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1-Mining machine, electrically operated, 2. Electric locomotive and coal car train leaving mine, 3. Shaker screen for sorting coal according to size, 4. Coal powerhouse and tipple.

1. Coal Mining, Modern Methods of Production

Sheriff Residence: 1896-1900 Facing Back Street now Washington Avenue. Three women standing in front of the house: Elizabeth Bond Lang (Wife John G. Lang) Etta Lang (Wife of F. Shuttleworth) Susan Hornor Lang (Wife of Sheriff Lq.L. Lang).

2. Lang Family in front of the Sheriff's Residence in Clarksburg, W. Va.

Front:  The North Western Virginia Academy built in 1843.  Replaced by the Towers Public School building in 1894.  This picture was taken prior to the year 1886.    Back: 'And don't you remember the School Ben Bolt.  With the master so cruel and grim and the shanded nook in the running brook- Where the children went to swim- Grass grows on the masters grave Ben Bolt.  The spring of the brook is dry.  And of all the boys who were schoolmates then there are only you and I.'

3. Northwestern Virginia Academy, Clarksburg, W. Va.

'Built in 1835, the Oglebay Park Mansion House is typical of the Greek Revival in architecture.  The eigth owner of this magnificent home was Earl W. Oglebay, who left his estate, Waddington Farm, to the people of the city of Wheeling for park and recreational use.  Waddington Farm was re-named Oglebay Park in 1928 and placed under the management of the Wheeling Park Commission.  Originally the hub of an old plantation, the Mansion House is an interesting chronicle of early Americana.  Through its period rooms and special collections, it dramatizes life in the Ohio Valley from the frontier period to the Victorian era.  The glass collection has outstanding exhibits of some of the finest glass produced in the Midwest during the Nineteenth Century.  Over five hundred items of glass, primarily of Wheeling area origin, are on display.  The mansion House was comnpletely renovated in 1962 and a three store fireproof wing was added in 1966 through the generosity of Courtney Burton of Cleveland, Ohio, grandson of Earl W. Oglebay.  The addition, known as the Burton Galleries, has one level devoted to the history of the Oglebay Family.'

4. Oglebay Park Mansion House in Wheeling, W. Va.

5. Dedication of Nathaniel Cochran Monument, Marion County, W. Va.

View of Mineral County Glebe. 'P. S. Minshall, George Arnold and M. Masteller, Commissioners; L. S. Brewer, Supt.'

6. Farm in Gerstell, W. Va.

7. Aerial View of Townspeople Enjoying Day on Pennsboro Fair Grounds, Ritchie County, W. Va.

'Looking north into Virginia 237.8 miles above junction of New and Gauley Rivers.  Virginia-North Carolina State line in immediate foreground; this is the second crossing of State line by New River.  Cox ferry in center; foot of Buck Mountain in background.  Taken about 11:30 a.m., April 27, 1932.  All views are looking upstream unless otherwise noted.  Mileage is by river above junction of New River with Gauley River to form Kanawha.'

8. New River at Virginia-North Carolina State Line

'Looking south opposite mile 233 across Virginia-North Carolina line, which river crosses for third and fourth time about the middle of the picture.  State line runs through island at right.  Bridge on U.S. Highway No. 1 running south from Independence.'

9. New River at Virginia-North Carolina State Line

'Looking southwest at mile 230.5 across State line into North Carolina; fifth and last crossing in middle ground just above long riffle; Spurlin Ford just below.'

10. New River in North Carolina

'Looking downstream southeast at mile 229.6.  State line touches river at bend in right foreground.'

11. New River in North Carolina

'Looking southwest at mile 220.1.  Boyer ferry near middle of upper left quadrant of picture.  Little River in right background.'

12. New River in Virginia

'Looking south southeast a mile 217.5.  Baxters ferry near center of picture.  State Highway no. 12 in middle foreground and at right.'

13. New River in Virginia

'Looking west at mile 213.8.  State Highway no. 12 along river.  Moore Ferry in middle background with road extending to left up Moore Creek.

14. New River in Virginia

'Looking south southwest at mile 208.5.  New steel bridge on State Highway no. 12 in left center.  Dam site of Eastern States Development Company (Project No. 575) just below bridge.  Recording gauge installation of Geological Survey at right end of bridge (New River near Galax, Virginia).'

15. New River Near Galax, Virginia

'Looking south southwest at mile 206.7.  Dickinson ferry in middle background just below island.'

16. New River in Virginia

'Looking southwest at mile 201.3 about one mile below dam at Fries.  Blair ferry in middle ground.  Branch of Norfolk & Western Railroad on west side of river.'

17. New River at Fries, Virginia

'Fries, Virginia (population 1930, 2,205).  Looking west southwest opposite mile 203.  Dam, forebay, and cotton mill of Washington Mills Company.'

18. New River at Fries, Virginia

'Looking nearly south at mile 199.8.  Dixon ferry in middle ground.  Galax, Virginia, in distance (population 1930, 2,544).  Camera pointed toward sun.'

19. New River Near Galax, Virginia

'Looking south southwest at mile 198.2.  Tobys Knob in left center.  State Highway No. 116 crosses right half of picture.  Foreground is on Max Meadows quadrangle.'

20. New River Near Tobys Knob, Virginia

'Looking west southwest at mile 196.6.  Fries Junction on Norfolk & Western Railroad; bridge is on Galax branch which extends up Chestnut Creek.'

21. New River Near Galax, Virginia

'Looking south at mile 194.6.  Byllesby hydroelectric plant of Appalachian Electric Power Company.

22. New River in Virginia

'Looking east southeast at mile 192.5.  Buck hydroelectric plant of Appalachian Electric Power Company; Poplar Camp Mountain on left; on right slopes of Round Top which are included in Unaka National Forest.'

23. New River in Virginia

'Looking south southeast at mile 190.4.  Carbide plant in foreground; Buck hydroelectric plant in background; substation in center; Unaka National Forest at right, gaging station of Geological Survey at Ivanhoe just to left of picture.'

24. New River Near Ivanhoe, Virginia