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25. Coal Miners

IDNO:
028548
Title:
Coal Miners
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
Two story, segregated "Colored" Graded school near the C.H. Mead Coal Company.

26. Colored Graded School, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039023
Title:
Colored Graded School, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Two story, segregated "Colored" Graded school near the C.H. Mead Coal Company.
Front view of brick high school with seven, ca. 1930 cars parked outside.

27. High School Near Mead-East Gulf Coal Company, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039024
Title:
High School Near Mead-East Gulf Coal Company, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Front view of brick high school with seven, ca. 1930 cars parked outside.
Pool Room with pot-belly stove at the C.H. Mead Coal Company.

28. Pool Room, East Gulf No. 2, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039028
Title:
Pool Room, East Gulf No. 2, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Pool Room with pot-belly stove at the C.H. Mead Coal Company.
A two story graded school near C.H. Mead Coal Company.

29. Graded School, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039030
Title:
Graded School, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
A two story graded school near C.H. Mead Coal Company.
A two story African-American High School near C.H. Mead Coal Company.

30. Colored High School, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039035
Title:
Colored High School, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
A two story African-American High School near C.H. Mead Coal Company.
East Gulf Store Deli for miners at C.H. Mead Coal Company town near Beckley, West Virginia.

31. East Gulf Store Deli, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039039
Title:
East Gulf Store Deli, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
East Gulf Store Deli for miners at C.H. Mead Coal Company town near Beckley, West Virginia.
Inscribed on the bottom of the postcard: "Two or three days of a miner's work pays his monthly fixed charges. Can you do as well?" See the original image for the list of charges. The advertisement was used by the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.

32. Miner's Rental House With Rates Listed, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039043
Title:
Miner's Rental House With Rates Listed, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Inscribed on the bottom of the postcard: "Two or three days of a miner's work pays his monthly fixed charges. Can you do as well?" See the original image for the list of charges. The advertisement was used by the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.
A miner was paid with company script or money, good only in company owned businesses. Script collection belongs to Bill Long.

33. Coal Company's Script, Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
040677
Title:
Coal Company's Script, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/07
Description:
A miner was paid with company script or money, good only in company owned businesses. Script collection belongs to Bill Long.
How a miner was paid. Script collection belongs to Bill Long.

34. Coal Company's Script, Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
040678
Title:
Coal Company's Script, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/07
Description:
How a miner was paid. Script collection belongs to Bill Long.
Photo description reads, "Peggy Ann and Peter Hoover, grandchildren of President and Mrs. Hoover, helping the packing of packages containing toys and other Christmas gifts for delivery to the poor little boys and girls of soft coal miners about Morgantown, W. Va., on the lawn of the white house on December 23. The children's mother, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Jr., and the President's wife are looking on. The gifts were brought to the Christmas party of the children in the white house by the young sons and daughters of Washington's Officialdom."

35. Hoover Grandchildren Send Toys to Poor Miners' Children

IDNO:
045192
Title:
Hoover Grandchildren Send Toys to Poor Miners' Children
Date:
1931/12/23
Description:
Photo description reads, "Peggy Ann and Peter Hoover, grandchildren of President and Mrs. Hoover, helping the packing of packages containing toys and other Christmas gifts for delivery to the poor little boys and girls of soft coal miners about Morgantown, W. Va., on the lawn of the white house on December 23. The children's mother, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Jr., and the President's wife are looking on. The gifts were brought to the Christmas party of the children in the white house by the young sons and daughters of Washington's Officialdom."
Houses lined in distinct rows cover the hillside.Bobby Meadows, son of Ramona and Robert Meadows, had grandparents that lived here. His grandmother's name was Edna Meadows.

36. Hump Mountain Coal Company Housing, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048166
Title:
Hump Mountain Coal Company Housing, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925
Description:
Houses lined in distinct rows cover the hillside.Bobby Meadows, son of Ramona and Robert Meadows, had grandparents that lived here. His grandmother's name was Edna Meadows.