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IDNO:: 030027
Title:: Construction Work at Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1920-1930
Description:: Installing pipes in the athletic field at new high school in Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 030028
Title:: Construction Work at Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1920-1930
Description:: Digging a ditch to lay pipes in the athletic field in a new high school in Morgantown, W. Va..

IDNO:: 030031
Title:: Eureka Pipeline Station and Jack Blaker Home, Core, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1900
Description:: The company house is on the right and the station on the left; Jack Blaker possibly lived here and operated the station.

IDNO:: 030032
Title:: Asher and Little Jimmy Sizemore
Date:: ca. 1933
Description:: 'Asher and Little Jimmy Sizemore first performed as a father and son duo in 1933. They recorded several hits, in the areas of bluegrass, cowboy ballads and gospel music. They performed on several regional radio stations, the NBC Radio network and the Grand Ole Opry. Asher Sizemore was born and raised in Manchester, Kentucky. He worked as a bookkeeper for a coal mining company in Pike County. After he married and his first son Little Jimmy was born, Asher turned to singing old-time songs and cowboy ballads professionally. Asher had a radio show in Huntington, West Virginia in 1931 before moving on to WCKY in Cincinnati. Reference: Kentucky Country: Folk and Country Music of Kentucky by Charles Wolfe; published by University Press of Kentucky, 1996 (pp. 60-61)'

IDNO:: 030033
Title:: West Virginia Business College Women's Basketball Team, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:: 1929-1930
Description:: Members of WVBC Fairmont, front row left to right: 1) unidentified 2) unidentified 3) Johnny A. (capt.) 4) Evelyn [MacLure?] 5) Hazel Coneland; Back row left to right: 1) Jula Bald [?] 2) Virginia Goula 3) Sue [?] 4) Sara Nuzumn 5) [?] 6) Sula Henderson Fairmont 7) Pete (Coach).