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["James L. Day (July 5, 1932-April 12, 2019) was the owner of JL Day Sign Company in St. Albans, WV. He made hand-bent neon signs for nearly 60 years and was one of the last hand tube benders in the Kanawha Valley.In 2018, the West Virginia Folklife Program worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting to produce audio and video documentaries about Day. View them at https://wvfolklife.org/2018/09/04/st-albans-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decades-a-profile-of-james-l-day/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCe99a7ke50&feature=emb_titleAudio: https://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/wva-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decadesRead Days obituary here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/saint-albans-wv/james-day-8250954"]%

985. Demonstration neon lighting by James Day

Identifier:
4224.DayJames.Photo.016.11.8.17
Title:
Demonstration neon lighting by James Day
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Neon signs, Tube bending, Saint Albans (W. Va.)
Location:
Saint Albans (W. Va.)
["James L. Day (July 5, 1932-April 12, 2019) was the owner of JL Day Sign Company in St. Albans, WV. He made hand-bent neon signs for nearly 60 years and was one of the last hand tube benders in the Kanawha Valley.In 2018, the West Virginia Folklife Program worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting to produce audio and video documentaries about Day. View them at https://wvfolklife.org/2018/09/04/st-albans-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decades-a-profile-of-james-l-day/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCe99a7ke50&feature=emb_titleAudio: https://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/wva-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decadesRead Days obituary here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/saint-albans-wv/james-day-8250954"]%

986. Day Sign Company truck

Identifier:
4224.DayJames.Photo.017.11.8.17
Title:
Day Sign Company truck
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Saint Albans (W. Va.), Tube bending, Neon signs
Location:
Saint Albans (W. Va.)
["James L. Day (July 5, 1932-April 12, 2019) was the owner of JL Day Sign Company in St. Albans, WV. He made hand-bent neon signs for nearly 60 years and was one of the last hand tube benders in the Kanawha Valley.In 2018, the West Virginia Folklife Program worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting to produce audio and video documentaries about Day. View them at https://wvfolklife.org/2018/09/04/st-albans-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decades-a-profile-of-james-l-day/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCe99a7ke50&feature=emb_titleAudio: https://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/wva-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decadesRead Days obituary here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/saint-albans-wv/james-day-8250954"]%

987. James Day makes a neon sign

Identifier:
4224.DayJames.Photo.018.11.8.17
Title:
James Day makes a neon sign
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Tube bending, Saint Albans (W. Va.), Neon signs
Location:
Saint Albans (W. Va.)
["James L. Day (July 5, 1932-April 12, 2019) was the owner of JL Day Sign Company in St. Albans, WV. He made hand-bent neon signs for nearly 60 years and was one of the last hand tube benders in the Kanawha Valley.In 2018, the West Virginia Folklife Program worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting to produce audio and video documentaries about Day. View them at https://wvfolklife.org/2018/09/04/st-albans-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decades-a-profile-of-james-l-day/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCe99a7ke50&feature=emb_titleAudio: https://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/wva-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decadesRead Days obituary here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/saint-albans-wv/james-day-8250954"]%

988. James Day bends and blows into a glass tube in order to shape it into letters for a neon sign

Identifier:
4224.DayJames.Photo.019.11.8.17
Title:
James Day bends and blows into a glass tube in order to shape it into letters for a neon sign
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Saint Albans (W. Va.), Tube bending, Neon signs
Location:
Saint Albans (W. Va.)
["James L. Day (July 5, 1932-April 12, 2019) was the owner of JL Day Sign Company in St. Albans, WV. He made hand-bent neon signs for nearly 60 years and was one of the last hand tube benders in the Kanawha Valley.In 2018, the West Virginia Folklife Program worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting to produce audio and video documentaries about Day. View them at https://wvfolklife.org/2018/09/04/st-albans-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decades-a-profile-of-james-l-day/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCe99a7ke50&feature=emb_titleAudio: https://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/wva-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decadesRead Days obituary here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/saint-albans-wv/james-day-8250954"]%

989. Transcript of oral history of James L. Day, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.DayJamesIntTranscript11.8.17
Title:
Transcript of oral history of James L. Day, 1 of 2
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Day, James L.
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Neon signs, Tube bending, Saint Albans (W. Va.)
Location:
Saint Albans (W. Va.)
["James L. DayJames Day (July 5, 1932-April 12, 2019) was the owner of JL Day Sign Company in St. Albans, WV. He made hand-bent neon signs for nearly 60 years and was one of the last hand tube benders in the Kanawha Valley.This is Hilliards second interview with Day, recorded for the West Virginia Folklife Program and West Virginia Public Broadcasting audio and video documentaries about Day. View them at https://wvfolklife.org/2018/09/04/st-albans-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decades-a-profile-of-james-l-day/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCe99a7ke50&feature=emb_titleAudio: https://soundcloud.com/wvpublicnews/wva-artisan-has-been-making-neon-signs-by-hand-for-five-decadesRead Days obituary here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/saint-albans-wv/james-day-8250954"]%

990. Transcript of oral history of James L. Day, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.DayJamesIntTranscript3.13.18
Title:
Transcript of oral history of James L. Day, 2 of 2
Date:
2018-03-13
Creator:
Day, James L.
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily, Kleine, Chuck
Subject:
Saint Albans (W. Va.), Neon signs, Tube bending
Location:
Saint Albans (W. Va.)

