Historical Photos of the Bell System (9)

Photos from Chuck Warder & Larry Legge

These photos were provided by a C&P Retiree now active in the West Virginia Historical Society. The photos were/are identified by a number with a prefix of 040126 followed by a suffix (suffix numbers shown below) along with a description. Click on the thumbnail images below to view larger size images. The late Mr. Jackson and Mr. Legg have cared for these photos and the history they tell.

Locations:

  • Madison, West Virginia
  • Huntington, West Virginia
  • Louisa, Kentucky

One of the photos contributed below was used in a newspaper article (click HERE to read article).

Click on the thumbnail-sized images below to view the full-size images.

09A

Louisa Line 1916

Jim Vickers (far left)

10A

C&P Telephone Linemen. - Yates Farm - 1916

Huntington Louisa Line

11A

C&P Line Crew - Yates Farm - 1916

Huntington Louisa Line

12A

C&P Line Crew - Yates Farm - 1916

13A

C&P Telephone Linemen - 1916

Left to Right: Clyde Smith [laborer]

Keyster Terry [laborer]

L.S. Albott [Lineman]

T. Ratcliff [Lineman]

M. Rowe [Laborer]

Clyde Spears [Team Driver]

Jim Vickers [Foreman]

W. Hutchison [Laborer]

14A

C&P Telephone Line Crew - 1916 - Huntington Louisa Line

15A

C&P Telephone Crew - 1914 - Madison-Logan Line

Left to Right J.C. Vickers

H.J. Carpenter

Wade Rife

Camping near Stollings, WV

16A

Jim Vickers sittin on belt (top)

Tillie Strothers, Foreman, on roof.

Uncle Bud" Cassidy at bottom of pole.

Frank Reed in hole.

Harry Lewis in alley.

Others unidentified

Guyandotte, WV - 1912

17A

Huntington C&P Line Crew 1920 Left to Right

Frank Reed, A. McDaniels,

C.W. Trailor, J.C. Vickers.

C.L. Rutherford in cab.

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