Located on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Ballengee Street, a group of church members pose in front of the building and on the steps. The reverend at the time the picture was taken was Rev. Gates. Subjects unidentified.
Last Marker North on Deakins Line, State Boundary of West Virginia and Maryland
Date:
1911
Description:
Monument marker number 34 at the northernmost point on the boundary line between West Virginia and Maryland. The line T-intersects with the Mason-Dixon line running east to west, dividing West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
William Brown and Samuel Garnett at Site of New Marker on W. Va. and Md. Line
Date:
1911
Description:
Far left: Samuel Garnett (U.S. geological surveyor), Second from left: William McColloh Brown (Maryland commissioner). Worker sits atop mold for a new marker.
Inauguration of West Virginia University President Hodges, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1911
Description:
Crowd gathers for the ceremony inaugurating Thomas Hodges as President of West Virginia University. Among the distinguished guests was United States President William H. Taft.
Group Portrait of Storer College Baseball Team, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
1911
Description:
Group photo of Storer College baseball team in uniform on lawn of campus. First Row: Tomlinson(P), Taylor, Pres. McDonald, McGhee, Scorey, Craig (R.F.), Scott (1st & 2ndB, captain). Second Row: Fisher (LF) Howard (CF) King (P), Tindley (C), Green (C), Wheaton (2ndB). Third Row: Crawford (P), Yarbrough, Mossett (SS), Morris
No Time for School in 1911- Child Miners Group before Child Labor Laws
Date:
1911
Description:
"No Time for School in 1911- Shown is a typical group of youngsters, aged nine to fourteen, at the end of a ten-hour shift in a W. Va coal mine in 1911. A day's wages averaged 50-75 cents. Known as 'breaker boys,' these children worked six days a week breaking up large chunks of coal, picking out slate and other impurities, and greasing coal cars. The A.F. of L. fought for passage of effective child labor laws to prohibit such exploitation of youthful workers in many mines, mills and factories."
Members of Clarksburg High School Basket Ball team; from left to right: 1) Reves; 2) Hugill; 3) Powel; 4) Coffman; 5) Harrison; 6) Garret; 7) Heavner; 8) Smith; 9) Crummit.
Inauguration of President Thomas Edward Hodges, West Virginia University
Date:
1911
Description:
G. C. Baker, Otto Sigwart, Gen. Elliot, National Guard, Russell Huston, and Major Butts in a car for the Inauguration of West Virginia University President Thomas Edward Hodges.
Brooks, Harry L., Chief of Police, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
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. Portrait of Harry L. Brooks.
Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911.
Francis, M. J., Sheriff and Treasurer of Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
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.