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In addition to the detailed map of Charleston W. Va's business section on one side, the reverse of this map contains extensive description of the city's history and business community. The map was created by the Nirenstein National Realty Map Company. According to the Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, who noted: The Nirenstein National Realty Map Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, produced high quality atlases of urban and suburban businesses and shopping centers. Nathan Nirenstein, who founded the company in 1925, was born in Russia in 1890 and immigrated to the United States in early 1900s. Before creating the atlas company, he was involved in the real estate business in the Springfield, Massachusetts, area. The company published atlases for New England, the Middle Atlantic States, New York City, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the Southern states. Nathan Nirenstein was also a prominent realtor and developer in the city of Springfield, where he owned and operated the Kellogg Building Realty Trust Company. The company had two subordinate operations, the Harrison Realty Company and Bowles Lunch, Inc. He personally operated both the atlas company and the real estate company until shortly before his death in 1973 at the age of 83. His businesses were taken over by his son, David Joel Nirenstein. Although Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company discontinued its production of updated maps in 1958, an inventory of historically important maps remained. These maps were sold to libraries and historical societies throughout the United States and Canada, until the company was finally disbanded in the 1980s.

Map depicting the C & O Railroad network in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states (Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Washington, DC, and New York. Though undated, the map was issued some time between 1947, when the C & O acquired the Pere Marquette Railway of Michigan and Ontario, and 1972, when it adopted a new corporate name following a merger with the ancient Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

Map is dated 1922 but contains extensive markings in colored pen and rubber stamp, including city ward boundaries for 1930 and 1934. A note on the reverse states that the map was transferred to the U. S. Census Bureau on May 17, 1938.

Map shows the coal beds at Flat-Top Coal Fields in McDowell County, West Virginia. It contains an index of openings in the coal bed, and a scale of sections, as well as a key to limestone and shale locations.

This is a richly colored and detailed map of Kenova, W. Va., but with considerable damge from age.

This is a very clearly executed street map of Bluefield, West Virginia, published in 1929 by the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce.

Map of Welch, W. Va., printed in black and white on canvas-type material. A street map of Welch occupies the center of the map, surrounded by advertisements, photos of Welch buildings and locations, and a detailed description of the town's attractions. Published by Sam R. Pennington Publicity Service, Princeton, W. Va.

Map shows towns and geographic features of Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Reproduction was created in 1973.

Map shows Pocahontas Coal Field, with index of mines and their owners. Map is bordered by images of the mines listed on the map.

This map of Beckley, W. Va., number of handwritten notes in the margin, and a stamp on the back stating that the map was transferred to U. S. Census Bureau on May 17, 1938.