'Probably parents visiting Propst School on the last day of the term. Front Row Left to Right: Lutheria Propst, Erma Snyder, Harry Pleasant Snyder, Cora M. Snyder; Second Row Left to Right: John Dahmer, Ella Vaden Dahmer, Estella Dahmer, Mary Propst, Henrietta Propst, Mulvina Propst, Sarah J. Propst, Elsie M. Blizzard, Sarah J. Blizzard; Third Row Left to Right: Willian E. Propst, Hendren Propst, Walter P. Propst, Hetty V. Propst, Benjamin Propst, Lewis Propst, David Propst, Philip E. Rader, Jacob Mitchell, Granville H. Blizzard, Jacob A. Propst
River Bridge Under Construction, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
View of the bridge spanning the Monongahela River. Two men standing in front of bridge. One man wearing a suit and a badge. To the right of bridge is a pedestrian walkway.
Tygart Valley River and West Fork River Join to Form the Monongahela River, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
The Tygart Valley River is on the left, Monongahela River is in the center, and the West Fork River is on the right. 'Around Fairmont 115 leave 215 for Connellsvile. Quite a pretty town altho hilly. Want to finish writing this eve or in am.' Postcard sent to Miss Ester Shirley, Shen Jct, W. Va. on December 14, 1909.
Photographer U. C. Shock moved his family from Helvetia to Arkansas around 1907 where his daughter Bess met Roscoe East. Roscoe and Bess are standing on the left in the photo. They were later married and had three children. Herbert Shock is standing on the left while his mother Mary is seated in front of Bess holding her son Charles. Rilla Shock is standing on the right. U. C. Shock later moved his family, less Bess, back to W. Va.
Workers of the Glady Fork Lumber Company Mill, Glady, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
Mill workers, back row, left to right: 1.Unidentified, 2.Unidentified, 3.Warnick, 4.Poling, 5.London Poling, 6.Irvin J. Poling, 7.Unidentified, 8.Clarence Yeager. Front row, l to r: 1.Unidentified, 2.Cletus Channell, 3.Sheffey Simmons, 4.Unidentified, 5.George McDaniel, 6.Unidentified, 7.Unidentified, 8.Howard J. Wilmoth, 9.Pleasant Poling, 10.Unidentified.
Seated Left to Right: Rev. Hilary G. Richardson, Walter C. Preston, Anna Kennedy Davis, John J. Davis, Julia McDonald Davis. Standing Left to Right: Lillie Davis Preston, Emma Kennedy Davis, Anna Holmes Davis Richardson, John W. Davis, John James Davis Preston.
Ashcraft Family Outside Home of William H. Ashcraft, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
Left to Right: John M. Ashcraft Sr., Unknown, Harry G. Ashcraft, son of William, Harry's wife, Nell A., William H. Ashcraft, Nancy Jane Ashcraft, wife of William, Baby Bernard, son of Nell and Harry.
Casino at Rock Springs, Chester, Hancock County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
The Casino was built in 1906 in Rock Springs Park. It had a Japanese Tea Garden, a shooting gallery, barber shop, billiard hall, six bowling alleys, and an 18,000 square foot white maple dance floor for 750 people. The Casino was destroyed by fire in 1914. The image is a post card photograph print with note and address on the back (see original for content).
Employees of Kanawha and Michigan Railroad in Southern W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
Postcard photograph of workers posing on Engine #302; Identified workers are Engineer Fred B. Secrest, in white and Brakeman Arthur Ratliff, sitting right of Secrest.
Members of the faculty included: William A. Hustead, Principal; Miss Gertrude Huff; Miss Tocie Moore; Miss Florence W. Levelle; Miss Alta A. Smith; Miss Minnie E. Hughes; Miss Nan Cox; Miss Artha Morgan; Miss Nell Cox; Miss Rose McKinney; Miss Louise Sutter.
Caption on postcard reads: "Ebenezer Zane's Old Log Cabin. The first building erected in Wheeling built in 1769, torn down 1908. This is the cabin to which Elizabeth Zane made her heroic dash for powder during the siege of Ft. Henry by the British and Indians."
The Black Hand was an underworld society of Italians that thrived in Sicily in the late 19th century. After the great migration, immigrants of the group settled in West Virginia and sought to extort money from other Italian immigrants to the area. Several members of the Black Hand were successfully prosecuted for murder and extortion in the early 20th century.
Illustrated postcard of two men and a boy standing along pedestrian walkway across bridge on Bridge Street. See original for correspondence. Published by Grant Graham. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
In 1891 W.H. Crawford established the Crawford Woolen Company which employed fifteen workers and produced around seven hundred yards of cloth a week. In less than fifteen years Crawford's textile plant failed due to the old age of the operating machines and low capital. During the same time a number of modern electric powered mills moved to Martinsburg, turning it into an important textile center. Published by W.E. Holfheins & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Alexander Campbell was a religious leader who helped start the Restoration Movement which created several Churches of Christ, an independent and pre-denominational congregation, in America. He also founded Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Yankee Street covered in snow during the winter. See original for correspondence. Published by N.E. paper and Stationery Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Homes in the distance at base of mountain at Kanawha Falls, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Bowlder Rock on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Near; Nuttall, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
Man stands besides Bowlder Rock on the side of railroad tracks to emphasize it's size. See original for correspondence. Published by The Rose Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Hand painted aerial depiction over town center. See original for correspondence. Published by The Hugh C. Leighton Co. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
