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Portrait of J.E. Casteel, "The Horse Jockey," Valley Pt., West Virginia.

1. Casteel, J.E., Horse Jockey, Valley Point, W. Va.

Steam packet "Joe Fowler" on the shore of the Ohio River with passengers posing for their portrait.

2. Steamboat Joe Fowler, Ohio River

Lumber piles beside a train track.  Man sitting on top of one lumber pile.  Original from Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

3. Lumber Yard in Tucker County, W. Va.

Group portrait of the Marilla Window Glass Cutters of Morgantown, W. Va. On Engine from left to right: Arthur Lewis, Hugh Fairfield, Dan McLamell, Jim Kifer, Deney Lelabey, Fred Salzman, Orcan DuBoise, Frank Dallons. Standing on Engine: Harry Davenport. Standing on platform: Arthur Swan, Bill Lewis.

4. Marilla Window Glass Cutters, Morgantown, W. Va.

'J.M. Alderson(fourth from the left) and others in front of his store. (Credit; J.M. Alderson)'

5. J. M. Alderson General Merchandise Store, Alderson, W. Va.

Old Greenbrieer Baptist Church with side cemetery.

6. Greenbrier Baptist Church, Alderson, W. Va.

'Looking east from north side, Alderson, W. Va.'

7. Boaters on Greenbrier River with Iron Bridge in Background, Alderson, W. Va.

A birds eye view of Alderson, West Virginia. Taken from Indian View.

8. Alderson, W. Va. from Indian View

9. Class Photo South Alderson, W. Va.

10. Interior View of a Typical Room at Alleghany Collegiate Institute, Alderson, W. Va.

Group portrait of students dressed in costume.

11. Alleghany Collegiate Institute Thespians, Alderson, W. Va.

Henrietta and Ernest Hofer and others working in the field.  A horse is standing beside the pile.  Helvetia, W. Va.

12. Haying Scene, Helvetia, W. Va.

Elevated view of the lumber company town of Jenningston.

13. Jenningston, Tucker County, W. Va.

'Moore and Parriott's soda fountain; an oasis of marble and fizzy drinks in a view taken circa 1905. The counterman on the left is Harry Selby. Originial source Jr. Metheny, 11-9-1984.'

14. Moore and Parriott's Soda Fountain, Morgantown, W. Va.

15. Steamboat City of Wheeling at the Wharf in Wheeling, W. Va.

'Wagon traffic on High Street near Walnut Street'.

16. High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

People going to stores on High Street, just above Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

17. High Street, Just Above Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

Traffic on High Street near the Court House (which is out of sight on left) in Morgantown, West Virginia. A horse-drawn carriage is followed by a trolley heading to a department store and the Court House.

18. High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

Harry Selby and an unidentified woman are riding in car in Morgantown, West Virginia.

19. Harry Selby Driving one of Morgantown's First Automobiles

20. View of Morgantown and Old Suspension Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va.

21. View of Morgantown and West Virginia University Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.

Church and people on University Avenue and Willey Street intersection, The cupola of Martin Hall is in the background.

22. University Avenue and Willey Street Intersection on West Virginia University Campus Morgantown, W. Va

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

Elevated view taken from the east of Morgantown,the WVU campus, the Monongahela River and Westover.

24. West Virginia University Campus and Morgantown, W. Va.

A church can be seen at the intersection of Willey Street at University Avenue in Morgantown, West Virginia. Stewart Hall is visible on the right.

25. Willey Street at University Avenue, Morgantown, W.Va.

26. Willey Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

27. Jerome Park Trolley on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

28. Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

Glass factory worker blows a ball of glass as others watch.

29. Blowing Glass, Morgantown, W. Va.

Interior view of the S. George Paper Factory showing eight female employees standing with one male.  An African-American woman is seated near the printing press.

30. S. George Paper Factory, Brooke County, W. Va.

31. Frazier Company Quarry near Alderson, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

32. Employees of Frazier Company Quarry near Alderson, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

33. Employees of Frazier Company Quarry near Alderson, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

34. Tourists at Blue Sulfur Springs in Greenbrier County, W. Va.

View a group of three tourists standing beside a horsedrawn buggy at Blue Sulfur Springs in Greenbrier County, W. Va.

35. Tourists with Horse and Buggy at Blue Sulfur Springs in Greenbrier County, W. Va.

36. Pavilion at Blue Sulfur Springs in Greenbrier County, W. Va.

37. Tourists at Blue Sulfur Springs in Greenbrier County, W. Va.

People gathered for a party under a Confederate flag bearing the inscription "Camp Greenbrier" with two African-Americans dressed as servers standing in the background.

38. Party at Camp Greenbrier Under a Confederate Flag, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Lima Locomotive and Machine Company #2.

39. Railroad that Ran Through Maben Mill, Raleigh County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Teacher's Institute participants.  Taken in front of Bowman's Store in Franklin.

40. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Teacher's Institute participants.  Taken in front of Bowman's Store in Franklin.

41. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Family portrait in front of John M. Ruddle Home, built in 1871 in Buffalo Hills near Ruddle, W. Va.  Pictured left to right: John Preston, Lelia, Aud, John M., Ernest, Virginia F. Ruddle, Zola Simmons, Almeda Ruddle Simmons and Floyd Ruddle.  Portrait in frame is deceased son Tyree Bruce Ruddle.

42. John M. Ruddle Home near Ruddle, Pendleton County, W. Va.

From left: Harvey Cook, Walter Boride, Jesadore Meadows, J. C. Prince, Emberry Miller, A. A. Rilly, Charles Miller, _ .

43. Burro Brigade at Colorado Springs

Mountain City Band, Davis, Tucker County, W. Va.  Organized under the laws of W. Va. April 20th, 1906.  Director: Herbert L. Blaker.  In photograph: Clarence Q. Arbogast, Adam Stein, J. W. Kogleshatz, R. C. Weidmire, F. N. Morin, L. H. Mott, John Johnson, Ray Dawson, Frank E. Heishell, John Rausehenberger, Sherman Iden, Harry Weaver, Dr. N. McK Wislon, Theo Stumphf, Charles G. Stater, Illario Lacconno, Harry Buckley, Robert C. McKelvey, Neil C. Heiskell, Charles Amlaw, Benson Unger and Edwin Morin.

44. Mountain City Band, Davis, Tucker County, W. Va.

45. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Centralia, Webster County, W. Va.

46. Interior View of Stewart Hall Library, West Virginia University

47. Stewart Hall Entrance, West Virginia University

48. Stewart Hall, West Virginia University

University Hall, now called Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University from Greater Morgantown and its Environments, 1902.

49. Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

50. Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University

51. Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University

52. College Grounds, West Virginia University

53. Horse and Buggy in front of Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

54. On the Path to Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

Leila Jesse Frazier, of Upper Norword in Surrey, England and an 1899 graduate of the WVU Law School, rides 'man fashion' or astride,  near Woodburn Hall. A contemporaneous newspaper account depicts Frazier’s journey to Morgantown to begin her law studies, indicating that she put her husband, James C. Frazier, on the train in Martinsburg, and set off unaccompanied on horseback across the mountains.  She arrived several days later,wearing a black riding habit with a divided skirt, riding ';man fashion', carrying a brace of revolvers, and 'armed with a most remarkable amount of courage and daring'. Frazier was president of the Woman’s League of WVU, the first women’s organization on campus. Information from Becky Lofstead, 'Trailblazers at the College of Law' in WVU Alumni Magazine, Winter 2000, p.18.

55. Leila Jesse Frazier Rides Horse near Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

Rear row, Dr. P.B. Reynolds, Professor A.J. Hare; Front row, Robert A. Armstrong, President D.B. Purinton, Professor A.R. Whitehill, Professor W.H. Boughton, Dean T.C. Atkeson.

56. Faculty at Commencement, West Virginia University

Now Stewart Hall.

57. Stewart Hall, West Virginia University

58. View Looking up University Avenue in front of Stewart Hall (Library), West Virginia University

'H. B. Tharp, farmer on left, with his grandson-in-law, Ira D. Cox.'

59. H. B. Tharp and Ira D. Cox

A view of Auburn, West Virginia.

60. Auburn, Ritchie County, W. Va.

61. Main Street, Looking West, Kingwood, W. Va.

62. Aerial View of Grafton, W. Va.

'The original house of Stonewall Jackson, taken about fifty years ago by my mother, Luther Vildebrand? July 9-1955.'

63. Home of Stonewall Jackson, Lexington, Va.

64. Sons of Revolution Convention

"From studio of Scott Gibson."

65. Bird's Eye View of Waynesburg, Pa.

Ella Stoneking Wells 1st on porch beside little girl with plaid dress. Musician to the far right is Taylor Martin. Third Musician right, from the open space is George Wells'.

66. Martin's Riverside Band in Monongalia County, W. Va.

67. Mr and Mrs. George Wells in Front of Their Home on Dunkard Avenue in Riverside, Monongalia County.

'Campers at their camp site "Dew Drop Inn", on the Cheat River opposite of Mont Chateau. From left to right: Charles W. Louchery-"Judge", James W. Burns-Dishes, N. Ott. Garrison- "Hog" Cook, Mal. Turner-"Wasn't Jim", Roy J. Jamison-"Ace", Charles Hodges- "Tar", French Yoke-"Lanky"- Roscoe P. Posten- "biggest eater" and Sid Treat- "Stawberrian"

68. Campers at Their Camp Site on the Cheat River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Hotel on the left.

69. Tioga Hotel

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 769, vol. 3. In book: "These were the Hinton teachers, both for the elementary and high school in 1905 when Mrs. Grace Lilly Smith and Mrs. J. Q. Hutchinson were two of them. She identified them as follows (front row, left to right): Harley Curry, Fort Springs; Tom Ball, who was later prosecuting attorney of Summers County and now deceased; A. M. Mattox, Jenny Hobbs; Florence Smith; (back row) Anna Doss; Leila Loving, now Mrs. J. Q. Hutchinson, Beckley; Grace Lilly Smith; Jonsie Riffe; Ella Carper; Alic Corker; I. B. Bush (principal), Irene Burke; Lula Noel; Jean Miller, daughter of late Judge Miller; a Miss Fredeking; Miss Richmond; Ann Miller; Miss Curry; Miss McCarthy; Mrs. Walker" (p. 769).

