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Information included with photograph, "View of Old North Western Pike before it was surfaced, just beyond the 'short turn'". Pictured is Henry Wotney, a friend of Ada Haldeman, riding a wooden bicycle he made.

13. Famous 'Wooden Bicycle', Taylor County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039841
Title:
Famous 'Wooden Bicycle', Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
Information included with photograph, "View of Old North Western Pike before it was surfaced, just beyond the 'short turn'". Pictured is Henry Wotney, a friend of Ada Haldeman, riding a wooden bicycle he made.
Passengers stand beside the track looking at engine no. 500.

14. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Engine at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048850
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Engine at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1947/06
Description:
Passengers stand beside the track looking at engine no. 500.
Bleau, a telegrapher and cousin to W.J.B. Gwinn of Meadow Creek, is pictured on top of a railroad bicycle, or "velosipede", in order to get him to the different telegraph offices that he had to work at on the New River Division.

15. Ernest Bleau on a Railroad Bicycle by New River, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048919
Title:
Ernest Bleau on a Railroad Bicycle by New River, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1918
Description:
Bleau, a telegrapher and cousin to W.J.B. Gwinn of Meadow Creek, is pictured on top of a railroad bicycle, or "velosipede", in order to get him to the different telegraph offices that he had to work at on the New River Division.
Three unidentified women are pictured with the railroad bicycle, or "velocipede".

16. Three Women Posing with Velocipede in Meadow Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
048946
Title:
Three Women Posing with Velocipede in Meadow Creek, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Three unidentified women are pictured with the railroad bicycle, or "velocipede".
An unidentified boy rides down the street near the Eighth Avenue intersection.

17. Boy Riding Bicycle on Temple Street, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049202
Title:
Boy Riding Bicycle on Temple Street, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
An unidentified boy rides down the street near the Eighth Avenue intersection.
Oxen "Buck" and "Berry" could travel up to 5 miles an hour with a wagon load of tanbark, which was loaded at Alderson, W. Va. They delivered on average 2-2.5 cord (one cord cost between $8 and $10) from Ted Wills of Madams Creek.

18. Leonard McVey Shelton and Oxen Transporting Goods, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049382
Title:
Leonard McVey Shelton and Oxen Transporting Goods, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Oxen "Buck" and "Berry" could travel up to 5 miles an hour with a wagon load of tanbark, which was loaded at Alderson, W. Va. They delivered on average 2-2.5 cord (one cord cost between $8 and $10) from Ted Wills of Madams Creek.
Carl B. Allen on the press flight inaugurating the trans-Pacific passenger service from San Francisco to Manila.

19. Carl B. Allen on Inaugural Trans-Pacific Passenger Service Flight

IDNO:
053184
Title:
Carl B. Allen on Inaugural Trans-Pacific Passenger Service Flight
Date:
1936/10
Description:
Carl B. Allen on the press flight inaugurating the trans-Pacific passenger service from San Francisco to Manila.
Carl B. Allen is second from the left. He joined the flight as a journalist to document the journey.

20. Passengers of Inaugural Trans-Pacific Service Welcomed at Hawaii

IDNO:
053185
Title:
Passengers of Inaugural Trans-Pacific Service Welcomed at Hawaii
Date:
1936/10
Description:
Carl B. Allen is second from the left. He joined the flight as a journalist to document the journey.
Carl B. Allen at work during the inaugural trans-Pacific passenger flight of Pan American World Airways from San Francisco to Manila. At the time Allen worked as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune.

21. Carl B. Allen During Trans-Pacific Flight

IDNO:
053188
Title:
Carl B. Allen During Trans-Pacific Flight
Date:
1936/10
Description:
Carl B. Allen at work during the inaugural trans-Pacific passenger flight of Pan American World Airways from San Francisco to Manila. At the time Allen worked as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune.