Gas Pipeline Workmen at Pumping Station, Morgantown W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
View of gasline workmen at a pumping station in Morgantown W. Va. names of the Workmen listed as:'B. M. Donald, Dennis Wader, Jeso Coss, Tom Shannon, Downey Fox, Walt South, Bill Taylor, Lindsey Roz, Harry Miller, Jack Bloher, Tom Jones, Warren Jacobs, Jud Cook, M. Miller, Don Miller, John Montgomery, M. Hugus, Gabe Masters.'
Maulsby Covered Bridge on the West Fork River, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
A view of Maulsby Bridge, a wooden covered bridge on the West Fork River in Harrison County. 'Erected in 1856 by Elmore Hart and repaired in 1911 by C. A. Short.'
Customers in front of the Old Bailey House, Weston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
View of the old Bailey House, located on the corner of Main and Second Streets. 'The sign 'Bailey and Tunstil' on the store was Major Bailey and his son-in-law. In the group was David Bare, father; J. H. Bare, druggist; Andrew Edmiston, known as Sr., a long prominent lawyer; and John S. Camden, later of Parkersburg. Here Thomas Jackson, J. A. J. Lightburn, Johnson N. Camden, and G. J. Butcher took examination for West Point. Butcher won, stayed a week, then came home. Jackson went as a second choice.'
John Brown's Fort on Murphy's Farm, Bolivar Heights, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Fort building stands in a field where two children are playing in the foreground. Inscription with the image, 'The present site of John Brown's Fort as it now stands in a field overlooking the Shenandoah River, in [West] Virginia, a few miles from where it originally stood at Harper's Ferry. It was placed here at the request of Kate Field, of Washington after it was exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago.'