West Virginia Historic photos, documents, and people

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Going to the 4 H Fair at Charleston. Location: Charleston vicinity, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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5 P.M. Boys going home from Monongah Glass Works. A native remarked "De place is lousey wid kids." (See #188.) Location: Fairmont, West Virginia.

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Drivers in a Coal Mine Co. Plenty boys driving and on tipple. No trappers used, as mine is ventilated by another system. Location: West Virginia.

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Entrance to a W. Va. coal mine: a "drift" mine. The live-wire was only shoulder -high in places inside, and unprotected. Location: West Virginia.

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Night shift at Glass Works, Grafton, W. Va. 11:30 P.M. Going to work after 1 hour recess. (see label on #162.) Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

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Country view near Charleston, W. Va. Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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Blower and Mold Boy, Seneca Glass Works, Morgantown, W. Va. (see label on #171) (see photos 170 & 171). Location: Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Young Drivers and Trapper Boy, Brown Mine, Brown, W. Va. (Underground from 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.) Sept., 1908. Location: Brown, West Virginia.

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Berkeley Springs - Hancock Bridge, across the Potomac River, connecting U.S. 40 with U.S. 522 at Hancock, Md., near Berkeley Springs, W. Va.