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A man stands atop a filled coal car. 'Loading coal into railroad gondolas is made easy by structures called 'tipples.' The pictured tipple is typical of those to be found throughout the rich bituminous coal fields of southern West Virginia.'

1. Coal Mine Tipple

Man stands atop coal loaded in a railroad gondola as it is loaded at a tipple. W. Va. Industry and Pub. Comm.

2. Loading Coal into Railroad Gondolas

View of the West Virginia State Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia.

3. State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

Small brick schoolhouse with gabled entrance.  Stansbury Hall is visible in the right side of the photograph.  In the 1940s and 50s, West Virginia University used this school as a grade school for training eductaion majors.  It was called the WVU Laboratory Elementary School. The building was an African-American school prior to WVU's use of the building.

4. African-American Elementary School Where Dr. Alex L. Wade Taught, Morgantown, W. Va.

'From Al Knight, Weirton.'

5. Blooming Mill, Weirton Steel, Weirton, W. Va.

6. Pouring Molten Steel in the Bessemer Building at Weirton Steel, Weirton, W. Va.

7. Tapping an Open Hearth Furnace at Weirton Steel, Weirton, W. Va.

8. Airplane flying over Weirton Steel Company, Weirton, W. Va.

9. Bessemer Blowing at Weirton Steel, Weirton, W. Va.

Cadets in uniform in formation in front of Old Main at the Linsly Institute in Wheeling, W. Va.

10. Cadets in Front of Old Main at Linsly Institute, Wheeling, W. Va.

View of the original Salem College building with people 'several with bicycles' crowded on the lawn. 'Hurra! Hurra! Huree! we're from Salem C:'

11. Group in Front of Original Salem College Building, Harrison County, W. Va.

View of the Charles Town Academy, one of the first West Virginia academies, founded in 1797. Three sons of James Madison, fourth president of the United States, were educated here.

12. Charles Town Academy, Jefferson County, W. Va.