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Jim Costa, Collector, Glass Plate Negatives of Hinton

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3784

Overview

Glass plate negatives (forty-three items) documenting subjects in the area of Hinton, Avis, and Bellepoint, West Virginia. Includes pictures of the Hinton family (patriarch and matriarch were Silas Hinton and Mary Jane Charlton) and their associates. Other subjects include the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, children in a carriage, a mill, and members of a baseball team, among others. Thirty-nine of these have been digitized; the rest were either poor quality or blank.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1900-1910

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

0.7 Linear Feet (7 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.))

Language

English

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Costa, Jim, 2011/06/03

Title
Jim Costa, Collector, Glass Plate Negatives of Hinton, ca. 1900-1910
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Date
2011/06/03
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536