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Interior view of a room dedicated to raising and housing poultry.

1. Poultry Shack

"Jacob Cline Koon and his Family (January 1, 1898) Golden Wedding Celebration, Near Worthington, W. Va.Standing Back Row: Joseph Snider Koon, George Washington Koon, Weaden Cline Koon D. V. S., Nancy Koon (Sturm), Cynthia Koon (Shaver) and Minnie Koon (Morgan).Sitting Front Row: Benjamin Titus Koon, JACOB CLINE KOON, CHARLOTTE TITUS SNIDER (KOON), Mariah Koon (Moegan) and Mary Koon (Shaver)."

2. Jacob Cline Koon and Family

Studio portrait of John Koon

3. Portrait of John Koon, Son of Weedon Koon

Circus elephants are lead across the Ohio River as several spectators watch including a delighted little boy on the left. None of the subjects are identified.

4. Ringling's Circus Elephants Walk Across Steel Bridge at Wheeling, W. Va.

Group portrait of James W. Cooan (Koon) and his family.  Other family members in the portrait are likely his wife and four daughters or other female relatives.

5. James W. Cooan (Koon) and Family

Andrew Rush rides a hand operated rail cycle, also known as a velocipede, at the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot.

6. Telegraph Operator Andrew Rush on Velocipede at Prince, W. Va.

Edith Leontine Stephens (left), Gerald Otis Stephens (center), and neighbor girl Peggy Davis (right) stand beside an old-fashioned automobile. Edith and Gerald are the children of Eschol Lee and Essie Pearl Layfield Stephens. Eschol is the son of Leaman Clark Stephens, and the grandson of Stacy Stephens.

7. Stephens Children and Friend at Leaman Clark Stephens Residence

A man shows the girls how to effectively decorate a clay pot. Subjects unidentified.

8. Campers Participate in Clay Modeling at an Unidentified 4-H Camp

The Dining Hall with columns, is in the background, left. The large building to the right of the bridge, situated on the  West Fork River bank is the original mill run by the Jackson family during the Antebellum period. Thomas Jackson (later known as Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson) worked at this mill and farm as a child while living here with his uncles.

9. Elevated View of Jackson's Mill and Four-H Camp, Lewis County, W. Va.

The Silling-Ziler wedding party gathers for a group portrait in the Gravely and Moore Photography Studio.

10. Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Ziler at Silling-Ziler Wedding Party, Charleston, W. Va.

Three men are disguised as foreign characters.

11. Men Dressed in Costume for a Pageant at a Volunteers' Camp in an Unidentified Location

The three men are disguised as foreign characters for a pageant taking place in an unidentified location.

12. Three Men in Costume at a Volunteers' Camp Pageant

The men, which are all unidentified, pose together in their costumes.

13. Three Men Pose as Foreign Characters for a Pageant at a Volunteers' Camp

14. Sherman High School Football Team Outside of School, Seth, W. Va.

15. Boys' Metal Workshop at 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

16. Triple State Electric Co. Studebaker Corp.

17. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Teachers in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.

18. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Band Holding Their Instruments in Front of School, Charleston, W. Va.

19. State Health Department Office Workers at Desks, Charleston, W. Va.

Campers playing a variety of instruments including banjos, an accordion, harmonicas and fiddle.

20. Boys' Camp Orchestra at 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Older boys dressed in a variety of women's fashion.

21. Four-H Campers in Costume, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

The boys at 4-H Camp pose in front of the Main Dining Hall including one camper hanging on a rope ladder.

22. Boy Campers at 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Women refinishing various pieces of furniture.

23. Women's Furniture Restoration Class, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

24. Five Sherman High School Basketball Players in Warm Up Gear, Seth, W. Va.

25. Seth High School May Fete, Seth, W. Va.

26. Sherman High School Basketball Team and Coaching Staff, Seth, W. Va.

27. Sherman District High School Football Player Named Coon, Sherman, W. Va.

28. Sherman District High School Football Team and Staff Portrait, Sherman, W. Va.

29. Sherman District High School Football Player Named Gogus, Sherman, W. Va.

30. Sherman District High School Football Players in Stance, Sherman, W. Va.

Campers hand weave belts on an outside porch.

31. Girls Braiding Belts at 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Camp volunteer workers examine various games and equipment.

32. Games at Volunteers' Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Eight male campers and their camp leader pose together outside of a stone building.

33. Group of Boys at Boys' 4-H Camp in an Unidentified Location

A boy watches as his two companions play their string instruments. Subjects unidentified.

34. Two Boys Playing Guitars in at the Harrison County 4-H Camp, Harrison County, W. Va.

A group of musicians gather around a pond and pose with their instruments. Subjects unidentified.

35. Band at a Boys' 4-H Camp in an Unidentified Location

The girls pose together for a group photo. Subjects unidentified.

36. Girls' Camp at Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

See bottom of photograph for identification of those pictured.

37. First Annual Meeting of Special Medical Examiners, W. Va. State Compensation Commissioner

38. Group Photo at Lions and Lambs Annual Banquet, Charleston, W. Va.

39. Smiling Boy Receives Jacket at Lions and Lambs Annual Banquet, Charleston, W. Va.

40. Likely Workers for Triple State Electric Company

41. Banquet in Honor of Graduating Class, Charleston General Hospital, Charleston, W. Va.

42. Franklin Polk Basketball Team

43. Good Will Squad of the Charleston Gun Club on Range, Charleston, W. Va.

44. Group Shooting on Range at Charleston Gun Club, Charleston, W. Va.

"The Improved Order of Red Men is one of the nation's oldest patriotic fraternal organizations, established in 1834. Their rituals are modeled after those assumed to be used by Native Americans. The organization claimed a membership of about half a million in 1935, but has declined to a little more than 15,000. The Order's female auxiliary is the Degree of Pocahontas, which dates back to the 1880s."

45. 63rd Annual Session Improved Order of Red Men; 32nd Annual Session Degree of Pocohontas, Charleston, W. Va.

46. Red Parrot Coal Company Building, Prenter, W. Va.

47. General Store With Display Sale Featuring Cincinnati Tailoring Company

48. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Student Body, Charleston, W. Va.