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A man on a horse sits on top of a hill, where below there are stonemasons cutting into the rock.

1. Cutting Stone, likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

James Rumsey was the inventor of the first steamboat.

2. Illustrated Scene of People Celebrating James Rumsey's Successful Trial of the First Steamboat in the World, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

The first of nine times this bridge, which crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, was destroyed during the Civil War. The damage in the photograph was the work of Confederate Colonel Thomas (later General "Stonewall") Jackson's troops, before pulling back to Winchester in June, 1861. The shells of the burned Armory buildings still stands in the background below the town.

3. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge in Ruins, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)

A portrait of a couple taken on a hillside.

4. Man and Woman, Helvetia, W. Va.

View of Morgantown, W. Va. taken from Westover, W. Va.

5. View from Westover, W. Va.

Oil derrick shooting oil likely near Shinnston, W. Va.

6. Unidentified Oil Derrick Likely in W. Va.

A portrait of seated man and young woman taken outdoor; while they sit their back against the porch, three girls on the porch peek through plants.

7. Portrait of a Young Couple, Helvetia, W. Va.

A portrait of two boys and a girl taken outdoor in front of a tree stump, Helvetia, W. Va.

8. Portrait of Three Children, Helvetia, W. Va.

A portrait of seated young woman just outside of the porch in Helvetia, W. Va.

9. Portrait of a Young Woman, Helvetia, W. Va.

A portrait of Herbert Shock near a chair in Helvetia, W. Va.

10. Portrait of Herbert Shock, Son of Photographer U. C. Shock , of Helvetia, W. Va.

11. Portrait of Infant, Helvetia, W. Va.

A portrait of three girls; one with a doll and the other with a puppy.  A woman stretches her arm out from the window toward them.

12. Helvetia Girls, Helvetia, W. Va.