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Caption reads: "Flo Lantz as Goddess of Liberty. Carrie Kate Fleming Scrapbook." The Hall refers to the WVU Woman's Hall.

1. Flag Raising at the Hall

The West Virginia University Mountaineers face off the Carlisle Indians on their home turf. WVU won the game in a landslide victory, 21-0.

2. WVU v. Carlisle Football Game, Morgantown, W. Va.

Portrait of the West Virginia University head coach Tobin. Tobin later went on to coach the Akron Pros and brought them to victory in the first ever NFL championship with an undefeated season.

3. WVU Football Coach Elza Tobin, Morgantown, W. Va.

Montford M. "Tubby" McIntyre coached the West Virginia University Mountaineer football team from 1916-1920.

4. WVU Football Coach Mont McIntyre, Morgantown, W. Va.

Halfback Andrew "Rip" King ('19) scores a touchdown against the Carlisle Indians. WVU won this game in a landslide 21-0.

5. Andrew King Making Touchdown during Football Game Against Carlisle Indians, Morgantown, W. Va.

An unidentified West Virginia University football player is pictured in his practice gear.

6. Unidentified WVU Football Player, Morgantown, W. Va.

An unidentified West Virginia University football player is pictured in his practice gear.

7. Unidentified WVU Football Player, Morgantown, W. Va.

An unidentified West Virginia University football player is pictured in his practice gear.

8. Unidentified WVU Football Player, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Knight" is pictured in his practice gear.

9. WVU Football Player Knight, Morgantown, W. Va.

An unidentified WVU football player is pictured in his practice gear.

10. An Unidentified West Virginia University Football Player, Morgantown, W. Va.

An unidentified West Virginia University football player is pictured in his practice gear.

11. Unidentified WVU Football Player, Morgantown, W. Va.

West Virginia University's Fred "Ike" Mills ('20) was a versatile football player, playing tackle and end positions. He came to WVU from Keyser Prep where he had made a name for himself as a backfield man. Shortly after the 1917 season, he joined the United State military.

12. Football Player Fred Mills, Morgantown, W. VA.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Chenny" is pictured in his practice gear.

13. WVU Football Player "Chenny", Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Hutch" is pictured in his practice gear.

14. WVU Football Player "Hutch", Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Henry" is pictured in his practice gear.

15. WVU Football Player Henry, Morgantown, W. Va.

Russel "Rus" Meredith ('21) played as a guard for West Virginia University. He came to WVU from Fairmont High School where he had had a successful career in football.

16. WVU Footbal Player Russel D. Meredith, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Brannon" is pictured in his practice gear.

17. WVU Football Player Brannon, Morgantown, W. Va.

A WVU football player identified as "Dad" is pictured in his practice gear.

18. West Virginia University Football Player, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Anderson" is pictured in his practice gear.

19. WVU Football Player Anderson, Morgantown, W. Va.

Joe Harrick ('21) played as a tackle for the West Virginia University Mountaineers and was described as one of the "greatest linesmen that ever wore the Old Gold and Blue" in the 1919 Monticola yearbook.

20. WVU Football Player Joseph V. Harrick, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Webster" is pictured in his practice gear.

21. WVU Football Player Webster, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Wagner" is pictured in his practice gear.

22. WVU Football Player Wagner, Morgantown, W. Va.

McCue ('21) was a guard for the West Virginia University Mountaineers.

23. WVU Football Player John B. McCue, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Brooks" is pictured in his practice gear.

24. WVU Football Player Brooks, Morgantown, W. Va.

Fred "Ike" Mills ('20) played an end position for West Virginia University's football team. He came to WVU from Keyser Prep, where he had won himself a name as a backfield man. Shortly after the 1917 season, Mills enlisted in the military.

25. WVU Football Player Fred Mills, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Rhodes" is pictured in his practice gear.

26. WVU Football Player Rhodes, Morgantown, W. Va.

Lewis ('20) was a quarterback for the West Virginia University Mountaineers. He came to WVU from Charleston High School.

27. WVU Football Player Charles L. Lewis, Morgantown, W. Va.

Russell "Rus" Bailey ('19) was elected captain of the West Virginia University Mountaineers after the original captain, Clay Hite, enlisted in the army. Bailey led his team to a winning season in 1917, with a season record of 6-3.

28. WVU Football Captain Russell Bailey, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Latterner" is pictured in his practice gear.

