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'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.'

1. Limestone German Band, New Martinsville, 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.

2. Christmas in the Robinson Home on West Main Street, Grafton, 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.'

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

'Destroyed by State Road Commission.'

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

5. Railroad Bridge near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

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

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

Dunlevie is named for Ernest V. Dunlevie, who started the operation in 1905.  He sold out in 1906.  The mill operated under several names until 1919-1920.  The name of the town was changed to Thornwood in 1911/

7. Shay No. 3 and Crew, Dunlevie, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

Men work with horses to harvest a field.

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

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

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

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

From the Centennial Edition of Dominion News.

11. 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.

12. South Park Hill Gas Tank Explosion and Fire, Morgantown, 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.'

13. 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.

14. Confederate Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

View of Morgantown looking over wintery fields.

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

'Back row, left: W.E. Rumsey, Theodore Watson, Charles Howard?, Front row, left: A.D. Hopkins, Woollery ?, B.H. Hite, Lee Cleveland Corbett.'

16. Faculty of Agricultural Experimental Station, West Virginia University

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.

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

18. Railroad Bridge near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

Exterior of Victor Elevator and Mills Company, Morgantown.

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

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

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

Picture was taken in Napier.

21. Lockard Blacksmiths, Bulltown, W. Va.

22. Mercer County Courthouse, Mercer County, W. Va.

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

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

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