Spencer Dayton of Philippi, Barbour County, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca.1885
Description:
Portrait of an elderly Dayton. He was involved in the founding of the state of West Virginia, served as a delegate at the first and second Wheeling Conventions, one term in the West Virginia State Senate and State Prosecuting Attorney for Barbour, Randolph, Taylor and Tucker Counties.
Frank Holme (right) from Preston County, West Virginia, was a nationally known artist and newspaper illustrator. In this staged photograph he pretends to share soup with an unidentified friend.
Frank Holme (standing, far left) from Preston County, West Virginia was a renown artist and newspaper illustrator. Here he poses with unidentified friends, one woman maybe his wife, Ida Van Dyke Holme.
Frank Holme, right, from Terra Alta, West Virginia was a renown artist and newspaper illustrator. Here he poses with an unidentified friend in a staged photograph.
Frank Holme, right, from Terra Alta, West Virginia, was a renown artist and newspaper illustrator. Here he clowns with an unidentified friend in staged photograph.