29. WVU Football Player Latterner, Morgantown, W. Va.

Paul "Monk" Hager ('19) was a player for the West Virginia University Mountaineers and was described as "one of West Virginia's most valuable men."

30. WVU Football Player Paul E. Hager, Morgantown, W. Va.

Hite ('18) was a halfback for West Virginia University's Mountaineer football team. During the 1917 season, Hite enlisted in the First Officers Training Camp after the United States declared war and was commissioned as a lieutenant. In his absence, the team elected Russell Bailey as the captain of the team. Russell came to WVU from Huntington High and was well-known as an excellent athlete.

31. WVU Football Captain Clay B. Hite, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Curry" is pictured in his practice gear.

32. WVU Football Player Curry, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University player identified as "Harris" poses in his football gear.

33. WVU Football Player Harris, Morgantown, W. Va.

Lentz ('20), nicknamed "Beanie", was a halfback for the West Virginia University football team.

34. WVU Football Player J. Howard Lentz, Morgantown, W. Va.

A scarecrow depicting a W. & J. football player is placed above a sign that reads, "Rest in Peace," after WVU defeated the team 7-0.

35. Scarecrow Imitating Washington & Jefferson Football Player, Fairmont, W. Va.

Oxen "Buck" and "Berry" could travel up to 5 miles an hour with a wagon load of tanbark, which was loaded at Alderson, W. Va. They delivered on average 2-2.5 cord (one cord cost between $8 and $10) from Ted Wills of Madams Creek.

36. Leonard McVey Shelton and Oxen Transporting Goods, Summers County, W. Va.

Pictured: Emma Ward, Martha Lyle, Almeeda Stuckey, Jane

37. Grandmothers and Grandchildren

Print number 1541. 314 F.A., 187 Q.

38. World War I Buglers

Confederate veterans pictured at the court house.

39. Civil War Veterans in Beckley, W. Va.

Print number 704.

40. Baker Ridge School, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Shop track pictured on the left of the photo. Since then it has moved to East Yard.

41. West Yard, Hinton, W. Va.

Group portrait of West Virginia University alumni and students as soldiers at army training camp during World War One. [No. 9]

42. Alumni and Present Students of West Virginia University, Fort Harrison, Ind.

Pictured: Marked with a 1) Elias Yoak 2) Charles Arthur 3) Charles Shaffer

43. Calhoun Co. Recruits During World War I, Calhoun County., W. Va.

Front Row L to R: Mary Frum, Helen Tarr, Helen Louise Edmondson, R. Rosecore, Anna Lee Garletts; Back Row: Lucy Shuttlesworth, Helen Barnes, Jesse Wade (Riley), Rachel Coogle.

44. Morgantown High School Girls Basketball Team, Morgantown, W. Va.

Dapperly dressed in a suit, O'Rourke poses, sitting on rock in the river.

45. Jack O' Rourke on Gauley River, Jodie, W. Va.

Colored postcard photograph. See back of the original image for correspondence.

46. Country Club Clarksburg, W. Va.

Colored postcard photograph. See back of the original image for correspondence.

47. Fourth Tee Golf Links Country Club, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Colored postcard photograph. See back of the original image for correspondence.

48. Main Street, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Exhibited Chicago 1917. Owned by the Gore Brothers.

49. Gore Farm Cattle, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Exhibited Chicago 1917. Owned by Gore Brothers.

50. Gore Farm Cattle, Clarksburg, W. Va.

51. John Y. McDonald Inspects Apples on a Tree

This one story building erected on the site of Huffman's Store which burned in 1916, is still being used as a store by Harold Sites. Left to right: Hobe Smith, John Spitzer, Dave Teter.

52. Hobe Smith, John Spitzer, and Dave Teter in front of H. C. Huffman's Store

53. Charles H. Palmer

A photograph of a crowd gathered in a field to watch a demonstration by troops.

54. Crowd Watching Demonstration by Troops

55. Members of the Fifth Regiment, U.S. Engineers, West Virginia University Contingent

Could also be Pendergrast?

56. Raleigh, W. Va.

Post card sent November 22, 1917.

57. Residence of C. L. Brown, Ravenswood, W. Va.

'This well was drilled by Ira D. Cox in 1917 on the farm of Claude Bowyer.  (Used for Golden Seal cover.)'

