Life in Company Towns

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• Coal Company Store, Rosemont, W. Va.

  Coal Company Store, Rosemont, W. Va.
• Coal Company Building Surrounded by Houses, Itmann. W. Va.

  Coal town with Company building in the center. Sign on front of building says 'Safety The First Consideration.'
• Section of the Town of Whipple, W. Va., West of the Company Store.

  Section of town of Whipple, West of the company store showing store in the foreground, miner's homes in the distance.
• New River Company Store, Harvey, W. Va.

  A group of men, women, and children are pictured loitering in front of the store entrance.
• Boomer Supply Company Store, Boomer, W. Va.

  A group of men and boys are lined up on the store's porch. Mr. B. Killy is identified as the superintendent.
• Company Store, Beury, W. Va.

  Men are gathered outside of the large brick building in which the Beury Brothers Coal and Coke Company store is located. Subjects unidentified.
• Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va.

  Built in 1836, the courthouse was twice the scene of treason trials- abolitionist John Brown in 1859 and leaders of the coal miners' 1921 armed march in Southern West Virginia.
• Interior of A. J. Fletcher's Department Store, Clarksburg, W. Va.

  Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911.
• Brinkman's and Company Store, Grafton, W. Va.

  Group of people standing on the sidewalk in front of Brinkman's store in Grafton, W. Va.
• H. Fisher and Co. General Store

  Men, women, and children standing in front of the H. Fisher and Co. Store. Horse drawn carriages are also in front.
• Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store Stock

  Shelves with stocked store merchandise. Mr. Guinn is standing in the background of the picture.
• Main Street, Mount Hope, W. Va.

  Cars and people file down the streets at Mount Hope, W. Va.
• YMCA at Carbon, W. Va.

  'Modern Y.M.C.A. and recreation building; teacherage; and consolidated school building. Carbon is where the first Y.M.C.A in a bituminous field in the U.S. was established.' Picture was taken from an article in the West Virginia Review by C.A. Cabell, President of Carbon Fuel Company, titled 'Building a Mining Community'. Picture is on page 209 of the April 1927 issue.
• Home of Coal Operator J. L. Beury at Beury, W. Va.

  Home of Coal Operator J. L. Beury at Beury, W. Va.
• Company Store in Caperton, W. Va.

  Mine store of the New River Coal Co. at Caperton, W. Va. Gen. Caperton is on the far left on the porch.
• Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store

  Men standing outside of the Fire Creek Mine Store.
• New River Coal Company, Summerlee Store

  The Summerlee Store at the Summerlee Mine of the New River Company. The people sitting in front of the store from right to left; Harry Stamper, Lola Lewis, A.R. Long, Delia Alexander, A.J. Bishop.
• Currey Hotel and Other Buildings, Monongah, W. Va.

  Picture of a intersection of streets in Monongah, W. Va. 1907. Trolley car in the foreground.