboard Back reads: Lincoln County Courthouse (note from F. B. Lambert with instructions how to copy and enlarge) This was the courthouse that burned in 1909.
Pleasant View School, Barker's Ridge, Cabell County, W.Va.

Pleasant View School, Barker's Ridge, Cabell County, W.Va., b&w. mounted on cardboard Note on cback reads: Rudolph Meadows, back row, 2nd L. of door. Pleasant View School was on Barker's Ridge (Cabell County, WV)
Portrait of Haney (Smith) Napier, born Scotland, 1778

Haney (Smith) Napier, wife of Thomas Franklin Napier, col. mounted Note on back reads: Haney (Smith) Napier wife of Thomas Franklin Napier who was the first school teacher in Wayne County. She came to this country from Scotland in 1800, she was 20 years old.
Probably Meadows family of Cabell Co., W.Va.

Probably Meadows family of Cabell Co., W.Va., b&w. mounted on cardboard Note on back reads: Possibly Meadows Family of Cabell County. (Note by Ken Reffeitt)
Railroad depot, Point Pleasant, W. Va.

Railroad depot, Point Pleasant, W. Va. ca. 1900. 1 photograph : b&w. ; 8x10 cm.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Fox

Rev. and Mrs. Robert Fox, b&w. back reads: Rev and mrs. Robert Fox Long family papers, acc 348, June 1982
Rev. W. P. Walker

Rev. W. P.Walker of 5th Ave. Baptist Church, Huntington, W.Va., b&w. back reads: Rev. W. P. Walker Long family papers, acc 348, June 1982
Roby, Tom and Florence, ca. 1900.

Roby, Tom and Florence, ca. 1900. 1 photograph : mounted, b&w. ; 10x8 cm. Roby Road, Huntington, W. Va., named for the Robys.
Samuel W. Johnston family, Cabell co.,W.Va.

Samuel Johnston family, Cabell Co.,(Va.) W.Va., b&w. mounted on cardboard (See list under "people" for identified people in photo)
School group, Johnston family

School group, Johnston family, b&w. mounted on cardboard
Trace Avenue, Holden, W.Va.

Trace Avenue, Holden, W.Va., hand colored no postmark, no addressee Note: from Anna Schrale Coll. Acc79, early 1900's
Unidentified child, ca. 1900

Unidentified child, ca. 1900, b&w. Backprint for Brinkheier's Studio, Wheeling & other cities.
Unidentified couple, Huntington, W.Va.

Unidentified couple, Huntington, W.Va., b&w. mounted on cardboard See backprint.
Unidentified rural scene

Unidentified rural scene, b&w. mounted on cardboard
William Johnston

William Johnston, b&w. back reads:Herald-Adv. 11 Aug 29 Long family papers, acc 348, June 1982
Unidentified workers at Ensign Mfg., Huntington, W.Va., 1899?

Unidentified workers at Ensign Mfg., Huntington, W.Va., 1899? , b&w. Faint pencil note on back may read "Ensign 1899" but is difficult to read.
Steamboat Smokey City passing Huntington, W. Va. & Marshall college, [ca. 1899.]

Thornton Barrett

Steamboat Smokey City passing Huntington, W. Va. & Marshall college, [ca. 1899.] 1 copy photograph : sepia ; 28x35 cm. "Way's Steam Towboat Directory," p. 207, by Fred Way, states: Built about 1872, sternwheel towboat, built at Pittsburgh. Wrecked while pushing coal barges in 1891. Reworked and extensively damaged by a cyclone in LA later in 1891. Burned at Wood's Landing, Pittsburgh, Oct. 24, 1900.
Huntington, W. Va. music store, 1897.

[Huntington, W. Va. music store], 1897. 1 trade card : b&w. ; 9x19 cm.
W. Va. asylum for incurables.

W. Va. asylum for incurables, Huntington, W. Va. ca. 1895. 1 photograph : mounted, sepia ; 11x16 cm. Reproduction of architect's rendering
W.Va. Gov. Wm. MacCorkle and staff

W.Va. Gov. Wm. MacCorkle at Gen. Holly's headquarters at camp of W.Va. National Guards in 1895, b&w. mounted on cardboard Notes on back reads: Gov. Wm. MacCorkle Col. Stuart Walker Col. Lawrence Tierney Capt. Quarrier Gen. James Holly Clinton Gardner Gen. Holly's headquarters at encampment of W.Va. Nat. Guards Aug. 10, 1895
Bible class, 5th Ave. Baptist Church, Huntington, 1894

Bible class, 5th Ave. Baptist Church, Huntington, W.Va.,1894, J. N. Potts, seated 4th from left, b&w. back reads: Herald-Adv, July 21, 1929 Long family papers, acc 348, June 1982 Bible Class of J. N. Potts, 1894, Fifth Ave. Baptist Church (list of everyone in photo)