Listen to Audio

991. Oral history of Carol Dougherty

Identifier:
4224.DoughertyCarol.AudioInt.6.21.16
Title:
Oral history of Carol Dougherty
Date:
2016-06-21
Creator:
Dougherty, Carol
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Lebanese Americans, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Folk music--West Virginia, Dougherty, Carol, Cooking, Lebanese, Catholic Church--Maronite rite
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Carol Dougherty is an elder in Wheelings Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church. She was born in Wheeling, WV in 1938 and was raised by her grandparents, who were immigrants from Lebanon. She is a traditional Lebanese home cook, a member of Our Lady of Lebanon Womens Society, and will be teaching a folk dance and dubke class for children at Our Lady of Lebanons 84th annual Mahrajan Festival in August 2017."]%

992. Carol Dougherty at Wheeling's Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church

Identifier:
4224.DoughertyCarol.Photo.001.6.21.16
Title:
Carol Dougherty at Wheeling's Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church
Date:
2016-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Dougherty, Carol, Catholic Church--Maronite rite, Lebanese Americans
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church at 2216 Eoff Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, is the only Maronite church in the state. Via e: WV, \"On December 19, 1932, a tragic fire destroyed the 10-year old church building, yet it also provided the occasion for a perceived miracle. According to a report in the Wheeling News-Register, 'While the rest of the church was engulfed in a raging inferno, the firemen recalled, the life-sized portrait of Our Lady of Lebanon, which was then hanging above a side altar, remained untouched by flames. When firemen attempted to spray water on the portrait, the stream of water parted and did not touch the work of art.' Read more in the online West Virginia Encyclopedia: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1513"]%

993. "Our Lady of Lebanon" miraculous painting at Wheeling's Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church

Identifier:
4224.DoughertyCarol.Photo.002.6.21.16
Title:
"Our Lady of Lebanon" miraculous painting at Wheeling's Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church
Date:
2016-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Lebanese Americans, Catholic Church--Maronite rite
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church at 2216 Eoff Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, is the only Maronite church in the state. Via e: WV, \"On December 19, 1932, a tragic fire destroyed the 10-year old church building, yet it also provided the occasion for a perceived miracle. According to a report in the Wheeling News-Register, 'While the rest of the church was engulfed in a raging inferno, the firemen recalled, the life-sized portrait of Our Lady of Lebanon, which was then hanging above a side altar, remained untouched by flames. When firemen attempted to spray water on the portrait, the stream of water parted and did not touch the work of art.' Read more in the online West Virginia Encyclopedia: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1513"]%

994. Altar at Wheeling's Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church

Identifier:
4224.DoughertyCarol.Photo.003.6.21.16
Title:
Altar at Wheeling's Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church
Date:
2016-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Lebanese Americans, Wheeling, W.Va., Dougherty, Carol, Catholic Church--Maronite rite
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church at 2216 Eoff Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, is the only Maronite church in the state. Via e: WV, \"On December 19, 1932, a tragic fire destroyed the 10-year old church building, yet it also provided the occasion for a perceived miracle. According to a report in the Wheeling News-Register, 'While the rest of the church was engulfed in a raging inferno, the firemen recalled, the life-sized portrait of Our Lady of Lebanon, which was then hanging above a side altar, remained untouched by flames. When firemen attempted to spray water on the portrait, the stream of water parted and did not touch the work of art.' Read more in the online West Virginia Encyclopedia: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1513"]%

995. Society banners at Wheeling's Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church

Identifier:
4224.DoughertyCarol.Photo.004.6.21.16
Title:
Society banners at Wheeling's Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church
Date:
2016-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wheeling, W.Va., Dougherty, Carol, Catholic Church--Maronite rite, Lebanese Americans
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)
["Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church at 2216 Eoff Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, is the only Maronite church in the state. Via e: WV, \"On December 19, 1932, a tragic fire destroyed the 10-year old church building, yet it also provided the occasion for a perceived miracle. According to a report in the Wheeling News-Register, 'While the rest of the church was engulfed in a raging inferno, the firemen recalled, the life-sized portrait of Our Lady of Lebanon, which was then hanging above a side altar, remained untouched by flames. When firemen attempted to spray water on the portrait, the stream of water parted and did not touch the work of art.' Read more in the online West Virginia Encyclopedia: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1513"]%

996. Saint Maron statue at Wheeling's Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church

Identifier:
4224.DoughertyCarol.Photo.005.6.21.16
Title:
Saint Maron statue at Wheeling's Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church
Date:
2016-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Lebanese Americans, Catholic Church--Maronite rite, Wheeling, W.Va.
Location:
Wheeling (W. Va.)