Marvin Chapel Farm Women's Club in Pocahontas County
Date:
undated
Description:
Group portrait of three members of the Marvin Chapel Farm Women's Club taken following a special work meeting on Reconditioning of Furniture. Note: spring unit in hands of member on right.
Home of Mrs. J.B. Showalter, Slaty Fork, Pocahontas County, After Outside Improvement Project
Date:
undated
Description:
Mrs. J. B. Showalter home with a woman sitting on the porch after the outside improvement project in Slaty Fork, Pocohontas County. Improvements made: built new windo casings, put asbestos shingles on house, built a front porch. Cost Record: Asbestos Shingles-$80.48, Lumber and Nails-$80.48, Paint-$10.00, and Labor Costs-$50.00. Together these all cost Mrs. Showalter 222.28. (See photograph number 1576 for a view of the home before the improvements.)
Farm home of W.A. Hively in Dunmore, W. Va. Orginal home consisted of a right wing without a porch. (See photograph number 001573 to see the home after renovations.)
Griffin, Mrs. L. E.'s Lily Pool in Harrison County
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Mrs. L.E. Griffin sitting next to her lily pool in Harrison County. Caption reads 'I built 4 foot by 9 foot by 30 inch deep pool in front of a clump of shrubbery on a bank to give it a natural setting. The bottom and sides were cemented, with a shelf built in each end for shallow water plants. From the water line the back and sides were laid up of native stones, stones also circling the front. I did most of the work herself - my husband helped dig out the last few wheelbarrows of dirt, and was home long enough to smoothe down the last of the cement. A boy helped mix the cement. As soon as it was finished I filled it with water to set till spring, using a rubber hose from a faucet in cellar - have it drained the same way. I learned from her mother that a long stick placed in a rain barrel would keep it from bursting when frozen. It also works with a lily pool. While cement was setting I planted perennials and Dutch bulbs in front of shrubbery and around the pool. It has been a mass of bloom from crocus and grape hyacinth time until now (Sept. 30) when dwarf marigolds, petunias, etc. are in their glory.'
Judging of Southdown Lambs at the State Livestock Judging Contest
Date:
undated
Description:
Picture of the Judging of Southdown lambs at the State Livestock Judging Contest held at Lewisburg. Contestants shown are most likely from Harrison County.
Interior of the barn where tobacco housed. The stripping room is located in the back right of the picture. Note the two poles placed close together extending from the right through the center of the picture. This is a two foot wide ventilation opening in which no tobacco is hung, and which extends through the barn lengthwise.
Home of Mrs. J.B. Showalter, Slaty Fork, Pocahontas County, Before Outside Improvement Project
Date:
undated
Description:
House before the outside improvement project of the Mrs. J.B. Showalter home in Slaty Fork, Pocahontas County. (See photograph number 001577 for a view of the home after the renovation.)
Tobacco Farmer Demonstrating Steps in the Processing of Stripping and Grading
Date:
undated
Description:
'Simple equipment makes the stripping and grading job easier, and enables the farmer to market a neater, higher quality leaf. In the foreground is a tobacco stalk rack for the stripped stalk. When the rack is full, the stalks can be easily tied into a bundle and stored in the dry until they are spread on the ground. Over the stalk rack is another rack for holding tobacco sticks on which hands of the same grade are placed until the stick is full. When the stick is filled it is transferred to the tobacco press (top right) and the press lid lowered to iron out the rough wrinkled stick of hands into a neat stick which will bulk neatly without a bulge just below the tie on the hand.'
