Gary Restaurant and Railroad Crossing Photograph

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Gary Restaurant and Railroad Crossing Photograph, Ms2010-008, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
The collection contains a photograph of Gary restaurant and railroad crossing in McDowell Company-run Gary Township, West Virginia, circa 1990.
Language:
The material in the collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Gary Restaurant and Railroad Crossing Photograph, Ms2010-008, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This photograph features Gary Restaurant, a railroad, and a horse-drawn wagon. It was taken in the early 1990s.

Biographical / historical:

The restaurant featured in the photograph was built in 1913, and is located in Gary Township, West Virginia. By 1920, the restaurant underwent extensive expansion.

Gary Township was a McDowell company-run town; it was the center of a booming steel and coal camp that operated until the 1970s. The town's prep plant was once the largest in the world.

External source:

GARY, WV. Southern West Virginia Coalfields. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. http://www.coalcampusa.com/sowv/flattop/gary/gary.htm .

Acquisition information:
The Gary Restaurant and Railroad Crossing photograph was donated to Special Collections in 2005.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Gary Restaurant and Railroad Crossing photograph commenced and was completed in February 2010.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard