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Polly Hatfield holding a dead raccoon.

1. Polly Hatfield holding a raccoon

A view of the dam and locks on the Allegheny River at Parnassus, now a suburb of New Kensington, P. A. The dam and locks were engineered by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

2. Dam and Locks, Parnassus, P. A.

Bank manager Mr. Jeff Tyree is pictured sitting behind a desk inside the bank building.

3. Bank of Pax, Pax, W. Va.

Two banners are visible promoting Virgil L. Highland as Republican Candidate for United States Senator.

4. West Virginia State Senate Election, Likely Clarksburg, W. Va.

Bleau, a telegrapher and cousin to W.J.B. Gwinn of Meadow Creek, is pictured on top of a railroad bicycle, or "velosipede", in order to get him to the different telegraph offices that he had to work at on the New River Division.

5. Ernest Bleau on a Railroad Bicycle by New River, Summers County, W. Va.

Print number 1628.

6. Two World War I Soldiers in Military Uniforms

View looking up Possum Hollow. Avis City Hall on the right from Clem Ellison.

7. Avis Crossing, Hinton, W. Va.

Engineer identified as ED Fredeking. Fireman identified as Dewey Keaton Spring.

8. Engineer & Fireman at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.

Woodson was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson has been cited as the "Father of Black History". He entered Douglass High School in Huntington, W. Va.  in 1895, earning his diploma in two years. He taught in Winona, Fayette County, W. Va. and served as principal of Douglass High in 1900. Woodson subsequently completed his PhD in History at Harvard and published several works regarding African-American history, education and culture. After a year as Dean of Liberal Arts at Howard University in Washington, Woodson was appointed Academic Dean at West Virginia Collegiate Institute in 1920. He returned to Washington in 1922.

9. Carter G. Woodson, Piney Grove, W. Va.

Print number 397b. Barracks located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The AEF consisted of the U.S. Armed Forces that were sent to Europe during World War I.

10. Interior View of American Expeditionary Forces Barracks

Print number 397a.

11. World War I Trainees in Front of Barracks on Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397.

12. World War I Trainees in Front of Barracks on Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.

Uniformed men stand in line with their guns to their sides awaiting orders from their commanding officer.

13. Navy Soldiers Stand Attention, Morgantown, W. Va.

Uniformed men walk in formation across unoccupied streets.

14. Soldiers March Across Streets in Morgantown, W. Va.

Uniformed military men carrying guns across their shoulders walk down the streets of Morgantown, W. Va.

15. Navy Soldiers March Down the Street in Formation

A group is shielded from the sun by a large American flag as they enjoy the porch swing and music.

16. Family Listening to Cabinet Phonograph on Porch of Morgantown Home

A group photo taken in front of the WVU building still under construction.

17. Group Portrait in front of Oglebay Hall, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

A business lined main road through the county seat of Calhoun County.

18. Unpaved Street in Grantsville, W. Va.

Four unidentified well-dressed gentlemen playing golf on the golf ground, and one of them is checking on the ground. The image is from the pamphlet, "Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, W. Va.", 1918.

19. Golf Grounds at Red Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

Two unidentified gentlemen fishing from a row boat on Indian Creek, five miles from the New River. The image is from the pamphlet, "Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, W. Va.", 1918.

20. Bass Fishing in Indian Creek at Red Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

Ferry Boat at north bank was used while new bridge was being built during the summer of 1918.

21. Cheat River Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va.

Pictured over the "X" is Mervyn C. Buckey, Military Attache to Italy and Frances D. Packette's cousin.

22. Fourth of July Celebration With Twenty Wounded Soldiers Inside the American Embassy in Rome

Information on the back of the photograph includes, " This picture is 1918 when he worked at a rock crusher for Albert Riggs, near Alderson, WV, Uncle Charles Thomas".

23. Rock Crusher , Albert Riggs Company, Alderson, W. Va.

Group photo of Storer College graduates, class of 1918, in caps and gowns in front of building. First Row: McDaniel, Robertson, Case, Howell, Prof. Daniel, Warfield, Parker, Jackson, Neal. Second Row: Odetta Johnson, Margaret James, Myra McKirk, Vida McHipewell, Beatrice Calloway, Katie McDavis, Lucinda E. Ross.

24. Group Portrait of Storer College Class of 1918, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.