The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.
The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.
The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.
Seaman William Wright and Female in Hula Skirt, Pearl Harbor, Hi.
Date:
1944
Description:
Wright, left, is pictured with an unidentified woman on his lap. Photos are from an album belonging to a member of the U.S.S. West Virginia. William Wright, Radio Technician 2C, was on the ship from 1944-45 and saw action at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
Group of People Waiting for Train to Blackwater Falls, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.A group of people pose before an excursion to Blackwater Falls; the caption on the back of the print reads: "Vinegar Hill in background. These houses in back of Tannery. R.R. excursion toward Blackwater Falls."
Woman Posing Beside Negro Mountain Sign Likely in Maryland
Date:
ca. 1910-1930
Description:
An unidentified woman poses next to a sign for Negro Mountain. Negro Mountain is a part of the Allegheny Mountains that extends from Deep Creak Lake, Maryland to Pennsylvania. The woman pictured is likely standing next to a sign on Interstate-68 in Maryland.
A Man and Young Girl Pictured in West End of Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A man with his hair slicked back stands behind a young girl in a dress, gripping her shoulders. The two unidentified persons stand in front of floral pots arranged outside a house's balcony.
An unidentified elderly woman, attired in Victorian style clothes and hair, sits on a porch holding a Bible. She is possibly a member of West Virginia Governor Howard Gore's family.
Portrait of Unidentified Woman Taken During Civil War Era
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
The young woman is wearing a dress with garibaldi sleeves, a popular fashion in the mid 1860s. Her a hair is also styled in the fashion of that period.
