John W. Davis, U.S. Representative, D-W.Va. 1911-1913; Solicitor Gen., 1913-1918; Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; Democratic Candidate for President, 1924.
Lenna Lowe Yost, from Marion County ,WV was prominent in the struggle for the passage of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote. Yost served in leadership roles in the national suffrage organization and the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association.'Copyright and all non-copyright photographs may be reproduced for the priced charged and the following credit line under each reproduction; Harris & Ewing; Washington, D. C.; This license is for your use only'
WVU Campus and Westover Along Monongahela River, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
The steel bridge to Westover is in background. The West Virginia University campus in the foreground, including the old fieldhouse called the "Ark", which is the white building with a curved roof.
Wade and Brown Homes, Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Located just east of High Street, Morgantown High School was eventually built next door to the Wade House,(left, background) and the football field is now where the Brown House stands (center).
'Pastrauga' Home of Captain James Strode, Berkeley County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Built in 1763 on the Sulphur Spring Rd. south of Martinsburg, Virginia (West Virginia) and burned down in 1922. George Washington recorded in his journal his visit to "Pastrauga" on his way to Bath.
This dress was made by Miss Blanche,and has a portrait collar. She made it to wear when leaving West Virginia Wesleyan in Spring, 1919 after earning her Graduate Studies Degree, to teach in the Fall in Morgantown. Blanche is the daughter of Alexander and Martha Stonestreet.
Paris Hammons, the father of fiddler Edden Hammons, and his family are the subjects of a Library of Congress publication, "The Hammons Family: Traditions of a West Virginia Family and Friends". The phase, "Howdy Fellers", a favorite greeting of Paris Hammons, is written on the front of the photograph.
Paris Hammons and Ed Richardson, Marlinton, Pocahontas County, W. Va
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Paris Hammons, left and Ed Richardson, right, were hunting buddies. Paris Hammons, the father of fiddler, Edden Hammons, and his family were the subjects of a Library of Congress publication titled, "The Hammons Family: Traditions of a West Virginia Family and Friends".
Group Portrait of Railroad Engineers, Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Photograph taken at Hinton High School. Identified L to R, Back Row: G. H. Harwood, Joe Hayth, Cecil Lively, N. S. Seldomridge, , --Patton, E. M. Bobbit, Isaac Meadows, --Eubanks, Brown Nunley; Second Row: F. S. Hunter, --Poteet, Tom Youell, Wood Wickline, Clarence Seldomridge, Tom Rogers, Bert Ashley, George Nutting, Ira Wiseman; Third Row: Dick Cobb, E. K. Rogers, Lindsay Burks, M. M. Mastin, Bob Jones, Howard Honaker, Elmer Garten, Deifenbach, W. G. Dameron, C. H. Fredeking; Fourth Row: Bob Noel, Charlie Poore, Henry Ailstock, Lynn Gardner, Richard Thomasson, --Eubanks, --Cottle, --Hout, Tuney Swatts, C. I. Smith, C. S. Faulconer.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Delivers Speech at Marion County Courthouse, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Franklin Roosevelt, standing on a stone column to speak to hundreds of people crowded around the courthouse and in the street. This photograph was most likely taken during the 1920 presidential campaign when Roosevelt was the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate. Note Roosevelt is standing, without assistance of crutches or braces. He did not contract polio until 1921.
Left to right:n Great Britain's Prince Edward; U. S. Army General John J. Pershing; Unidentified; Winston Churchill; and John W. Davis. Davis was from Clarksburg, W. Va. and ran for United States President in 1924.
