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Three men standing atop piles of logs. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company.

1. Log Yard on Holly River

IDNO:
000496
Title:
Log Yard on Holly River
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
Three men standing atop piles of logs. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company.

2. Greenbrier Coal & Coke Company Store and Offices, McDowell, W. Va.

IDNO:
002100
Title:
Greenbrier Coal & Coke Company Store and Offices, McDowell, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1894
'Back row: C. R. Wilson, E. E. Duddey, Ed Sanford, Tickenagh. Front Row: Lou Chapman, J. E. Verlandenr Otto Newton, C. J. Southworth.'

3. West Virginia Soldiers, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
007158
Title:
West Virginia Soldiers, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
'Back row: C. R. Wilson, E. E. Duddey, Ed Sanford, Tickenagh. Front Row: Lou Chapman, J. E. Verlandenr Otto Newton, C. J. Southworth.'
A portion of a panoramic view of Morgantown, West Virginia and the Morgantown/Westover Suspension Bridge. For other portion of photograph see image 008062.

4. Panoramic View of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
008078
Title:
Panoramic View of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
A portion of a panoramic view of Morgantown, West Virginia and the Morgantown/Westover Suspension Bridge. For other portion of photograph see image 008062.
'View of Morgantown taken from the west side, showing old brick house on the west side, Business district at the Wharf. Shows the old firehouse at the Decker's Creek end of Walnut Street, and the old Academy tower on the left. Note the smoke at the mill at the end of Wharf Street.'

5. View of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
010906
Title:
View of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
'View of Morgantown taken from the west side, showing old brick house on the west side, Business district at the Wharf. Shows the old firehouse at the Decker's Creek end of Walnut Street, and the old Academy tower on the left. Note the smoke at the mill at the end of Wharf Street.'
'Seated on rocking chair by front porch: Allen Dyer, grandson of James Dyer who was captured by indians in Fort Seybert Massacre. In chair on the porch: Mrs. Martha Dyer (wife of Allen). On roof porch are three of Dyer's sons; from left; Ed R. Dyer, Pent Dyer and Charlie Dyer. This is the home of Allen and Martha Dyer. This picture was probably taken shortly before the death of Martha in 1894. Home is located at Fort Seybert on right side of road just after crossing bridge over South Fork River. Note: September of 1977; The appearance of this house has been greatly changed because of later remodeling.'

6. Dyer Family Home, Fort Seybert, Pendleton County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014433
Title:
Dyer Family Home, Fort Seybert, Pendleton County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
'Seated on rocking chair by front porch: Allen Dyer, grandson of James Dyer who was captured by indians in Fort Seybert Massacre. In chair on the porch: Mrs. Martha Dyer (wife of Allen). On roof porch are three of Dyer's sons; from left; Ed R. Dyer, Pent Dyer and Charlie Dyer. This is the home of Allen and Martha Dyer. This picture was probably taken shortly before the death of Martha in 1894. Home is located at Fort Seybert on right side of road just after crossing bridge over South Fork River. Note: September of 1977; The appearance of this house has been greatly changed because of later remodeling.'
William is small community located north of Thomas, at the intersection of US RT 219 and WV Rt 90.

7. Rhubarbs or Suburbs of William, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017193
Title:
Rhubarbs or Suburbs of William, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
William is small community located north of Thomas, at the intersection of US RT 219 and WV Rt 90.

8. Agricultural Experiment Station, West Virginia University

IDNO:
017515
Title:
Agricultural Experiment Station, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1894

9. View of Morgantown and WVU from Wiles Hill, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
020301
Title:
View of Morgantown and WVU from Wiles Hill, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1894

10. Virginia Watson Fleming in Organdy Dress She Painted

IDNO:
029716
Title:
Virginia Watson Fleming in Organdy Dress She Painted
Date:
ca. 1894

11. National Guard Soldier in Front of Tent at Camp

IDNO:
031376
Title:
National Guard Soldier in Front of Tent at Camp
Date:
ca. 1894
Mary Louvinia Brown took the collegiate course at Glenville State Normal School before coming to WVU when her brother , Samuel Boardman Brown, left his position as Glenville Principal to accept a position in geology at WVU. Brown attended WVU for one year, leaving when her brother married her friend, Ella Butcher. She taught in area grammar schools before becoming an instructor of botany grammar and history at East Liberty (Pennsylvania) Normal School from 1891 to 1893. Married in 1894 to Rev. George Bent, she was active in Methodist Episcopal community and Women's Christian Temperance work before she died shortly after giving birth to her second child.

12. Portrait of Mary Brown

IDNO:
037167
Title:
Portrait of Mary Brown
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
Mary Louvinia Brown took the collegiate course at Glenville State Normal School before coming to WVU when her brother , Samuel Boardman Brown, left his position as Glenville Principal to accept a position in geology at WVU. Brown attended WVU for one year, leaving when her brother married her friend, Ella Butcher. She taught in area grammar schools before becoming an instructor of botany grammar and history at East Liberty (Pennsylvania) Normal School from 1891 to 1893. Married in 1894 to Rev. George Bent, she was active in Methodist Episcopal community and Women's Christian Temperance work before she died shortly after giving birth to her second child.