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25. Troops Assembled For Inspection, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
033075
Title:
Troops Assembled For Inspection, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Part of the Morgantown and Wheeling Railroad, a passenger service which extended to Pentress in western Monongalia County.

26. Lemley Hill Railway Cut, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
038268
Title:
Lemley Hill Railway Cut, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Part of the Morgantown and Wheeling Railroad, a passenger service which extended to Pentress in western Monongalia County.

27. Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
038446
Title:
Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Wife of West Virginia Governor John Jacob Cornwell (1917-1921).

28. First Lady of West Virginia, Edna Brady Cornwell from Romney, W. Va.

IDNO:
038995
Title:
First Lady of West Virginia, Edna Brady Cornwell from Romney, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Wife of West Virginia Governor John Jacob Cornwell (1917-1921).
Possibly a circuit photograph of the facilities at the Sutton Chemical Company just below the town of Sutton. The photograph was taken during World War I.

29. Sutton Chemical Company on Elk River, Braxton County, W. Va

IDNO:
039288
Title:
Sutton Chemical Company on Elk River, Braxton County, W. Va
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Possibly a circuit photograph of the facilities at the Sutton Chemical Company just below the town of Sutton. The photograph was taken during World War I.
Two of the students identified are Ray (Dusty) Ash, front row-first,left and James (Jim) Guiher, front row-third left. Information included on the photograph includes ". . . several [are] Clarksburg men. . ."

30. Sigma Nu Fraternity at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
040072
Title:
Sigma Nu Fraternity at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Two of the students identified are Ray (Dusty) Ash, front row-first,left and James (Jim) Guiher, front row-third left. Information included on the photograph includes ". . . several [are] Clarksburg men. . ."
Automobiles, waving American flags line the main street.

31. 'Our Soldier Boys Starting For The Front', Calhoun, Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
040548
Title:
'Our Soldier Boys Starting For The Front', Calhoun, Co., W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Automobiles, waving American flags line the main street.
Supply Co. 314 at basic training in Camp Lee, Virginia. Members of the 314th Field Artillery, 80th Divison U.S. Army were mostly from West Virginia. The 314th eventually became a part of the 155th Brigade which saw heavy and constant action in Meuse Argonne, through the armistice.

32. Members of 314th Field Artillety, 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

IDNO:
040882
Title:
Members of 314th Field Artillety, 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Supply Co. 314 at basic training in Camp Lee, Virginia. Members of the 314th Field Artillery, 80th Divison U.S. Army were mostly from West Virginia. The 314th eventually became a part of the 155th Brigade which saw heavy and constant action in Meuse Argonne, through the armistice.
Members of the 80th Infantry Division, nicknamed the "Blue Ridge Division", it was initially composed of draftees from the mid-atlantic states of Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

33. Members of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee, Prince George Co., Va.

IDNO:
040883
Title:
Members of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee, Prince George Co., Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Members of the 80th Infantry Division, nicknamed the "Blue Ridge Division", it was initially composed of draftees from the mid-atlantic states of Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
Members of the 80th Divsion U.S. Army inside their sleeping area at Camp Lee, Virginia during basic training. During the Meuse Argonne campaign, the 80th Division was the only one that saw action during each phase of the offensive. And they first earned their motto, "The 80th Division Moves only Forward!".

34. Members of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

IDNO:
040884
Title:
Members of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Members of the 80th Divsion U.S. Army inside their sleeping area at Camp Lee, Virginia during basic training. During the Meuse Argonne campaign, the 80th Division was the only one that saw action during each phase of the offensive. And they first earned their motto, "The 80th Division Moves only Forward!".
Because of significant heriage in the past, residents of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia became the structure of the 80th Division. The 80th Division was organized in August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia.

35. Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

IDNO:
040885
Title:
Member of the 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Because of significant heriage in the past, residents of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia became the structure of the 80th Division. The 80th Division was organized in August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia.
Members of the 314th Field Artillery which eventually became part of the 155th Brigade boasted more days of continuous combat firing than the batteries of any other American Division.

36. Members of the 314th Field Artillety, 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.

IDNO:
040886
Title:
Members of the 314th Field Artillety, 80th Division U.S. Army at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George Co., Va.
Date:
ca. 1917
Description:
Members of the 314th Field Artillery which eventually became part of the 155th Brigade boasted more days of continuous combat firing than the batteries of any other American Division.