30s & 40s  Photos

These photos are mostly from the 40s. 
The era's represented here may also represent other era's.  


The Diamond Dept Store
 		Stewarts Root Beer
 		The Kearse Theater
The Diamond Dept Store
 Stewarts Root Beer
 The Kearse Theater



Quarrier Diner Gas Station At 5 Corners Kanawha Blvd West
Quarrier Diner Gas Station At 5 Corners Kanawha Blvd West



Air Cadets

Clarks Seaplane Base

Bollinger Airport
WV Air Cadets Clarks Seaplane Base
 Bollinger Airport



Stone & Thomas

West Washington Street

Charleston Shanty Boats

Stone & Thomas
 West Washington Street Shanty Boat Town



Summers Street 
 Pile Hardware
 Clay Mines
Summers Street in its heyday
 Pile Hardware Clay Mines on Elk



Young St

The Fife Street Shoe Shop

The Sodder Kids Mystery
Welch & Young Street
 The Fife Street Shoe Shop The Sodder Kids Mystery



Gas Stations


Cox Morton

Steam Engines
Some area gas stations Virginia St next to Courthouse Steam Power



Edgewood Cave

Virginia Street

 Hillcrest Sanitarium
Edgewood Cave Virginia Street near Capitol Hillcrest Sanitarium



The Conlon Bakery
 Italians during WWII
 The Famous 40s Car Club
The Conlon Bakery Italians during WWII The Famous 40s Car Club



Superior laundry Edgewood
 Fear
Superior Laundry Edgewood at Washington
 Running Scared



Lee St
 "Doc" Folden Sears
Midleburg Auditorium
 "Doc" Folden The Catalog Stores



Municipal Auditorium Elk River Kanawha City
Municipal Auditorium Aerial shot 1939 35th St Kanawha City



Craik-Patton House Park Pontiac Arial
Craik-Patton House Park Pontiac Great Aerial Photo



Bonhams Dairy Sissonville Rd Coal River Swim
Bonham Dairy Washington Street at Rt 21 The Beaches on Coal River



Firestone
 Southside Bridge
 Purity Maid
The historic Firestone store? First South Side Bridge Purity Maid Bakery



Sterling Restaurant Casa Loma Ferguson Hotel
The Sterling Restaurant The Casa Loma Cap Ferguson Hotel



Kanawha Airport Davis Child Shelter
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The Men who built the Airport The Davis Child Shelter
 A rare and wonderful Biker pic




C&P Telephone
 1944 City Map WV Photos
C&P Telephone Operators
 1944 City Map The Church House



Airplane Crash
 Sanderson WV Danial Boone Hotel
The Miles Dixon Crash Sanderson WV Daniel Boone Hotel



Ford Dealers In Charleston WV Garnet High School
 Airmail
Ford Dealers In Charleston Garnet High School
 Air Mail in Charleston



Woolworth Fire
The Tragic 1949 Woolworth Fire

Pizza
You might be surprised


Movies

Theaters You Forgot

Shoneys

Ads and Articles


Bra Factory

The Hosiery & Bra Factory of Eleanor WV

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