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Exterior of Victor Elevator and Mills Company, Morgantown.

1. Victor Elevator and Mills Company in Morgantown, W. Va.

Picture was taken in Napier.

2. Lockard Blacksmiths, Bulltown, W. Va.

Christmas in the Robinson Home on West Main Street in Grafton, W. Va.  Fannie E. and W.R. Loar, Madue, Grace, and Leslie gathered around the Christmas tree.

3. Christmas in the Robinson Home on West Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

'The Limestone German Band, Posing at the Old Wetzel County Court House before 1900.  John Henry Gorby second from left with clarinet, Charles Thomas Gorby and George Ira Gorby with baritones in front of John Kaufman in light suit.  Other identified persons: John Kaufman in light suit in back.  Ed Frei seated right on ground.  'Limestone' is the ridge top at the head of Doolin Run about five miles east of New Martinsville.  Schools and churches attended by Doolin residents were located on 'Limestone' or the adjacent American Ridge.  Charles T. Gorby taught in the Limestone School.  William Gorby, grandfather of the Gorby brothers, was among the original members of the Limestone Church.  This Wetzel County Courthouse in this photograph faced south.  The present one built in 1900 is located on the same lots, but faces east and is made of stone. Photo from the collection of Pearl Frei.'

4. Limestone German Band, New Martinsville, W. Va.

'Looking West on Third Street.'  Men in uniform walking in formation on Third Street.

5. Marching Down Third Street in Parkersburg, W. Va.

A view of Parkersburg, West Virginia and Belpre, Ohio in the 1890s.

6. Parkersburg, W. Va. and Belpre, Ohio

A horse-drawn carriage is parked in front of the Wallace House Stables, 'facing the Junior High site on Spruce Street; Wiles Block, Stable End.'

7. Wallace House Stables, Morgantown, W. Va.

From the Centennial Edition of Dominion News.

8. Posten's Sanitary Market in Morgantown, W. Va.

People seen walking down a hill in front of a fire caused by a gas tank explosion on South Park Hill.

9. South Park Hill Gas Tank Explosion and Fire, Morgantown, W. Va.

10. Passengers Waiting for a Train in Wheeling, W. Va.

View from the west of the town and the bridge which spans the Monongahela River.

11. Suspension Bridge Across the Monongahela at Morgantown, W. Va.

View of Morgantown looking over wintery fields.

12. Winter View of West Virginia University and Morgantown, W. Va.

'View looking across Spruce Street down Walnut Street to High Street, on 'wool day' when farmers were bringing their wool to town to sell. Note shipping stores across Walnut Street and town scale next to present location of Junior High School. Property of Jas. R. Moreland.'

13. Walnut Street and Spruce Street on Wool Market Day, Morgantown, W. Va.

14. Horse and Carriage in Front of Stone House on Abrams Creek Northwest Turnpike, Grant County, W. Va.

'Destroyed by State Road Commission.'

15. Lelia Keiter in Front of Rock House Below Petersburg, W. Va.

View of two girls standing on the steps of the Cabell House located on Main Street in White Sulphur Springs. 'The house was once used as a rooming house and small hotel. It was torn down in the late 1960s. Datsun automobile sales lot now on the site.'

16. Cabell House on Main Street, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

View of monuments and headstones at the Confederate Cemetery in Jefferson County. The cemetery was established in 1867.

17. Confederate Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

Olie, second from left, stands behind a counter sharpening a knife at Matoaka. An African American man stands to his right, and to his left are two other young men who also work at the store.

18. Olie at Matoaka, Mercer County, W. Va.

19. Mercer County Courthouse, Mercer County, W. Va.

Men work with horses to harvest a field.

20. Harvest Scene at Parish Farm, Pendleton County, W. Va.

From left to right: 'Don, Elsie, Ernest, and Phoebe Meadows Byrd.'

21. John W. Byrd's Home in Pendleton County, W. Va.

22. Methodist Episcopal Church, Harrisville, Ritchie County, W. Va.

23. Ritchie County Fairgrounds and Race Track at Pennsboro, W. Va.

'Burning off the gas from an oil well in Ritchie County.  This is a wood derrick. The flaming torches are to remove the gas out of the oil; a waste that isn't occurring today; it is too precious.'

24. Oil Derrick and Crew, Ritchie County, W. Va.