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You searched for: Date 2016-03-09 Source A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection Subject Painted signs and signboards

["Thurmond is a former boom town on the New River in Fayette County, West Virginia. The town is on the National Register of Historic Places, is part of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, and is an Amtrak stop. In 1986, the John Sayles film Matewan was filmed in Thurmond. Learn more about Thurmond on the New River National Park and Preserve website: https://www.nps.gov/neri/learn/historyculture/thurmond.htmAnd via e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/721"]

1. United States Post Office in Thurmond, 1 of 2

Identifier:: 4224.Thurmond.Photo.003.3.9.16
Title:: United States Post Office in Thurmond, 1 of 2
Date:: 2016-03-09
Creator:: Hilliard, Emily
Subject:: Painted signs and signboards, New River Gorge National River (W. Va.), and Post office buildings
Location:: Thurmond (W. Va.)

["Thurmond is a former boom town on the New River in Fayette County, West Virginia. The town is on the National Register of Historic Places, is part of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, and is an Amtrak stop. In 1986, the John Sayles film Matewan was filmed in Thurmond. Learn more about Thurmond on the New River National Park and Preserve website: https://www.nps.gov/neri/learn/historyculture/thurmond.htmAnd via e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/721"]

2. United States Post Office in Thurmond, 2 of 2

Identifier:: 4224.Thurmond.Photo.004.3.9.16
Title:: United States Post Office in Thurmond, 2 of 2
Date:: 2016-03-09
Creator:: Hilliard, Emily
Subject:: New River Gorge National River (W. Va.), Painted signs and signboards, and Post office buildings
Location:: Thurmond (W. Va.)