Bluefield, West Virginia, 1912 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Bluefield, West Virginia, 1912, a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: B.E. view of Bluefields [sic], W. Va.
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Bluefield, West Virginia, 1912
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Bluefield, West Virginia, in 1912 sat on a high plateau, and the town shared its daily life with its twin across the Virginia line. Mine officials, merchants, and railroad clerks crossed that boundary as easily as the freight did, so the two communities functioned much like one market. Many of the men who worked the nearby hollows were immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, and their boardinghouses and churches gave the streets a crowded, many-tongued character. Black residents built their own institutions, including the Bluefield Colored Institute, which offered local families schooling beyond the elementary grades. The panorama shows a town still pushing its edges outward.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--West Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 909 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | B.E. view of Bluefields [sic], W. Va. |
| Reference | WV Bluefield 1912 |
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