Image from 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911.
Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Description:
'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
Laying House Number 3 on O. M. Stone's Poultry Farm, Jackson County, W. Va.
Description:
'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.'
'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.
'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.'
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.
Groves and Halterman Furniture and Department Store, Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
View of four men in front of Groves and Halterman Furniture and Department Store from across the street, Petersburg, W. Va. 'Harmen Groves, F. E. Harman, Wilbur Heach'
'West Virginia coal miners entering 'the bowels of the earth' to produce fuel for the defense of the Nation. The State supplies more than a quarter of the Nation's total production of coal.' Courtesy of W. Va. Dept of Labor.
General Chairman of the Buckwheat Festival and Committee, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
'From left to right: Alton Anderson, Farmers Day Chr., Robert Halbutter, Asst General Chr., John Trenton, Genearl Chr., Shriley Wilkinson, Secretary, Jim Wilkinson, Antiques Car Show Chr., Phil Spahr, School Day Chr., Bert Cence, Horse Show Chr., Bill Armstrong, Fireman Day Chr. Absent from photo - Jan Cook.'
'The Plus 6" coal will be crushed to minus 1.5" and two 16,6" Chance Cones will wash the 6 x 3/8 coal. Current production of approximately 1800 tons per day is crushed to minus 1.25" then trucked to the storage yard of the new Kammer Power plant.'
Staff of W. Va. Industrial School for Boys on Flag Day, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1904
Description:
First Row, Left to Right: O. T. Sines (day guard), George Travis (eng.), H. O. Vantramp (eng.), Frank Moore (baker), unknown (teacher), W. R. Collins (guard). Second Row, Left to Right: Mr. Walter (stable boss), Ralph Kunst (guard), C. E. Bunner (chief eng.), H. L. McMillin (boy's cook). Third Row, Left to Right: Mr. Deering (guard), E. Whitescarver (teacher), Mr. Sheppard (shoe shop supervisor).' The men pose for a group portrait as the boys look out the windows of the school behind them.
Coke Oven Area, Morgantown Ordnance Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Circulating Liquor Cooler, Bldg. 109 From Volume One of Morgantown Ordnance Plant Pictures at Morgantown, W. Va. Constructed and Operated by the Ammonia Department, E. I. Dupont De Nemours and Company.