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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"]](/thumb/4224DayJamesPhoto01311817 "Custom Desserts neon sign made by James Day")
- Identifier:
- 4224.DayJames.Photo.013.11.8.17
- Title:
- Custom Desserts neon sign made by James Day
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Neon signs, Tube bending, and 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"]](/thumb/4224DayJamesPhoto01411817 "Manifold used to make neon signs at Day Sign Company in Saint Albans")
- Identifier:
- 4224.DayJames.Photo.014.11.8.17
- Title:
- Manifold used to make neon signs at Day Sign Company in Saint Albans
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Neon signs, Tube bending, and 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"]](/thumb/4224DayJamesPhoto01511817 "A manifold used in the process of neon sign making at Day Sign Company in Saint Albans")
- Identifier:
- 4224.DayJames.Photo.015.11.8.17
- Title:
- A manifold used in the process of neon sign making at Day Sign Company in Saint Albans
- Date:
- 2017-11-08
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Saint Albans (W. Va.), Neon signs, and Tube bending
- 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"]](/thumb/4224DayJamesPhoto01611817 "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:
- Saint Albans (W. Va.), Tube bending, and 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"]](/thumb/4224DayJamesPhoto01711817 "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.), Neon signs, and Tube bending
- 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"]](/thumb/4224DayJamesPhoto01811817 "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:
- Neon signs, Tube bending, and 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"]](/thumb/4224DayJamesPhoto01911817 "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:
- Neon signs, Tube bending, and Saint Albans (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Saint Albans (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."]](/thumb/4224DoughertyCarolPhoto00162116 "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:
- Catholic Church--Maronite rite, Dougherty, Carol, and 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"]](/thumb/4224DoughertyCarolPhoto00262116 "\"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 and 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"]](/thumb/4224DoughertyCarolPhoto00362116 "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:
- Wheeling, W.Va., Lebanese Americans, Dougherty, Carol, and 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"]](/thumb/4224DoughertyCarolPhoto00462116 "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:
- Dougherty, Carol, Lebanese Americans, Catholic Church--Maronite rite, and Wheeling, W.Va.
- 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"]](/thumb/4224DoughertyCarolPhoto00562116 "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:
- Wheeling, W.Va., Catholic Church--Maronite rite, and Lebanese Americans
- Location:
- Wheeling (W. Va.)
