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'Maurice Mell Fisher'
'A picture of surrey and high-stepping horses owned by James H. Moyer;picture made in front of Kelley and Moyer bar, in 1900, before prohibition days. Note large demijohn in front of door; bird cages house a parrot in each one. The building is located at 400 Bland Street, must below the Daily Telegraph Printing Company, and in the same block with the Bland Street Methodist Church. Ash M. Prince, pioneer resident of the city, erected the building. After prohibition days, the building was used by the Hawkins Undertaking Company until they built their mortuary at the corner of Bland and Preston Streets, and the building as it now stands is owned by the Sweet Shop. In the picture are; front seat, left to right-James H. Moyer and P. J. Kelley, owners of the surrey and the bar; rear seat, left to right, M. B. Postlethwaite, city sergeant, and Robert Dunn, chief of police.'
'Picture of the Bluefield Inn, taken in 1890. Princeton Avenue, in the foreground, was unpaved. The building is now used as the Division Office of the Norfolk and Western Railway. There is a boardwalk in front of the building with wooden steps leading to the building.'
'Scene from Virginia Avenue'in Mercer County. Two men stand outside of the train car and a young boy sits in the bottom right corner.
Scene of students reading at a school in Pickaway. 'Charles Alexander Keadle was the teacher, in rear of room. Mamie Beckett stands in the center by the blackboard, and Ray Peck Beckett stands behind her left shoulder. Emile Beckett is to the far left and back three. Keadle organized the Corn Clubs that were the forerunner to the 4-H Clubs in West Virginia.'
Charles Alexander Keadle sits with his class, probably a teacher's institute, in Monroe County. Keadle later became superintendent of schools. Suggested and organized the corn clubs that were the fore runner of the 4-H clubs.
A group portrait of ten women graduating from the Alderson Baptist Academy in Pickaway. 'Mamie Beckett in front, daughter of Daniel Beckett, confederate soldier, and Eliza Peck Beckett. Great granddaughter on mother's side fo Henry Mann, son of an original white settler in Hunter's Springs, near Greenville, in Monroe County.'