'Dr. Fielding Yost and wife Malanda Ann Yost lived in this house in Morgantown, W. Va. This is on Main St. They put three sons through college to be Dr.'s. Copied from back of picture owned by Lewis Stemple, loaned to Dr. Core for Copying - written Mar. 1978; Is this on the west side of High Street or corner of Wall Street? Marion Tapp thinks it is the Franks Home, S. W. corner of Fayette St. and University Ave. She lived near there as a child. A double home is on the site of the Morgantown plat of 1921.'
'The Gaston Gas Coal Company, Gaston Mine Plant. Located one half mile South of Hunsaker Bridge on West Fork River. Owned by James Otis Watson and successor to American Coal Company's mining plant, built in 1852 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot. This mine founded in 1875, closed in 1925. Picture shows 15 drop-bottom railroad cars called 'Hoppers.' These cars average 55 ton coal carrying capacity.'
View of Potomac from Hilltop House and View of Hilltop House from Potomac
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'Amusements--Dancing in a large dance hall, overhanging the cliffs below. Tennis, bass fishing, horseback riding, hiking and motoring over good roads to nearby places of interest. Among these are Antitam battlefield, 15 miles; Charles Town, 8 miles, where John Brown was tried and hung; South Mountain 'the Geo. Alfred Townsend Arch', 10 miles; Frederick, the home of Francis Scott Key and Barbara Frietchie, 19 miles; Braddock Heights, 24 miles; Winchester, 30 miles; Endless Caverns, Luray Caverns and Gettysburg, from 50 to 70 miles. Railroad--On the main line of the B. and O. There are numerous through trains a day for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York; also for Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis. Fifty-six miles from Washington, our nearest large city. T. S. Lovett, Proprietor.'
Cutting Machine in Operation at the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine, Pocahontas, Va.
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Cutting machine in operation at the Pocahontas Exhibition mine, Pocahontas Va. on the Norfolk and Western Railway. 'Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that all reproduction shall bear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.'
Interior of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Freight Depot at Alderson, W. Va.
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'Interior of Chesapeake [and] Ohio Railroad Freight Depot at Alderson W. Va. At extreme left, behind counter is the station agent T.L. Dameron and standing on extreme right is freight agent W.A. Hancock (who worked in the Alderson station for fifty years. He was a deaf-mute.)'
Engraving of Harpers Ferry by moonlight. Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1874 by D. Appleton and Coin the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington.
Ellis Store and Smart Store Building, Montgomery, W. Va.
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Large building with the Ellis Drygoods Store, the Smart Clothing and Shoe Store, Dr. D.G. Smallridge Dentist office, the Sub-District Office No. 1 of Dist. 17 U. M. W. A., and the Mecca, J.P Payne Proprieter.
View of Glen Jean Athletic Club building and nearby dentist's office. 'Near Treveys Studio. Trevey's negatives were stored in the attic of this building after he closed his studio. McKell Ballfield on left, famous for a type of softball called Letemhitit. Insurance agency on right operated by James Long. Railroad is the K. G. J. [and] E. (Kanawha, Glen Jean, and Eastern). Athletic building contained a pool room, bowling alley, etc.'
View of the old Court House on Main Street in Moorefield, opposite the Presbyterian Church. 'The old brick Court House on Main Street was the second Court House. This fine old building sat back about thirty feet from the side walk with an iron fence in front. This was done by the Eberlys. This building was used until 1913 when the new Court House on Washington Street was opened. It was a nice cool old building. The large trees in the yard provided nice shade for loafers on hot summer days and the well of cold fresh water is just hidden by the scales along the street. There was always several benches in the yard in the summer time. Just inside of the front door wide steps led to the main court room on the second floor. The court room had a gallery around the North, East, and South sides with Judges stand and Jury seats in the West. The gallery was held up by large iron posts. At this time (1955) some of these old iron posts are serving as porch posts at the home of Howard Williams West of town. On the first floor a passage way led around both sides of the steps and into a hall in the center of which led to the back of the building. On both sides of this hall were offices for the Sheriff, Clerk, and lawyers. Picture is from Miss Maie Alexanders Moorefields Oldest Htg. and Appl. dealer collection.'
"Grafton: Junction of Baltimore [and] Ohio with Northwestern Virginia Railroad. 279 miles from Baltimore. The Road to Wheeling is seen in the foreground, while the Road to Parker-burg crosses the Tygart's Valley River by the new Iron Bridge. The Road Workshops and the new Hotel are seen in the forks."
'For latest styles in men's shoes, hats, caps and furnishings go to Steinbeck and Goe, Second Street, near bridge, Weston, W. Va. Ladies', Misses' and children's shoes and hosiery a specialty. Sole agents for the Dolly Madison shoe for women and the Crossett shoe for men. 'The better the grade the bigger the trade.''
Model Country Store in the West Virginia State Museum, Charleston, W. Va.
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Model of a country store in the State Museum of the Science and Culture Center in W.V. "Want to find some Dr. LeGear's Hog Prescription? Or simply reminisce? The I.P. Russell [and] Sons Country Store in the State Museum of the Science and Culture Center will offer that oppurtunity. It's a replica of the old-time West Virginia country store, well-researched and assembled by the students of Robert B. Connor, Associate Professor of Marketing at West Virginia University."
Standard Lime and Stone Company 50th Anniversary Group, Bakerton, W. Va.
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J.A. Flanagan, C. H. Kidwiler, and S.E. Giffin are honored for their safety record during the 50th Anniversary, Friday, July 7, 1950, Standard Lime and Stone Co., in Bakerton, West Virginia.
Home of Mrs. J.B. Showalter, Slaty Fork, Pocahontas County, After Outside Improvement Project
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Mrs. J. B. Showalter home with a woman sitting on the porch after the outside improvement project in Slaty Fork, Pocohontas County. Improvements made: built new windo casings, put asbestos shingles on house, built a front porch. Cost Record: Asbestos Shingles-$80.48, Lumber and Nails-$80.48, Paint-$10.00, and Labor Costs-$50.00. Together these all cost Mrs. Showalter 222.28. (See photograph number 1576 for a view of the home before the improvements.)
The skirmish at Middle Fork Bridge, as seen by Henri Lovie, sketch artist for 'Leslie's Weekly' who accompaned the detachment of the 3rd Ohio Infantry under Captain Lawson. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'