Charleston, West Virginia, 1909 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Charleston, West Virginia, 1909, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: B.E. view, Charleston, W. Va.
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Charleston, West Virginia, 1909
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Charleston, West Virginia, in 1909 was the state capital and a river city whose fortunes rested on the Kanawha Valley's coal, salt, and timber. The Kanawha River carried barges of coal and goods past the town, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's lines through the valley tied it to markets east and west. Charleston had been the seat of state government since 1885, when the legislature settled there for good, and the state capitol downtown was the center of political life. Residents of the day would have known the town as a busy industrial hub at the meeting of the Elk and Kanawha rivers, where mining families, merchants, and lawmakers shared the same streets.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--West Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,040 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | B.E. view, Charleston, W. Va. |
| Reference | WV Charleston 1909 |
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