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1. Company L Leaving Morgantown for Mobilization, Morgantown, W. Va.

2. Pulp Mill and Log Pond at Spruce, W. Va.

Sign on side of building reads, 'The 1917 scale means starvation wages, slavery conditions [and] sacrafice of honor to coal miners.'

3. Barracks at Irona with 1917 Scale Protest Sign, Irona, W. Va.

Frontal view of the Woodson - Mohler Grocery Co. Wholesale Grocers building in Alderson W. Va. with C&O boxcar situated in front of building.

4. Woodson-Mohler Grocery Co. in Alderson, W. Va.

'Great Flood of 1917, covering North Alderson.'

5. Flooded Areas of North Alderson, W. Va.

6. Elkins High School, Elkins, W.Va.

People and goods in front of George H. Coffman Store in Elkins, West Virginia; See W. Va. Gazeteers 1903-04; 1923-24.

7. Coffman's Department Store, Elkins, W. Va.

8. Company L Leaving Morgantown for Mobilization, Morgantown, W. Va.

The wreckage of a boat lies on the river bank, at the foot of Walnut Street in Morgantown.

9. Wrecked Boat on Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

Four African-American World War I draftees in front of the post office.

10. World War I Draftees, Morgantown, W. Va.

11. African-American World War I Draftees in Front of the Post Office, Morgantown, W. Va.

12. Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

13. Camp Greenbrier Boys in Military Dress, Greenbrier County,

14. Camp Greenbrier Boys in Uniform for WW I Training, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Men are participating in military training at Camp Greenbrier in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

15. World War I Military Training at Camp Greenbrier, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

View of Moorefield in Winchester Avenue from the Hotel about 1917, in Hardy County, West Virginia.

16. Bird's Eye View of Winchester Avenue in Moorefield, Hardy County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Pendleton County's Second Contingent of soldiers assigned to artillery duty.

17. Boys of '17, Pendleton County, W. Va.

'Raine Andrews Lumber Company.  X marks Fred Hertig on the front porch of the Boarding House.  He is my brother. Note the poster on the wall, it is World War I.'

18. Fred Hertig and Others on Porch of the Boarding House at Everwood, Randolph County, W. Va.

19. Oglebay Hall Under Construction, West Virginia University

20. Fife Cottage, West Virginia University

21. Sunday School in Creston, West Virginia

22. Hauling Oil Well Equipment from Auburn, Ritchie County to Cox's Mill, Gilmer County, W. Va.

23. Town Gate at Verdun during World War I

24. American Ambulance Service with French Army during World War I

25. Troops Assembled For Inspection, Morgantown, W. Va.

Part of the Morgantown and Wheeling Railroad, a passenger service which extended to Pentress in western Monongalia County.

26. Lemley Hill Railway Cut, Monongalia County, W. Va.

27. Clarksburg, W. Va.

Wife of West Virginia Governor John Jacob Cornwell (1917-1921).

28. First Lady of West Virginia, Edna Brady Cornwell from Romney, W. Va.

Possibly a circuit photograph of the facilities at the Sutton Chemical Company just below the town of Sutton. The photograph was taken during World War I.

29. Sutton Chemical Company on Elk River, Braxton County, W. Va

Two of the students identified are Ray (Dusty) Ash, front row-first,left and James (Jim) Guiher, front row-third left. Information included on the photograph includes ". . . several [are] Clarksburg men. . ."

30. Sigma Nu Fraternity at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

Automobiles, waving American flags line the main street.

31. 'Our Soldier Boys Starting For The Front', Calhoun, Co., W. Va.

Supply Co. 314 at basic training in Camp Lee, Virginia. Members of the 314th Field Artillery, 80th Divison U.S. Army were mostly from West Virginia. The 314th eventually became a part of the 155th Brigade which saw heavy and constant action in Meuse Argonne, through the armistice.

32. Members of 314th Field Artillety, 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

Members of the 80th Infantry Division, nicknamed the "Blue Ridge Division", it was initially composed of draftees from the mid-atlantic states of Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

33. Members of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee, Prince George Co., Va.

Members of the 80th Divsion U.S. Army inside their sleeping area at Camp Lee, Virginia during basic training. During the Meuse Argonne campaign, the 80th Division was the only one that saw action during each phase of the offensive. And they first earned their motto, "The 80th Division Moves only Forward!".

34. Members of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

Because of significant heriage in the past, residents of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia became the structure of the 80th Division. The 80th Division was organized in August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia.

35. Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

Members of the 314th Field Artillery which eventually became part of the 155th Brigade boasted more days of continuous combat firing than the batteries of any other American Division.

36. Members of the 314th Field Artillety, 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

Members of the 80th Division U.S. Army give each other a shave while at basic training at Camp Lee, Virginia.

37. Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army on horseback at basic training at Camp Lee, Virginia.

38. Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

39. Supply Cooks at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George, Va.

Probably used for the training of trench warfare which was the type of fighting waged during World War I. Camp Lee was a basic training camp that included several men from West Virginia.

40. Trenches at Camp Lee, Va.

Men read while waiting their turn with the barber in a make-shift outside "shop". Many West Virginians trained at Camp Lee for fighting in Europe during World War I. Most were members of the 313th, 314th and 315th Field Artillery Units.

41. Soldiers Take Barber Break at Camp Lee, Va.

The units were composed of men from West Virginia and saw heavy fighting during World War I from the Meuse Argonne into Germany.

42. Members of 155th Field Artillery Brigade During Training at Camp Lee, Va.

Unidentified soldiers, most likely from West Virginia, prepare to shave. This unit saw heavy fighting during World War l

43. Members of 155th Field Artillery Brigade Lathered Up, Camp Lee, Va

An instructor teaches soldiers how to use a gas mask in case of a mustard gas attack during World War l

44. Soldiers During Gas Attack Training, Camp Lee, Va.

Unidentified soldier and army cook, most likely from West Virginia pose outside at basic training camp.

45. Soldier and Cook at Camp Lee, Va.

Note the "WV" behind the soldier, next to the door. All the men in the 155th Field Artillery trained at Camp Lee were from West Virginia and fought in some of the deadliest battles of World War l.

46. Unidentified West Virginia Soldier Outside Supply Building, Camp Lee, Va.

Unidentified soldier is probably from West Virginia.

47. World War One Soldier at Camp Lee, Va.

48. City Building and Jail By Moonlight, Wheeling, W. Va.