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Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911.

1. Adamston Public School, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Two men attach the High St. sign and the Bank St. signs on High St.

2. Changing Street Signs on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

'I like this one of me better than any- Mrs. Long is on my left.'  Hester Harr pictured in middle.  Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va

3. Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.

Portrait of Louis McHenry Howe.

4. Howe, Louis McHenry

5. Two Views of a Creek at Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, W. Va.

The falls are 10 miles from Hillsboro and have a drop of 22 feet.  Courtesy of the State Conservation Commission.  Ch. 41, p. 543.

6. Middle Hills Falls, Near Hillsboro, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

'This house is constructed like the letter T. The main part of the house is 14'6" x 8'. joining this at the middle of the south side is a roosting shed 12' x 40'.' From photo album labeled 'Stewart A. Cody, County Agent, Jackson County, 1912.'

7. Laying House Number 3 on O. M. Stone's Poultry Farm, Jackson County, W. Va.

8. 140 Foot Telescope, Green Bank, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

9. Rockett Home at 632 Grand Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

10. Livestock Show, Wheeling, W. Va.

Front view of the Salvation Army Church.

11. Salvation Army Church, Monongalia County, W. Va.

12. Armstrong Hall, West Virginia University

13. Wana Methodist Church, Monongalia County, W. Va.

14. Dining Room of J.T. Lakin's Home in Wheeling, W. Va.

15. WVU Swimming Team Member Thomas Greenstreet

Teams of horses hauling supplies by a derrick.

16. Teaming in Oil Field No. 4, Shinnston, W. Va.

View of East Charleston and Kanawha City in Charleston, West Virginia.

17. East Charleston and Kanawha City, Charleston, W. Va.

Coal cars on tracks in the winter time.

18. Winter Scene, Thomas, W. Va.

Architects drawing of the CAC.

19. Creative Arts Center Model, West Virginia University

20. Coal Miners at Price Hill, W. Va.

21. Distant Rear View of the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.

Left to Right:  Charles A. Stevenson, Scott Davis, Lloyd C. Neilson, Dyke Raese.

22. Business Meeting, Morgantown, W. Va.

23. Aerial View of Forestry Center, Percival Hall, West Virginia University

24. Abrahamson Apple Storage and Packing