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1. Troy Hatfield

Ruea May Gribble (b. 02/09/1884; d. 04/25/1911) lays in an open casket.

2. Ruea May Gribble Funeral, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.

Home of a relative to the photographer, Scott Gibson.

3. J.M. Gibson Residence, Hudson, W. Va.

Teachers: John McClure, Jessie Hoffman, and Isa G. Williams.

4. Dellslow Schools, Students From Several Age Groups Take Photo Outside of School Building, Dellslow, W. Va.

Teacher is John Clure.

5. Dellslow High School Students, Dellslow, W. Va.

Principal: David K. Mason, First Assistant: Myrtle Lemon, Primary Class: Lona Bishop

6. Albright School Students and Several Faculty Members, Albright, W. Va.

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.

7. First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hinton, W. Va.

John McClure: instructor.

8. Dellslow High School, Dellslow, W. Va.

Motorman of the Union Utility Co. who operated a streetcar in the city.

9. Trolley Motorman, Morgantown, W. Va.

10. View of Train Tracks Running Behind Racket Store and Other Buildings in Rowlesburg, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

11. At the Old 'Bar Spring', Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

The tipple at the Federal Coal mine in Marion County.

12. Federal Coal & Coke Company Mine, Grant Town, W. Va.

13. Front Street; Parsons, W. Va.

14. 10th Main St., Wheeling, W. Va.

15. Harrison County Hospital, Harrison Co., W. Va.

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.

16. Last Marker North on Deakins Line, State Boundary of West Virginia and Maryland

Far left: Samuel Garnett (U.S. geological surveyor), Second from left: William McColloh Brown (Maryland commissioner). Worker sits atop mold for a new marker.

17. William Brown and Samuel Garnett at Site of New Marker on W. Va. and Md. Line

Unidentified workers look toward the camera during a break from laying the track probably in Allegany County, Maryland.

18. Hurley Track Laying Machine at Work on Western Maryland Railroad

Military students in formation during the Spring semester. Among them is Phineas Chapin Smith.

19. Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, W.Va.

A long, steep conveyor line use to move coal from the mines and down the mountain in Fayette County.

20. Conveyor Line, Solvay Collieries company, Kingston, W. va.

The headhouse or shed used for storage. This one contains construction materials , probably used in building railroads and support structures.

21. Headhouse, Kingston, Fayette County, W. Va

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.

22. Inauguration of West Virginia University President Hodges, Morgantown, W. Va.

Rejetos Jichancas formed in 1908. It's origins are unclear, but membership was highly prized. The group did not appear in WVU yearbooks after 1928.

23. Women's Student Group, Rejetos Jichancas, West Virginia University

24. Main Street, Weston, W. Va.

25. Main Entrance to the Hospital for the Insane, Weston, W. Va.

A needlepoint commemorating Benjamin Holtkamp's ordination in the German Reform Church.

26. Needlepoint Commemorating Benjamin Holtkamp, Helvetia, W. Va.

Group photo of Storer College football team, partially in uniform. Back Row: Fisher(END), Motley(TACKLE), Palmer(CAPT/GUARD), Jackson(END), Howard(GUARD), Wheaton(FB), Diggs(GUARD), Frazier(GUARD), McGhee(QB), DeShields(TACKLE), Scott(TACKLE), Ridgley(FB). Middle Row: Thomas(Center), Hopewell(TACKLE), Williamson(QB), Mackel(HB), Green(HB), Brimagt(HB). Front Row: Camper(END), Winders(QB), White(CENTER), Parks(GUARD), Crawford(END), Freeman(GUARD).

27. Group Portrait of Storer College Football Team, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

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

28. Group Portrait of Storer College Baseball Team, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

"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."

29. No Time for School in 1911- Child Miners Group before Child Labor Laws

Caroline Brooks Ward born in 1897 is a daughter of Charles Edwin Ward and Gypsy Fleming Ward.

30. Caroline Brooks Ward

A portrait of Margaret Fleming Ward born in 1894.

31. Margaret Fleming Ward

A portrait of Gypsy Fleming Ward taken in 1911, she was born October 2, 1868.

32. Gypsy Fleming Ward

33. Courthouse Clock Tower, Clarksburg, W. Va.

34. Steam Shovel and Railroad Work Crew, Clarksburg, W. Va.

35. Locomotive at Clarksburg Yards

Probably in the Hall family home.

36. Interior of a Parlor, Clarksburg, W. Va.

A view of Main Street, Clarksburg from Goff Building; Empire Bank building is on the right.