58. First Oil Well Near Cox's Mill, Gilmer County, W. Va.

59. Winifred Brown (Left) and Lucille Cox (Right)

Students protest the WVU administration's decision not to cancel the spring semester final exams as many other colleges had decided to do after the United States officially entered World War I on April 6th. Most male students would either enlist or be drafted as soon as possible forcing them to leave school before the end of the semester.

60. Student Protest Outside Reynolds Hall, West Virginia University

Students protest the WVU administration's decision not to cancel spring semester final exams after the United States had declared war on Germany.

61. Student Strike, West Virginia University

A scene from Spring 1917, as students gather in front of Chitwood Hall protesting the faculty's decision to continue with final exams after the United States had declared war on Germany. Many schools across the country had canceled finals since most male students would be drafted or enlist in quick order.

62. Student Strike, West Virginia University

Isabelle Stewart, Raymond McNeal, and Odetta Johnson sit on the lawn at school holding a school pennant.

63. Storer College Students with School Banner, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

A group portrait of basketball squad taken in studio.

64. WVU Basketball Team

65. WVU Baseball Team

66. Mountain Honorary, West Virginia University

67. Members of Fi Bata Capper Give Thumbs Up, West Virginia University

68. Dean Coulter of the Agricultural School, West Virginia University

69. Freshman Class in front of Stewart Hall, West Virginia University

Later Coach.

70. WVU Basketball Player Ira Rodgers

71. WVU Basketball Player Steadman

72. WVU Basketball Player Ice

73. WVU Basketball Player Lattimer

74. WVU Basketball Player Morrison

75. Bernice Green Beside Uncle George's Ford, Foxburg, Pa.

Bernice Green leaning against a four cylinder Dodge car.

76. Bernice Green, Foxburg, Pa.

George Green standing beside a car with American flags.

77. George Green, Foxburg, Pa.

78. Rex Hersey, Rhodes Scholar, West Virginia University

79. Julian Lamar Hagen, A. B., Rhodes Scholar, West Virginia University

Campfire Girls, outdoors and dressed in Native American clothing posed over Falling Run.

80. Campfire Girls, West Virginia University

81. WVU Football Team

82. Webster Springs High School Orators, W. Va.

83. Kessler, Dr. Dan P., Principal of Cowen High School, Webster County, W. Va.

84. Kessler, Dr. Dan P., Principal of Cowen High School, Webster County, W. Va.

85. Interior of Davis Coal and Coke Company Power House, Thomas, W. Va.

Group portrait of Sugar Grove Normal School students.  1st Row: far left, Pierce Mitchell; 2nd from left, Harry Mitchell; 4th from right, Early Kiser; 7th from the left, Jesse Harvey Eckard (later a well known teacher in Sugar Grove schools for 37 years.) 2nd Row: 4th from left, Lester Puffenberger.  3rd Row: 4th from left, Mervin Mitchell; 5th from left, Effie Puffenbarger; 8th from left, Whitney Propst.  Back row, Middle of picture: Luther Pitsenbarger.

86. Class Portrait, Sugar Grove Normal School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait taken in front of Franklin Court House.

87. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Photograph given to Dr. Core by A. C. Shively, dec'd.

88. Horseback Riders on a Flooded Street in Weston, W. Va.

A view of the flood and its damage in Weston.  Photograph given to Dr. Core by A. C. Shively, dec'd.

89. Flood Waters at Weston, W. Va.

A view of flood waters and its damage in Weston. Photograph given to Dr. Earl Core by Mrs. A. C. Shively (dec.)

90. Flood, Weston, W. Va.

Scene of World War I draftees preparing to leave for training camp. 'This photo is from the original glass plate by M. Alexander. It was taken on Main Street near South Branch Valley National Bank. From left to right: Dr. R. E. L. Hackney, Scout Master, Frank McNeill, Boyd McWhorter, George Finley, and the boy in the white uniform with his back to the camera is Willie Dasher.'

91. Crowd Gathered to See Off World War I Draftees, Hardy County, W. Va.

Campers in uniform lined up for the military parade.

92. Military Parade at Camp Greenbrier, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

93. Company L Leaving Morgantown for Mobilization, Morgantown, W. Va.

94. Company L Leaving Morgantown for Mobilization, Morgantown, W. Va.

95. Crowd at Morgantown Railroad Depot, Morgantown, W. Va.

96. Company L Leaving Morgantown for Mobilization, Morgantown, W. Va.