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Grace, left, is daughter of photographer William R. Loar. She was born February 5, 1892 and died April 28, 1937.  The two women are wearing hats and dresses, which appear to be some sort of uniform.

1. Grace Loar and Friend, Likely in Grafton, W. Va.

Grace Loar, daughter of photographer William R. Loar, was born February 5, 1893 and died April 28,1937.

2. Grace Loar Sitting with Pigeons, Likely in Grafton, W. Va.

Bird's eye view of Grafton High School.

3. Grafton High School, Grafton, W. Va.

The church was established in the 1850's when Irish and German settlers came to the town of Grafton to build the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B. & O.).

4. St. Augustine Catholic Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1855 in what was then known as Fetterman, Virginia. During the church building's construction, services were held in the carpenter shop of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in Grafton.

5. The First United Presbyterian Church of Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was originally established as the Fetterman Methodist Episcopal Church in 1873 and is the "Mother of Methodism" in the area.

6. West Main Street Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1858.

7. First Baptist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

This church known as the "Mother Church of Mother's Day" and is where the Mother's Day holiday began when Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis began an effort to reunite family ties that had been broken during the Civil War. The day of reunification, first called "Mother's Friendship Day", was an organized event in which mother's of the community were brought together. Union and Confederate soldiers and their family members also participated, shaking each other's hands and rekindling friendship.Today, the holiday has grown to be internationally celebrated and recognized. This church currently holds an International Mother's Day shrine.

8. Andrews Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

Post card print of South Grafton and the Tygart River.

9. South Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

10. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge, Grafton, W. Va.

11. Grafton, W. Va.

12. Aerial View of Grafton, W. Va.