37. Looking Down on Main Street, Clarksburg, W. Va.

38. W. Hall, Duke and Their Friends, Clarksburg, W. Va.

J. Hall is the first boy on the left; every one take its hat and holds it against their chest.

39. J. Hall and His Friends in Clarksburg, W. Va.

40. Fire Damaged Building, Clarksburg, W. Va.

A view of Front on Main Street after the fire of 1911, Clarksburg, W. Va.

41. Fire Damaged Building, Main Street, Clarksburg, W. Va.

A view of an interior of burned down buildings.

42. Fire Damaged Building, Main Street, Clarksburg, W. Va.

43. Fire Damaged Opera House, Clarksburg, W. Va.

44. Fire Damaged Ogden's Store, Clarksburg, W. Va.

45. Fire Damaged Hotel, Clarksburg, W. Va.

46. Fire Damaged Trader's Bar, Clarksburg, W. Va.

A view of burned down Opera House in Clarksburg.

47. Fire Damaged Opera House, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Aftermath of the Fire of 1911, fire crews are still hosing down the ruin.

48. Fire Damaged Opera House, Clarksburg, W. Va.

49. Cadet M. Hall in Uniform in Clarksburg, W. Va.

50. Delta Tau Delta fraternity members of Purdue University

51. Aftermath of the Trader's Hotel Fire, Clarksburg, W. Va.

52. Group of Men in front of a Photograph Shop, Clarksburg, W. Va.

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.

53. Clarksburg High School Basket Ball Team

54. Courthouse, Parsons, W. Va.

55. Main Building, Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, W. Va.

The town of Belington is in Barbour county.

56. Tygarts River Bridge, Belington, W. Va.

57. Church, Franklin, W. Va.

58. Telephone Operators at the Clarksburg Office on Main Street

59. Coal Company Store, Rosemont, W. Va.

60. Eight Story Building, Morgantown, W. Va.

People gathered in Woodburn Circle, Taft and others likely on porch of Martin Hall.

61. President Taft at West Virginia University for Inauguration of President Hodges, Morgantown, W. Va.

A portrait of a man with a walking stick sitting in a yard. 'From a Helen Ellison photo - copy of an original.'

62. Uncle Matt of the Hans Creek Union Church

Post card sent March 26, 1911.

63. Methodist Protestant Church, Buckhannon, W. Va.

64. Fire Devastates Traders Hotel, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Greenland T. Federer, Butcher, Morgantown.

65. Interior of Jamison and Jollife City Meat Market, 230 High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

66. C. R. Titlow, Agricultural Extension, West Virginia University

67. Group Portrait of College of Agriculture Short Courses, West Virginia University

68. Maryland State Road Under Construction

Workers load/unload from a horse-drawn cart.

69. Maryland State Road Stone Crusher Plant

70. Mountain Honorary, West Virginia University

71. Drama Club, West Virginia Univeristy

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.

72. Inauguration of President Thomas Edward Hodges, West Virginia University

73. Inauguration of President Thomas Edward Hodges at Martin Hall, West Virginia University

74. Corps of Cadets Officers in Front of Armory, West Virginia University

WVU R.O.T.C units and band on the Drill Field.  The Amory is visible in the background.

75. Corps of Cadets Muster on Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Female students riding in a Model T at the intersection of Pleasant and Spruce Streets.

76. Students out for Drive, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

77. Van W. Gilson, Rhodes Scholar, Class of 1912, West Virginia University

78. Amicable Society of Rail Splitters, West Virginia University

79. C. Edmund Neil, West Virginia University

80. Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University

81. Purinton House, West Virginia University

82. Armory, West Virginia University

83. WVU Football Team

84. WVU Football Team

85. WVU Baseball Team

86. Farm House Near Keyser, W. Va.

87. College of Agriculture Short Course Students, West Virginia University

88. Locomotive 'Old Liz' and Crew in Front of Yellow Goose Boarding House, Summers County, W. Va.

89. Post Office, Martinsburg, W. Va.

A view of destroyed buildings at the Welch Fire of 1911 in McDowell County, West Virginia.

90. Welch Fire of 1911, McDowell County, W. Va.

91. Backfield of the Greenbrier Prep School Football Team, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

'An important landmark that has been carelessly permitted to perish.

92. Doddridge Home, Morgantown, W. Va.

93. City Hall, Wheeling, W. Va.

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.

94. Brooks, Harry L., Chief of Police, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911.

95. First Presbyterian Church, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911.

96. Francis, M. J., Sheriff and Treasurer of Harrison County, W. Va.