Two sets of railroad tracks with a car on each track and possibly a switch station in between the tracks. Tall trees are on either side of the tracks. Descriptive information on back of card (left): James S. Earle & Sons, 816 Chestnut St.,...
The Green River with the steamboat "Allie" and two rectangular wooden barges along its shore at left; the far shore is also pictured. A tipple track slants down to a barge filled with coal. The somewhat dilapidated steamer has three...
A white horse and cart stand in front of a wood building and tipple built atop some large piles of dirt; four men stand on the pile at the right. Wood boards lie loosely around, especially at the base of the pile on the left.
Cityscapes; Mining; Churches; Streets; Hospitals; Orthodox churches; Schools; Department stores; Power plants; Catholic churches; Athletic fields; Methodist Episcopal churches; Hotels; Banks; Post offices; Buildings; United States Coal and Coke...
Souvenir folder of postcards from Lynch, Kentucky, in Harlan County. Lynch is a mining town and some of the views reflect that role: there are views of mine entrances. Also pictured are various churches, including a Greek Orthodox church, an...
Dark smoke rises from the ground in an expanding column with a hole in the center near the top, as an oil well burns in front of a backdrop of trees, witnessed by a crowd of mostly men but also children, a baby held by a man, and a woman with a...
Smoke rises from the ground in a darkening and widening column near a small shelter. Two men in white shirts stand in front. One man has his arms crossed and one is holding onto his suspenders. Leafy trees encircle the clearing and there is also a...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Kentucky--Social life and customs; Coal mining; Oil wells; Lumber industry; Croplands; Horse farms; Buildings; Educational facilities
Assembled in 1904 for display in the Kentucky Building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World's Fair) in St. Louis by the chair of the Kentucky delegation, Arthur Y. Ford, two of the albums contained 309 photographs from the Appalachian,...
