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From Mr. Melvin Heath, Davis, W. Va. Nov 1957

1. Davis, West Virginia at the Beginning of 1883

IDNO:
000126
Title:
Davis, West Virginia at the Beginning of 1883
Date:
1883
Description:
From Mr. Melvin Heath, Davis, W. Va. Nov 1957
Timbered land covered with stumps in forground; Homes and buildings in background.

2. Davis, West Virginia at the Beginning of 1883

IDNO:
000216
Title:
Davis, West Virginia at the Beginning of 1883
Date:
1883
Description:
Timbered land covered with stumps in forground; Homes and buildings in background.
People and snow fill the street.

3. Lower Market Street in Winter, Parkersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
007770
Title:
Lower Market Street in Winter, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1883
Description:
People and snow fill the street.
"Picture copied from tintype. This picture was taken at Webster Springs during the summer of 1883. The three in the front row are Davy Byers and wife and Frank L. Johnson. Isaac V. Johnson and wife and J.M. Woodford are in second row. I do not know the lady on father's right and in rear of mother. I do not know the two ladies and gentleman in rear. Who knows the ones not known to me?" L. Johnson "The lady on father's right is Miss Albina Morrall, daughter of L.D. Morrall, of this place. The lady in the rear of mother is Miss Anna Manley, probably from Marion County. The one to the left of J.M. Woodford is his wife, and the two back of Mrs. Woodford are William Robinson and his daughter, Miss Mollie. William or "Uncle Billy" as we all knew him, was the father of Judge Ira E. Robinson, now on the radio board of the nation." A.S. Poling

4. Visitors at Webster Springs, Webster County, W. Va.

IDNO:
016400
Title:
Visitors at Webster Springs, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
1883
Description:
"Picture copied from tintype. This picture was taken at Webster Springs during the summer of 1883. The three in the front row are Davy Byers and wife and Frank L. Johnson. Isaac V. Johnson and wife and J.M. Woodford are in second row. I do not know the lady on father's right and in rear of mother. I do not know the two ladies and gentleman in rear. Who knows the ones not known to me?" L. Johnson "The lady on father's right is Miss Albina Morrall, daughter of L.D. Morrall, of this place. The lady in the rear of mother is Miss Anna Manley, probably from Marion County. The one to the left of J.M. Woodford is his wife, and the two back of Mrs. Woodford are William Robinson and his daughter, Miss Mollie. William or "Uncle Billy" as we all knew him, was the father of Judge Ira E. Robinson, now on the radio board of the nation." A.S. Poling
Copied from Pangborn, J. G.'s Picturesque B. & O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 273.

5. Cheat River near Rowlesburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
025774
Title:
Cheat River near Rowlesburg, W. Va.
Date:
1883
Description:
Copied from Pangborn, J. G.'s Picturesque B. & O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 273.
An illustration depicting a scenery around the Clement's fountain in Buckhorn wall area; it is copied from J.G. Pangborn's Picturesque B. & O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 275.

6. Clement's Fountain and Buckhorn Wall along Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
025777
Title:
Clement's Fountain and Buckhorn Wall along Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1883
Description:
An illustration depicting a scenery around the Clement's fountain in Buckhorn wall area; it is copied from J.G. Pangborn's Picturesque B. & O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 275.
An illustration depicting a locomotive engine running along the Cheat River; it is copied from J.G. Pangborn's Picturesque B.& O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 277.

7. Train in the Heart of the Alleghenies on the Cheat River

IDNO:
025778
Title:
Train in the Heart of the Alleghenies on the Cheat River
Date:
1883
Description:
An illustration depicting a locomotive engine running along the Cheat River; it is copied from J.G. Pangborn's Picturesque B.& O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 277.
'Ben or B. Franklin, a character on a train ride which is narrated. Copied from "Picturesque B.& O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), by J. G. Pangborn, p. 23.'

8. Character on a Train Ride

IDNO:
026177
Title:
Character on a Train Ride
Date:
1883
Description:
'Ben or B. Franklin, a character on a train ride which is narrated. Copied from "Picturesque B.& O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), by J. G. Pangborn, p. 23.'
In the foreground of the photo is the Harmer Lock (Lock #1, Muskingum River), built around 1837, and across the river is its replacement, under construction.

9. Break in Muskingum College Dam, Marietta, Ohio

IDNO:
031953
Title:
Break in Muskingum College Dam, Marietta, Ohio
Date:
1883
Description:
In the foreground of the photo is the Harmer Lock (Lock #1, Muskingum River), built around 1837, and across the river is its replacement, under construction.

10. Portrait of Judge Frank Cox

IDNO:
033708
Title:
Portrait of Judge Frank Cox
Date:
1883

11. James Rogers Moreland About Two Years Old, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
046538
Title:
James Rogers Moreland About Two Years Old, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1883