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61. Baker Ridge School, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
045895
Title:
Baker Ridge School, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Print number 704.
Confederate veterans pictured at the court house.

62. Civil War Veterans in Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
046242
Title:
Civil War Veterans in Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Confederate veterans pictured at the court house.
Print number 1541. 314 F.A., 187 Q.

63. World War I Buglers

IDNO:
046345
Title:
World War I Buglers
Date:
1917
Description:
Print number 1541. 314 F.A., 187 Q.
Pictured: Emma Ward, Martha Lyle, Almeeda Stuckey, Jane

64. Grandmothers and Grandchildren

IDNO:
046537
Title:
Grandmothers and Grandchildren
Date:
1917
Description:
Pictured: Emma Ward, Martha Lyle, Almeeda Stuckey, Jane
L.F. Silbaugh, teacher.

65. Bruceton Mills School Students Outside of Bank, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.

IDNO:
048012
Title:
Bruceton Mills School Students Outside of Bank, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
L.F. Silbaugh, teacher.
Teachers are Russel Metheny and Eethel Thomas, back right.

66. Bruceton Mills School, Young Students Outside of Building, Preston Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
048014
Title:
Bruceton Mills School, Young Students Outside of Building, Preston Co., W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Teachers are Russel Metheny and Eethel Thomas, back right.
Oxen "Buck" and "Berry" could travel up to 5 miles an hour with a wagon load of tanbark, which was loaded at Alderson, W. Va. They delivered on average 2-2.5 cord (one cord cost between $8 and $10) from Ted Wills of Madams Creek.

67. Leonard McVey Shelton and Oxen Transporting Goods, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049382
Title:
Leonard McVey Shelton and Oxen Transporting Goods, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Oxen "Buck" and "Berry" could travel up to 5 miles an hour with a wagon load of tanbark, which was loaded at Alderson, W. Va. They delivered on average 2-2.5 cord (one cord cost between $8 and $10) from Ted Wills of Madams Creek.
A scarecrow depicting a W. & J. football player is placed above a sign that reads, "Rest in Peace," after WVU defeated the team 7-0.

68. Scarecrow Imitating Washington & Jefferson Football Player, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
051745
Title:
Scarecrow Imitating Washington & Jefferson Football Player, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
A scarecrow depicting a W. & J. football player is placed above a sign that reads, "Rest in Peace," after WVU defeated the team 7-0.
Lentz ('20), nicknamed "Beanie", was a halfback for the West Virginia University football team.

69. WVU Football Player J. Howard Lentz, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
051746
Title:
WVU Football Player J. Howard Lentz, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Lentz ('20), nicknamed "Beanie", was a halfback for the West Virginia University football team.
A West Virginia University player identified as "Harris" poses in his football gear.

70. WVU Football Player Harris, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
051773
Title:
WVU Football Player Harris, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
A West Virginia University player identified as "Harris" poses in his football gear.
A West Virginia University football player identified as "Curry" is pictured in his practice gear.

71. WVU Football Player Curry, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
051774
Title:
WVU Football Player Curry, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
A West Virginia University football player identified as "Curry" is pictured in his practice gear.
Hite ('18) was a halfback for West Virginia University's Mountaineer football team. During the 1917 season, Hite enlisted in the First Officers Training Camp after the United States declared war and was commissioned as a lieutenant. In his absence, the team elected Russell Bailey as the captain of the team. Russell came to WVU from Huntington High and was well-known as an excellent athlete.

72. WVU Football Captain Clay B. Hite, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
051775
Title:
WVU Football Captain Clay B. Hite, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Hite ('18) was a halfback for West Virginia University's Mountaineer football team. During the 1917 season, Hite enlisted in the First Officers Training Camp after the United States declared war and was commissioned as a lieutenant. In his absence, the team elected Russell Bailey as the captain of the team. Russell came to WVU from Huntington High and was well-known as an excellent athlete.