Earl Ray Zinn during World War I, North Central, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Zinn is pictured a soldier's uniform beside an American flag. Zinn is from North Central West Virginia, which includes Monongalia, Taylor and Barbour counties.
Dedication of St. Luck Church of Christ, Mooresville, Clay District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
A group of church members sit for a portrait at the new building for St. Luke Church of Christ. The date the church was organized is unknown, but likely between 1860 and 1870. A frame church was built in 1890 but destroyed by fire in 1913. The name then changed to St. Luke Christian Church and a new building was erected in 1918.
Formerly known as Pack's Ferry, A group is pictured sitting inside a small rowboat at the ferry site. Behind them, a man walks on the pier. Subjects unidentified.
Hinton High School Football Team Playing in Courthouse Square, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Pictured on the site where the Hinton Post Office building erected ca. 1925, on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Ballengee Street, the boys play a pick-up game as people observe from the sidewalk.Pictured from left to right: Cecil Hall; Oscar Quesenberry; Frank Pierce; Bill Gardner; Fred Brown; "Fatty" Gregg; Jim Russell; (Quarterback) John Parry; (Right Half) Morris Templeton; (Fullback) Dick Noel; and (Left Half) "Flip" Johnson.The three boys standing behind the positioned team are John Cobb; Ernest Graham; and Worth Wray.Bowling's Hardware store pictured in the background on the corner.
Miller served in the United States Congress, 1894-1898, appointed to the West Virginia State Supreme Court, and elected to the West Virginia State Legislature in 1914.
Flood waters flow dangerously close to the Elk River Bridge at Gassaway in Braxton County. The Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church in the center of photo.
A portrait of Lieutenant Easton who served in the 77th Division during World War I (1917-1918) and on General Pershing's staff during the Paris Peace Conference (1918-1919). Easton was a Professor of History at West Virginia University, 1938 to 1972.
Unidentified Military Unit at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Group of young men in dress army uniforms, probably West Virginia University students, posing outside a university building. Two of the soldiers have Greek symbols printed in ink on their left shoulder.
Back Row: Alma Ramsey, Mable Ramsey, Ruth Ramsey, Edwin Ramsey, Alfred Teuscher, Mary Isch Teuscher, Ida Sutton, Bill Sutton, Anna Sutton, Harley Sutton. Front Row: Alma Teuscher, Lena Teuscher, Anna Marti Teuscher, Margaret Teuscher, Gertrude Teuscher, Jacob Tuescher, Francis Sutton, John Teuscher, Bertha Teuscher Sutton, Mable Sutton, David Sutton, George Sutton, Edward Sutton, Elda Sutton.
'Former Senator, Clarence W. Watson of Fairmont; photo taken when he served as Lt. Col. in first World War; deceased (1864-1941); one of leading industrialists in Northern W. Va.; (family connection to C.E. Smith)'
'Wilson needs Watson;' Born 1864, Marion County, Watson was an Army Lt. Colonel during Worls War I. He served as United States Senator for West Virginia(Democrat), 1911-1913, finishing the term of Stephen Elkins. Watson lost the 1918 senatorial election to Nathan Goff Jr.
A view of Stewart Hall when it was used as library. Over the central archway 'LIBRARY' is engraved. A hooded car is parked in front of the building on University Avenue. The photo is taken across from the street on a fall day.