Search Results
- IDNO:
- 050459
- Title:
- View of Nitro, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1919
- Description:
- View of homes and factories in Nitro, a town created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort. The gunpowder factories are visible in the distance.
- IDNO:
- 050476
- Title:
- Jack Wauhop and Kent Bartgis in Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Wauhop, also known as Jack Warhop, is sitting on the left with Bartgis (right). Bartgsi was Wauhop's uncle and died in 1919 at the age of 21. Wauhop was a pitcher for the Highlanders, a team that would later be known as the New York Yankees. Babe Ruth's first two major league home runs were hit off of Wauhop's pitch.
- IDNO:
- 050477
- Title:
- Chesapeake & Ohio Baseball Team, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1904
- Description:
- A team portrait of the C. & O. baseball team.In the back from, from left to right, is Ervin Maxwell (center field); Joe McCarthey (pitcher); John Warhop (Wauhop) (pitcher); Ocar Whitlock (1st base); Will Turner (3rd base); and Bob Turner (pitcher).In the front is Arthur Sydnor (left field); Elvin Wise (2nd base); Harry Starbuck (catcher); George Secrest (short stop); and John Hobbs (right field). Warhop (Wauhop) pitched the ball that Babe Ruth hit for his first professional homer run.
- IDNO:
- 050478
- Title:
- Pitcher Jack Warhop Warming Up at Polo Grounds, New York
- Date:
- ca. 1912
- Description:
- Warhop, a Hinton, W. Va. native, is pitched warming up as the pitcher for the New York Yankees.
- IDNO:
- 050479
- Title:
- Wauhop Home, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1895
- Description:
- A family of unidentified persons poses in front of the home of Jack Warhop, pitcher for the New York Yankees.
- IDNO:
- 050485
- Title:
- Portrait of Jerry West with Middle School Basketball Team, Chelyan, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1953
- Description:
- West, who is holding the ball, attended Chelyan Junior High before attending East Bank High School.
- IDNO:
- 050487
- Title:
- Mountaineer Jerry West Unstoppable Against Louisville in NCAA Tournament
- Date:
- 1959
- Description:
- West, left, flies past Louisville's John Turner during the 1959 NCAA Semi-Finals. The Mountaineers won this game 93-78, with 38 points scored by West alone.
- IDNO:
- 050488
- Title:
- Jerry West Playing for the East Bank High School Basketball Team, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1952-1956
- Description:
- West was the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.
- IDNO:
- 050489
- Title:
- Jerry West Shoots during High School Basketball Game
- Date:
- ca. 19541956
- Description:
- West, who is mid-air and ready to shoot the ball, played for East Bank High School as the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1954–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.
- IDNO:
- 050490
- Title:
- Jerry West Poses in his East Bank High School Team Uniform, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1952-1956
- Description:
- West played as the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.
- IDNO:
- 050491
- Title:
- Portrait of a Young Jerry West, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1945
- Description:
- West is pictured at 7 years old, likely when he was living in Chelyan, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 050492
- Title:
- Jerry West Standing Outside of L. A. Forum Still Under Construction, Los Angeles, Ca.
- Date:
- 1967
- Description:
- West is pictured holding a basketball on the construction site of the L.A. Forum. He played for the Lakers from 1960-1974.
