Cut No. 18. Road in Morgantown, Monongalia County Before the Organization of the W. Va. Good Roads Association
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Picture of Cut No. 18 road in Morgantown, Monongalia County, W. Va. before the organization of W. Va. Good Roads Association. Picture has one man standing on the side walk and another man driving a horse drawn wagon in the street. From the Report of the W. Va. State Board of Agriculture for the Quarter Ending Sept. 30, 1908
'Around 1910, High Street is brick-paved, trolleys are in evidence, and Bell Telephone is advertising a public phone at the Odd Fellows building. Hirschman's Clothiers sports an elaborate cast-iron facade.'
Excavation for Morgantown Post Office, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1912/03
Description:
Construction workers are excavating the site for the Morgantown Post Office, at the corner of Kirk and High Streets in Morgantown, West Virginia; Mrs. George C. Sturgiss took this photo from her two-story residence.
African-American Boys Sit in Horse Drawn Cart, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
'The Water Works - hauling water supply to High Street on Walnut Street. Left is James Arthur Garfield Edwards. Right is Charles Daniel Edwards,[sons of John Edwards, owner the water supply business], identified by Grace Edwards Waters.'
Postcard of High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia. People are walking on the sidewalks of High Street while a trolley is heading toward South High Street and a horse-drane carriage is parked near an unidentified store.