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.
Ernest Bleau on a Railroad Bicycle by New River, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1918
Description:
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.
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.
Interior View of American Expeditionary Forces Barracks
Date:
1918
Description:
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.
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.
Bass Fishing in Indian Creek at Red Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1918
Description:
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.
Rock Crusher , Albert Riggs Company, Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
1918
Description:
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".
Group Portrait of Storer College Class of 1918, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
1918
Description:
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.