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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

25. Stuart Memorial Drive in Monongahela Forest, near Elkins, W. Va.

26. Dinner at the Richie County Fairgrounds, Pennsboro, W. Va.

A riverboat is visible along the shore near Walnut Street as a dapperly attired man cruises in the "Nancy".

27. Boating on the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

The old Sanbower home, on Rumsey Avenue, north of High Street.

28. Sanbower Home, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

'Rufus A. West, 170 Spruce Street, Morgantown, W. Va.'

29. Low Water Stream in Monongalia County, W. Va.

30. Class Photo Old Avis School, Summers County, W. Va.

31. Postmaster G.E. Bare and Wife in the Post Office, Alderson W. Va

'East side of [Monongahela] river, Star City at left'.

32. Building the Bridge at Star City, Morgantown, W. Va.

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is standing with the graduating class and teacher at Arthurdale.

33. Eleanor Roosevelt with High School Graduates at Arthurdale, Preston County,W. Va.

Olga Aegerter Holtkamp's daughter, Grace, on horseback.  Helvetia, W. Va.

34. Holtkamp, Grace on a Horse, Helvetia, W. Va.

35. Agriculture Train at Cannelton, Fayette County, W. Va.

36. Romines Mill Covered Bridge, Lost Creek Road, Harrison County, W. Va.

Soldiers are marching in the Memorial Day Parade in Morgantown, West Virginia.

37. Memorial Day Parade, Morgantown, W. Va.

38. Architectural Plan of Ground Floor of Medical Center, West Virginia University

'Home of Jesse Hughes. Located at the mouth of Jesse's Run, Lewis County, West Virginia. This edifice is no longer standing.'Built in the late eighteenth century, this building also served as the Mitchell family homestead during the 1800s.

39. Home of Jesse Hughes, Lewis County, W. Va.

40. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

41. Pietro Company Construction Site in Williamson, W. Va.

Glass company located in Sabraton, W. Va. near Morgantown, W. Va.

42. Pressed Prism Plate Glass Company, Sabraton, W. Va.

'1st row left to right: 1. Unknown, 2. Judge Johnson (Head of Law School), 3. Robert H. Armstrong, 4. A.R. Whitehill (chemistry). 2nd row: 1. Mr.D. M. Willis, 2. Harvey Hill, 3. St. George Tucker Brooke, 4. Dr. James W. Hartigan. 3rd row: 1. Russel L. Morris, 2. A. J. Hare, Registrar for years, 3. John L. Johnston, 4. Mr. 'Foxie' Stewart, 5. Thomas E. Hodges, 6. Mr. P. B. Reynolds. 4th row: 1. Russ Morris, 2. Professor Wm. Willey, 3. Mr. R. W. Douthat, 4. Waitman Barbe.'

43. Faculty Group Portrait, West Virginia University

In basement of old Commencement (Reynolds) Hall, in charge of Dr. Hartigan.

44. Reynolds Hall Gymnasium, West Virginia University

Group portrait of 'Old Folks' at the State Home For aged and Infirmed Colored Men and Women

45. Patients of the State Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Men and Women, Huntington, W. Va.

46. Paving Van Gilder Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.

47. Out of Focus Photo Looking Down the New River from Fire Creek Depot

Joseph A. Dusch's Esso Service Station in Wheeling, W. Va., on corner of 33rd Eoff streets.  Includes two gas pumps and presumably J.A. Dusch standing in front of his station.

48. J. A. Dusch's Esso Station, Wheeling, W. Va.