This collection includes one scrapbook that is mostly composed of newspaper clippings about firemen, firefighting, other local events and local history in Huntington, WV. Less represented in the scrapbook are postcards of fire stations and state capitols from around the United States, a cloth reading “U.S. Registered June 5th, 1917” to signify that Lyle Peaco registered for the draft, two unidentified tintypes, photographs of members of the fire department, other photographs of unidentified people, ephemera such as licenses related to Lyle Peaco, business cards, a court document requesting Peaco to attend, a Barnum Club ribbon, a warrant for the arrest of Charles Rose, pasted in typewritten documents related to fire fighting, a county fair ticket stub, a letter from the wife of WV House of Delegates member George W. Sheets in 1891, and ephemera from local Huntington events.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Peaco Family Scrapbook, 1880-1946. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Peaco Family Scrapbook, 1880-1946.
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Joe Gainer, manager of Huntington Theater, ca. 1900
Joe Gainer, manager of Huntington Theater, ca. 1900, b&w. Note under photo reads: Joe Ganer, manager of Huntington theater attached article (undated) said he managed the theater for 5 years.
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Ruins of Jefferson Davis's Headquarters, Fort Gibson, Ok
Ruins of Jefferson Davis's Headquarters, Fort Gibson, Ok, b&w. Glued firmly in scrapbook.
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Huntington, W.Va. fireman, presumed to be Oscar Gilmore
Huntington, W.Va. fireman, presumed to be Oscar Gilmore, ca. 1920,b&w. Obit & photo next to this photo appears to be same person.
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Central Fire Department, Huntington, W.Va., ca. 1915
Central Fire Department, Huntington, W.Va., ca. 1915, color. No postmark, no addressee.