70. Group Portrait of Hinton School Teachers, Summers County, W. Va.

Standing: Emma Stadler Burky, Walter Stadler, Lizzetta Stadler Duenzler, Arnold Stadler, Ida Stadler Betler. Seated: Babette and George Stadler. (Five other brothers and sisters not shown.)

71. George Stadler Family, Helvetia, W. Va.

Three young women and one young man, books in hand stroll the "circle" as several students gather on the steps of Woodburn Hall in the background.

72. West Virginia University Students On Woodburn Circle, Morgantown, W.Va.

Wife of West Virginia Governor William O. Dawson (1905-1909).

73. First Lady of West Virginia, Maude Brown Dawson from Kingwood, W. Va

The man standing beside the steam boiler is J. A. Coulter, who later became an engineer for C&O, others in the photograph are not identified. The water tank is the original, it was replaced several years later by another. This photograph was taken before the double track was made through Sewell. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: " C to Ry Engineer deceased via Jim Henry Waverly - C. A. Coulter 209 First Street, West Logan, W. Va. 25601".

74. Building Bridge Across Manns Creek on Mainline of Chesapeake & Ohio at Sewell, W. Va.

YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) sign on the left side, behind a man wearing large hat. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.

75. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

Ada Enid Haldeman and Arthur C. Thomas.

76. 'Natural as Life', Taylor County, W. Va.

Information included with photograph, "View of Old North Western Pike before it was surfaced, just beyond the 'short turn'". Pictured is Henry Wotney, a friend of Ada Haldeman, riding a wooden bicycle he made.

77. Famous 'Wooden Bicycle', Taylor County, W. Va.

Workers are not identified.

78. Sawmill at Swiss, W. Va.

Unidentified man and two women pose outside wearing styles of the early 1900's, including straw boater hats.

79. Man and Two Women Pose Attired in Fashion of Period, Summers County, W. Va..

Morgantown Central School can be seen in the background. From the Rumsey Collection

80. Wiles Block Looking Toward Spruce Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

Information with the photograph, "Uniformed women on the decorated wagon are members of the Degree Team of the Ladies of the Maccabees of the World, Morgantown Hive No. 8." The location is possibly Spruce Street.

81. Fourth of July Parade Float, Morgantown, W. Va.

Scholarly portrait of C. F. Tucker Brooke, West Virginia University's first Rhodes Scholar.

82. Portrait of Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke of Morgantown, W. Va.

Group portrait with camp tents in the background, none of the men are identified

83. West Virginia National Guard Unit

84. Court Theatre, Wheeling, W. Va.

Unidentified medical staff pose in front of the hospital in Marion County.

85. Staff at Miners' Memorial Hospital, Fairmont, W. Va.

Nurses at the Miners' Memorial Hospital prep a patient for a medical procedure.

86. Nurses Prep Patient, Fairmont, W. Va.

Unidentified staff treat patients in hospital.

87. Medical Staff Examines Patient at Miners' Memorial Hospital, Fairmont, W. Va.

Several unidentified nurses and patients casually pose for this photograph in one of the hospital wards.

88. Staff and Patients at Miners' Memorial Hospital, Fairmont, W. Va.

Unidentified nurses tend to a patient's bandaged arm.

89. Nurses Examine Patient at Miners' Memorial Hospital, Fairmont, W. Va.

Four nurses and one woman in street clothes, all unidentified, gathered on porch steps at the hospital.

90. Nurses Pose on Steps Outside Miners' Memorial Hospital in Fairmont, W. Va.

Derricks sprouted throughout Salem and other towns in the northern and central counties of West Virginia during the oil boom years.

91. Oil Derricks Crowd Town of Salem, Harrison County, W. V.a

Possibly the town of Salem.

92. Small Town in Harrison County, W. Va.

Winter scene with several oil derricks dominating the landscape.

93. Snow Covered Hills in Harrison County, W. Va.

Probably in the town of Salem.

94. Oil Derricks with Pumping Houses, Harrison County, W. Va.

Several oxen pull a load of pipe and men through deep mud on a main street in town.

95. Hauling Through Mud Covered Street, Salem, Harrison County, W. Va.

Most likely the Old Mill in West Milford located on the West Fork River.

96. Old Mill, West Milford, W. Va.