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Box 1

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Series 1. Negatives, circa 1930s-1940s

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents

This series includes negatives of aerial views of Fairmont, WV. (Folder 2 contains nitrate negatives.)

Dates: circa 1930s-1940s

Series 2. Fairmont Photographs, circa 1850-1940

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 3-9
Scope and Contents

This series includes portrait photographs from Fairmont studios. Formats include cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and mounted photographs. Most subjects are unidentified. Two non-studio photographs of note include a group portrait of a Fairmont-area baseball team, possibly a coal company team, possibly from Rivesville, WV; and a photo of the storefront of Campbell Shoes, including two unknown individuals, probably in Fairmont.

Dates: circa 1850-1940

Series 3. Non-Fairmont Photographs, circa 1850-1930

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 10-15
Scope and Contents

This series includes portrait photographs from studios outside Fairmont as well as unidentified studios. Studio locations include Waynesburg and Washington, Pennsylvania, and Morgantown and Wheeling, WV. Formats include tintypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, and photo postcards. Almost all subjects are unidentified.

Dates: circa 1850-1930

Series 4. Photographs of Shinnston Tornado Aftermath, 1944

 Series — Box: 1, Folder: 16-18
Scope and Contents

This series includes prints of the damage left behind after a tornado devastated Shinnston, WV on 1944 June 23.

Dates: 1944