Historical Photos of the Bell System

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.