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- IDNO:
- 039389
- Title:
- Portrait of Margaret May Mathers
- Date:
- ca. 1922
- Description:
- Inscribed on the photograph is "Always yours, Margaret May".
- IDNO:
- 039390
- Title:
- George Barrick Jr. and Army Buddies
- Date:
- 1944/04
- Description:
- Inscribed on the photo are the men's nicknames. The top row from left to right: "Cocky" Roach, (Prisoner of War) P.W., "Hoppy". The bottom row from left to right: Dotson, Pless, Cpl. Ard. The man, back row center is George Barrick Jr. from Morgantown and a WVU student before and after the war. Barrick fought in the Battle of the Bugle and survived. He subsequently earn the rank of 2nd Lieutenant after training in the ROTC program, 1947-1949, at West Virginia University and was killed in the Korean War in 1950.
- IDNO:
- 039391
- Title:
- Mathers Family, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1960
- Description:
- Back Row: Minetta Barrick, Mathers Barrick, Margaret Barrick. Front Row: Anna Mathers, Max Mathers, Michele Barrick
- IDNO:
- 039392
- Title:
- Max Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1926
- Description:
- Print portrait of a young Max Mathers.
- IDNO:
- 039393
- Title:
- Potrait of George Barrick Jr. of Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1928
- Description:
- George M. Barrick Jr. as a small boy.
- IDNO:
- 039394
- Title:
- Stack of Buckwheat Cakes, Preston County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1938
- Description:
- Promotional image for the 1st Annual Buckwheat Festival in Preston County, West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 039395
- Title:
- King and Queen of First Buckwheat Festival, Preston County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1938
- Description:
- The Queen is 17 year old Louise Shaw of Kingwood. The King is not identified.
- IDNO:
- 039396
- Title:
- Professor Alexander Wade, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Public school educator and author of "A Graduating System for Country Schools", which was incorporated in rural schools throughout the United States. Inscribed on the photograph by Wade, "I have a cut like this but our goods are all packed and I am not sure the cut can be found. I wrote and asked Spencer to look for it. I enclose photo. A. L. W."
- IDNO:
- 039397
- Title:
- View of Cheat River Near Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- View of the river from the Ice's Ferry Bridge before Cheat Lake was formed.
- IDNO:
- 039398
- Title:
- Reverend J. R. Moore, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1860
- Description:
- Rev. Moore was the superintendent of the Woodburn Female Seminary in Morgantown. Moore ran the school with his wife, Elizabeth Moore until 1866. In 1867 the new land-grant University (later known as West Virginia University) took over the building.
- IDNO:
- 039399
- Title:
- Art and Music Building, Mount De Chantal, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Post card photograph of a building which is part of a Catholic educational institution for girls.
- IDNO:
- 039400
- Title:
- Moving Day on River, Kanawha County, W. Va.
- Description:
- Post card photograph of a large house being transported on a river using scaffolding and pontoon boats. The river is probably the Kanawha or Elk River.