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"The Charleston skyline as it appeared at the time the Kanawha Banking [and] Trust Company began business-in 1901. Note the old capitol in the center background and the ferry landing before the C [and] O bridge was built"; In the bottom picture, "modern Charleston as it appears today. Front street has become Kanawha Boulevard and towering skyscrapers fill the landscape. The Kanawha Banking [and] Trust Company building appears at the left beyond the Union building."

1. Charleston Skyline in 1901 (Top) and 1951 (Bottom,) Charleston, W. Va.

Location unknown.

2. Rural Woodland Scene

Morgantown and West Virginia University buildings visible in the background.

3. Women on the Bank of the Monongahela River, Westover, W. Va.

Pre-West Virginia statehood era.

4. Engraving of 'Memory of the Upper Kanawha Western Virginia'

Pre-West Virginia Statehood era.

5. Engraving of 'Memory of the Upper Kanawha Western Virginia'

Moon rising over the newly formed Cheat Lake.

6. Cheat Lake, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Showing two men in the lower left corner on a bedrock admiring mountain view.

7. Print of a Mountain View

A man skies on fresh snow on Cheat Mountain.

8. Cross Country Skier on Cheat Mountain

9. Scenic View of a Frozen Stream

10. Man Standing in a Stream or River Surrounded by Forest

11. Mountain View

12. Mountain View

'Your Aunt Sallie's' written on back of photograph.

13. Scenic View of a West Virginia Farm on a Hillside

Published in 'Picturesque America.'

14. Etching of Natural Towers, Augusta County, Va.

Published in 'Picturesque America.'

15. Etching of Natural Towers, Augusta County, Va.

16. Scenic View of an Unidentified West Virginia River

17. Winter Waterfall

August 30 to September 3, 1909.

18. Parade

A building next to harvested field.

19. Building Next to Harvested Field

20. Men Behind The Wheel of their Touring Car

Could be Booth's Creek.

21. Unidentified Woman at Indian Rocks, Boots Creek, W. Va.

22. Store Selling Dr. Shoop's Restorative

A blimp in the air with two males in a basket flies over a city view: a composite photo.

23. Posing in a Photographer's Blimp Ride Set Up

24. Steamer Virginia Stranded in a Cornfield at Willow Grove, Jackson County, W. Va.

An aerial view of West Virginian hills.

25. Airplane Over the HIlls of West Virginia

26. Flood Scene with Stewart Farm, Sistersville, W. Va.

27. Meadow Near Camp on Middle Fork River

A Horse drawn carriage and passengers out in a scenic mountain view.

28. Travelers Stop Horse Drawn Carriage at a Scenic Location

Students on the porch as well as on the roof of the porch for a photo.

29. Episcopal Hall, West Virginia University

30. Episcopal Hall, West Virginia University

31. Native American Burial Mound

32. Aerial View of Unidentified Pond

33. Unidentified Electric Shop Worker

34. Heavily Decorated Christmas Tree Surrounded by Gifts

35. Employees in front of Smiths Book Store

36. Road Scene on Route 50, Ervin Mountain

The view is from Ervin Mountain, Route 50.

37. View of West Virginia Hills from Route 50

38. Encampment of 1st W. Va., 160th I.N., and 3rd K.Y. Regiments

'Taken from the "Viewing Spot" on Massanutten Mountain, showing Woodstock, the county seat of Shenandoah County, Virginia, and the Alleghany Mountains to the westward. At the foot of Massanutten is the Shenandoah River with its famous seven "horseshoe bends," winding its way amid fertile fields and beautiful farm properties. This view at sunset is especially inspiring and it is little wonder that Governor Spotswood and his "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe" dedicated themselves to the "winning of the West" after crossing the Blue Ridge at Swift Run Gap.'

39. Panorama of Shenandoah Valley, Va.

Ariel view of the valley and the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad.

40. View of Chucky Valley, C. C, & O, Ry., TN.

41. Elevated View of Unidentified Town

42. Elevated View of Farm and Surrounding Area in Mountains

43. Country Road in West Virginia

44. Apple Blossom Tree in W. Va.

45. View of Coal Deforestation, Island Creek Coal Company

On the back: "#10 at #7."

46. View of Coal Deforestation, Island Creek Coal Company, Southern W. Va.

On the back: " #4 at 1."

47. View of Coal Deforestation, Island Creek Coal Company

On the front: " Boone Creek is named after Daniel Boone, who passed through this country in 1781. The tree still stands and is in a healthy condition. It is located about two miles from Fleming, near the lower end of the property."

48. Tree at Boone Creek

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren. Harlow Warren, copyright 1955.

49. View of Highway

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren.

50. View of Rest Area Before Entering West Virginia

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren. Harlow Warren, copyright 1955.

51. View of Highway

52. Unidentified Power Plant

The photograph was taken 100 yards above the foot bridge.

