De Sales School of Nursing, St. Mary's Hospital, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
An ink drawing of De Sales Hall, the School of Nursing building at St. Mary's Hospital, in Clarksburg, West Virginia. L. D. Schmidt, Architect, Fairmont, W. Va. and Rev. Michael McInerney, OSB, Architect Associate, Belmont, N. C.
Harrison County Physicians with Their Cars in Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Physicians stand next to their cars in Clarksburg, W. Va. 'Left to right: 1. Esker, 2. Lynch, 3. Carbin, 4. D.B. Davis, 5. Dhrutleworth, 6. Unknown, 7. Corder, 8.Unknown, 9. E. N. Flowers, 10. Sloan, 11. Slatter, 12. Unknown, 13. Nutter, 14. Unknown, 15. Showalter, 16. A. L. Post.'
Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911. 'Capital $250,000. Surplus and Profits $130,000. Deposits $1,400,000.'
Oak Hall Building, Judge Nathan Goff, Owner, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
Description:
Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911. Martin Brother's Groceries, Cunningham Shoe Company, Clarksburg Grocery Company, Rose Carr Hat Shop, Hayman's Flower Store, the Willison and Dennison Company, and the Clarksburg Board of Trade occupied the Oak Hall Building.
Plant of the Clarksburg Brewing Company, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
Description:
Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911.
Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911. G. M. West Warehouse for Hay, Grain, Feed, Plaster, Cement, etc.
Interior View of Ideal Studio Parlor, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
Description:
Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911.
Grand Army of the Republic Gun Exhibition, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
The Grand Army of the Republic, or G.A.R., was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, Marines and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War for the Northern/Federal forces. Its peak membership, at more than 490,000, was in 1890, a high point of various Civil War commemorative and monument dedication ceremonies. It was succeeded by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, composed of male descendants of Union Army and Union Navy veterans.The G.A.R. was organized into "departments" at the state level and "posts" at the community level. This old artillery gun monument was dedicated by the G.A.R. Department of West Virginia, Custer Post No. 8.The plaque beneath the gun reads, "This gun was cast at Sevilla Spain, May 9th 1795, is 12 ft. in length, Caliber 6 3/8 inches weighs 6283 lbs. It was captured from the Spanish by Admiral Dewey, at Cavite Arsenal, near Manila, P.I. [Philippines] in May 1898, brought to N. Y. Navy Yard in the U. S., S. Buffalo [South Buffalo, New York]. Loaned by the Navy Department to Custer Post No. 8 G.A.R. was Mounted on Platform June 23rd, 1899. On July 4th, 1899, the Gun was unveiled by members of Custer Post with suitable ceremonies."
Lang Family in front of the Sheriff's Residence in Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Sheriff Residence: 1896-1900 Facing Back Street now Washington Avenue. Three women standing in front of the house: Elizabeth Bond Lang (Wife John G. Lang) Etta Lang (Wife of F. Shuttleworth) Susan Hornor Lang (Wife of Sheriff Lq.L. Lang).
Identified in the photo: Dave Greathouse, John Owens, Ray Kenshaw, Will Hardon, Will Swiger, Frank Welch - Manager, Robert Fox, Stealey Guinn, Mike Cottingham, Emory Coffman - Captain, Basil Welch.
Ruhl Koblegard and Co. Wholesale Grocery Girl, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
Advertisement for Ruhl Koblegard and Co. Wholesale Grocery, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, featuring a girl wearing an ornate dress and holding a basket of flowers.
Front: The North Western Virginia Academy built in 1843. Replaced by the Towers Public School building in 1894. This picture was taken prior to the year 1886. Back: 'And don't you remember the School Ben Bolt. With the master so cruel and grim and the shanded nook in the running brook- Where the children went to swim- Grass grows on the masters grave Ben Bolt. The spring of the brook is dry. And of all the boys who were schoolmates then there are only you and I.'
'This house, constructed in 1786 by Nicholas Carpenter, was located on West Milford Road where Madison Mines Greenhouse was and the present Solo Gas Station is, in Stealey Heights. The marker with date is on chimney. After Carpenter's death at the hands of Indians near Salem in 1792, successive owners were Nicholas Carpenter, Jr., Adam Hickman, Benjamin Wilson, Jr., Henry Flesher, Jacob Stealey, and the latter's son, Edmund Kerns Stealey. Edmund K., with his wife, Mary Steel, lived here 1841-43. John E. was one son of Edmund K. The house was demolished in 1896. Pictured: Pointing at marker on chimney, McCulloch Temple (brother of Mary Temple Stealey, native of Danville, Kentucky and wife of John E.); Joseph T. Hall, (cousin of Mary T.S.); Lyda Stealey (brother of John E.); Helen Hall (wife of Joseph Hall) (foregoing in two upper story windows from left to right); Lum and Ellen Brown (Granny), former Stealey slaves; Ellen, granddaughter of 'Granny'; Ethel, daughter of John E.; Pearl, daughter of Lydia; Pearl's mother, Emma Baltzley Stealey who is holding her son, Harry Edmund Stealey; Leila; in front of her, Elizabeth, Joseph Edmund, Ray (children of John E. and Mary T.); Mary Temple Stealey, holding daughter, Eunice; Aleck Rebrucks; John Edmund Stealey (holding hat); Joseph Thompson (holding cow); Bob, brother of Ellen, on horse called Ben Butler; Charles Stealey, son of John E. and Mary T. (holding horse); and sitting on ground are Stell and Julie, Ellen's sister. Date of Photograph: ca. 1885. This year is an estimate, based on the years of birth of Mary T. and John E. Stealey's 13 children and their appearance in the photograph and their construction of a new house two blocks up Milford Road in the late 1880's. John Edmund Stealey, III May 1984.'