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Forrested area with building in the background.

1. Dunedin Coal Company Tipple

2. Explosion at Eccles No. 5 Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

Crowds gather around the smoking buildings after an explosion at the Eccles mine.

3. Explosion at an Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

During Unionization of Coal Company workers, miners' families were evicted from Company owned houses.  The Union supplied building material and land and the miners plus others constructed temporary barracks until the labor trouble was settled. Beside the barracks, there was room for small garden plots and here they are shown working in them. See New York Times Sunday Sept. 5th Picture Section.

4. Women Working in Garden at Barrack Village Near Fairmont, W. Va.

People watch as the corner stone is set at the present day West Virginia State Capitol Building.

5. Cornerstone Ceremony at the West Virginia State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

Imperial Ice Cream Business on the corner of Beech Street and McGraw Avenue in Grafton, West Virginia.

6. Imperial Ice Cream Company, Grafton, W. Va.

Man stands on runningboards of a truck that is being loaded with dirt.

7. Construction on Site of Pure Oil Gas Station, Grafton, W. Va.

View of the Hazel Atlas Glass Company from across the river at Grafton, W. Va.

8. Hazel Atlas Glass Company, Fetterman, Grafton, W. Va.

A Candy Shop is located in the Cohen Building on Main Street in Grafton, West Virginia.

9. Cohen Building on Main Street in Grafton, W. Va.

10. Christmas Window Display in Strader's Store, Philippi, W. Va.

Man stands behind a custom built Studebaker, the First Grand Capital Prize Given by the Grafton Sentinel during a circulation drive.

11. Custom Built Studebaker, the First Grand Capital Prize Given by the Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company, Grafton, W. Va.

Custom built Studebaker, Oakland Landau Sedan, and a Chandler Standard Sedan, three automobiles given as prizes by the Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company during a circulation drive.

12. Custom Built Studebakers Awarded as Prizes by the Grafton Sentinel Publishing Co., Grafton, W. Va.

Exterior view of the Liberty Cafe and White Rose Cash Grocery Store in the Cohen Building in Grafton, W. Va.

13. Cohen Building, Grafton, W. Va.

Fletcher Henderson Stompers pose with their instruments on stage.

14. Fletcher Henderson Stompers, Grafton, W. Va.

Group portrait of members of Morgan's Orchestra holding their instruments.

15. Morgan's Orchestra, Grafton, W. Va.

Morgan's Orchestra plays their instruments under the direction of a conductor.

16. Morgan's Orchestra, Grafton, W. Va.

People seated around an elaborate dinner table.

17. Dinner Party at G. L. Joliffe's Home in Grafton, W. Va.

Car decorated with W.R. Loar and Son signs on it, as well as advertisements for Kodak film, perhaps for a parade.  Grafton, W. Va.

18. Car Decorated for W. R. Loar and Son, Grafton, W. Va.

Interior of Caboose showing beds and seating area on the B&O railroad in Grafton, W. Va.  Sign in car reads 'Spitting on the Floor Prohibited.'

19. Interior of Caboose, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Grafton, W. Va.

Two African Americans on a float in the parade.

20. Sesquicentennial Parade in Morgantown, W. Va.

21. Monongalia County Sesquicentennial Parade, Morgantown, W. Va.

Men in a float re-enact George Washington crossing the Delaware for the large crowds lining High Street.

22. Sesquicentennial Parade in Morgantown, W. Va.

Members of University High School march down the street during the Sesquicentennial Parade in Morgantown, W. Va.

23. Sesquicentennial Parade in Morgantown, W. Va.

On display during the Sesquicentennial.

24. First Baltimore and Ohio Train on Display in Morgantown, W. Va.