53. View of Bridges and Potomac River at Shepherdstown, W. Va.

A man and little girl sitting in four wheeled buggy harnessed to two horses. The little girl is possibly Frances Packette.

54. Unidentified Man and Girl in Horse Drawn Buggy

55. Shenandoah River

800 foot high cathedral-shaped mass of rock.

56. Seneca Rocks in Pendleton County, W. Va.

Spruce Knob, 4860 ft

57. Spruce Knob, Monongahela Forest, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Seneca Rocks in Smoke Hole, Pendleton County is an extension of the Monongahela National Forest

58. Seneca Rocks in Smoke Hole, Pendleton County, W. Va.

The Blackwater Falls are considered the highest falls in the state.

59. Blackwater Falls, Tucker County, W. Va.

The South Branch of the Potomac River flowing by the base of Castle Rock.

60. Castle Rock in Smoke Holes, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Huge growth of mountain laurel in full bloom.

61. Mountain Laurel in Monongahela National Forest, W. Va.

Unidentified little girl gets help ice skating from unidentified man.

62. Ice Skating With A Little Help

Quarried cut stone from the Stonestreet farm. Began 5/1/1915.

63. Greystone

64. Stonestreet Farm

Destroyed by fire 9/14/1914

65. Old Stonestreet Home

66. Engine-Gas House on Stonestreet Farm

Photograph, possible taken from Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home.

67. View Towards Charlottesville, Va.

Post card print showing bridge crossing the New River.

68. View From Lover's Leap at Hawks Nest, W. Va.

69. House in Countryside

Family camp site, possibly in Monongalia County, W. Va. including a wagon and horsebacking riding.

70. Camping Scene of Rev. T. A. Haldeman

African-American woman holding a milking pail while sitting on a dairy cow.

71. 'Lovenia The Georgia Milkmaid'

72. Horseshoe Run Near Lead Mine Camp, Tucker County, W. Va.

A stage coach stopped at a ford in the river for the horses to drink and the passengers pose for a photograph.

73. Merry Coaching Party at Ford on Greenbrier River, W. Va.

Colored illustrated postcard. See back of the original image for correspondence.

74. View of Round Hill, Va.

Colored postcard photograph. See back of the original image for correspondence.

75. Shenandoah River Castleman's Ferry, Near Round Hill, Va.

Colored postcard photograph of the "Trough", a six mile stretch of the South Branch of the Potomac River. See back of the original image for correspondence.

76. In the Trough, Moorefield, W. Va.

Ada Enid Haldeman and Arthur C. Thomas.

77. 'Natural as Life', Taylor County, W. Va.

Sitting in the tall grass, Ada Enid Haldeman, Arthur C. Thomas and Olivia L. Haldeman.

78. 'Just a Gleam of Heaven in Her Eye', Taylor County, W. Va.

Identified as being in the photograph are, "Ed Snider and wife, George Vance and wife, Dr. Hall, Simon Garrison". The donkeys were not identified.

79. Donkey Riders and Unmounted Group at Balanced Rock Near Elkins, W. Va.

Photograph taken at approximately 4500 feet above sea level.

80. West Virginia Mountains Between Valley Head and Webster Springs, W. Va.

A passager train travels through the Raven Rocks area.

81. Raven Rocks, W. Va.

People identified: Arthur Southwich and Grace Filmore

82. Summer Botany Class 'Wooster'

Banner over the road in photograph reads: "For The Good Roads Amendment November 2nd".

83. Temple Street, Hinton, W. Va.

View of the New River from Hawk's Nest, West Virginia.

84. New River from Hawk's Nest, W. Va.

Celebration of West Virginia's 100 years of statehood.

85. Celebration of West Virginia Centennial

Constructed for the New York World's Fair 1964-1965. In picture: William Wallace Barron- Governor and Hulett C. Smith- Commissioner of Commerce

86. Groundbreaking Ceremony for West Virginia Pavilion, New York

Located in southeast West Virginia.

87. Part Of Roger Farm in Southern West Virginia

Southeast West Virginia.

88. View of Freight Train Three Miles Away, W. Va.

89. Hi Carpenter Bridge Construction on Ohio River

90. West Virginia Beauty in Preston County

Farm with a house, barn and several outbuildings in the Harrison County.

91. Farm Nestled in Valley, Harrison County Region, W. Va.

Elevated view of the snow covered farms and landscape in the Harrison County area.

92. Winter Scene in Harrison County, W. Va.

Donning party hats, a group poses outside. The inscription on the back of the photograph reads, "Blanche Cole, Fred Ramm, Evans, Myself, July 4, 1919, Just before we were married."

93. Fourth of July Celebration in North Central W. Va.

Two women, Grace Shively and Aunt Mae Fleming, mounted and neatly attired, travel a dirt road.

94. Out for Ride on Horseback, North Central W. Va.

Print number 1563.

95. Two Men Sit on Elevated Concrete Slabs During Construction Work

Print number 1719.

96. Man Holding Onto Horse and Buggy Rein