Ladies Aid Society, State Street M. E. Church, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1908
Description:
'My Dear: On the other side you see a group of our Ladies' Aid. That good looking one is I. To-day Mrs. Wm. Burdette Mathews and Mrs. Sarah F. Blundon entertained us at their home, 1501 Quarrier St. We have subscribed $5000.00 on the new church and may have to call you to help before long. Yours with love.'--Postcard
Cass, W.Va. Pulp and Paper Co. Engine No. 2; Engineer Lewis Collins sitting on stump. Note the size of timber that was cut from pulpwood.; A.F. Burrell, Box 207, Cowen, WV
'First row, left to right: Walter Painter, Ray Bodkin, Lon Bodkin, Tommy Painter. Second row, left to right: Parion Cowger, Jessie Painter, Lynn Conrad, Lola Cowger, Myrtle Hevener, Oscar Painter. Third row, left to right: Ola Homan, Jessie Hammer (Teacher), Fanny Conrad.
Young Members of the Hammer Family of Ruddle, Pendleton County, W. Va.
Date:
1908
Description:
Taken at head of Big Spring. Pictured left to right: Fred Hammer, Jessie Hammer, Bessie Hammer, Ashby Bowers, Lester Hammer, Walter Hammer, Curtis Hammer, Luther Hedrick and Olin Hammer.
Mandolin and Guitar Club, West Virginia University
Date:
1908
Description:
'Wm. Garnett Bayliss, Corwin S. Burns, Davis H. Estill, T. W. Fitzgerald, James R. Haworth, S. Vinton Haworth, Lowry B. Huey, Newell Stanley Lloyd, Pierce B. Lantz, Audry I. Marple, John Nuttall, Boyd M. Smith.
Mandolin and Guitar Club, West Virginia University
Date:
1908
Description:
The members of the club are listed as follows: William Bayliss, C. S. Burns, D. H. Estill, T. W. Fitzgerald, J. R. Haworth, S. V. Haworth, L. B. Huey, N. S. Lloyd, P. B. Lantz, A. I. Marple, J. Nuttal, and B. M. Smith.
Beginning with the bottom left, going clockwise, the members are listed as B. M. Whaley, H. C. Humphreys, W. H. Hodges, G. G. Somerville, and O. M. Wilkerson. The member in the center is A. S. Dayton.
Storer College Cornet Band with Instruments, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
1908
Description:
Group portrait of Storer College Cornet Band members with instruments on lawn. Pictured: 'B. Debbis, C. Dennis, John W. McKinney, T. Herrod, Trulia Jones, Eugene Jones, C. McKinney, Prof. Saunders, W. Harris.'
Young Men's Christian Association, West Virginia University
Date:
1908
Description:
Officers: President- Ellis A. Yost, Vice President- H.W. Sanders, Rec. Secretary- Paul Naylor, Cor. Secretary- George W. Whiting, Treasurer- William W. Trent, Organist- Thomas W. Fitzgerald, Chorister- O.F. Gibbs. Advisory Board: Factulty- J.H. Cox, Robert A. Armstrong, Thomas E. Hodges; Alumni- T. Sutton Boyd, William E. Albig, Frank Weaver; Student- Geo. W. Grow, F.H. Patterson, J.F. Throckmorton. Roll: Guy Allender, H.C. Batten, T.H. Becker, A.D. Bell, A.K. Brake, J.S. Broyles, H.K. Burrell, J.T. Carter, G.R. Clark, H.E. Cooper, G.G. Crewson, Thomas Fitzgerald, George B. Folk, O.S. Gibbs, T.D. Gorby, J.A. Hanna, Warren Hanna, W.H. Hodges, H.H. Holmes, H.C. Humphreys, O.C. Lewis, J.F. Marsh, J.P. McJilton, Charles Moon, Clifford Myers, Paul Naylor, Clifford Parker, T.S. Patterson, Clarence Post, Boyd Randall, J.T. Reaburn, H.W. Saunders, M.L. Sayre, H.M. Scott, C.C. Sheppard, F.H. Sisler, W.C. Senter, W.W. Trent, J.F. Throckmorton, F.T. Vandale, B.M. Whaley, G.W. Whiting, J.A. Yonker, Ellis A. Yost.
Class in Medical Bacteriology, West Virginia University
Date:
1908
Description:
Students in a class of medical bacteriology in 1908; John L. Sheldon, standing third from left; A. J. Dadisman, standing second from left and Dr. Armstrong, fifth from left.
Postcard message: 'I received your post cards some few days ago. That is certainly a nice court house, isn't it? I am attending the teacher's Normal School. They have an excellent school this year. From, B. M. R.' Sent to: Mr. F. M. Robey, Clarksburg, W. Va. on June 29 1908.
'I spent this morning where you see the X in the picture. Was in Century. I was with the hoisting engineer. I'm starting out home now.' Sent on October 17, 1908.
Members of Clarksburg High School Foot Ball Squad pose in the field from right to left: 1) W. Shinn; 2) R. Coffman; 3) R. Custer; 4) G. Curtin; 5) C. Osborn; 6) O. Oesterly; 7) F. Ruttencutter; 8) R. Graham; 9) W. Jacobs; 10) W. Garret; 11) R. Harrison; 12) G. Williams and 13) F. Hugill.
Group of Men in front of the Baltimore and Ohio Depot, Bridgeport, W. Va.
Date:
1908
Description:
Left to right: 1) Tom Blackwell in the Store Door, 2) Unknown, 3) Tom Kenney with Beard, 4) Bob Haley with Boots, 5) Kelso Dell, 6) Scrubby Dell, 7) Babe Johnson, 8) Bill Nichols, Others Unknown.
'L-R: Mildred E. Donahue, Mary Jane(Jean) Donahue, Margaret Helen Donahue and the infant unknown. Picture taken on Monticello St., Hollywood Section of Pgh., P.A.'
The Spinster Club at Lucy Wood Lawrence's wedding, February 18, 1908. From left: Bess Brown, Willa Brand, Sallie Bennett, Lucy Wood, Minnie Core, Josie Kunkle, Tillie Bernhardt. The Spinster Club of Morgantown flourished by the first decade of this century. At least two members married. All were Morgantowners who had graduated from high school and several had finished West Virginia University. Most were teachers. The Club met to socialize and visit on Saturday nights, with an occasional male friend or fiance allowed to attend. Members helped Ruth Wood, a pioneer stenographer, Realtor,and political candidate, raise her sister Lucy's daughter after Lucy died in China giving birth to her only child.