Search Results
- IDNO:
- 050442
- Title:
- Woodrow "Woody" Wilson, Owner of the Wirt County Journal, Elizabeth, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1975
- Description:
- Woodrow "Woody" Wilson, owner of the Wirt County Journal, in the office of the newspaper in Elizabeth, W. Va.The photos in this collection were used in chapters that appeared in Mountain Trace, a publication of Parkersburg High School in West Virginia, edited by Kenneth G. Gilbert.
- IDNO:
- 050443
- Title:
- Linotype at the Office of the Wirt County Journal, Elizabeth, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1975
- Description:
- A linotype machine used when printing newspapers at the Wirt County Journal in Elizabeth, W. Va.The photos in this collection were used in chapters that appeared in Mountain Trace, a publication of Parkersburg High School in West Virginia, edited by Kenneth G. Gilbert.
- IDNO:
- 050457
- Title:
- "Orchestra" at the Camp in Nitro, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1919
- Description:
- Unidentified people play instruments at camp in Nitro, W. Va.Nitro was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.
- IDNO:
- 050458
- Title:
- View of Nitro, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1919
- Description:
- View of the town and factories in Nitro. Nitro was created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort.
- IDNO:
- 050459
- Title:
- View of Nitro, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1919
- Description:
- View of homes and factories in Nitro, a town created during WWI in 1917 to produce gunpowder for the war effort. The gunpowder factories are visible in the distance.
- IDNO:
- 050476
- Title:
- Jack Wauhop and Kent Bartgis in Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Wauhop, also known as Jack Warhop, is sitting on the left with Bartgis (right). Bartgsi was Wauhop's uncle and died in 1919 at the age of 21. Wauhop was a pitcher for the Highlanders, a team that would later be known as the New York Yankees. Babe Ruth's first two major league home runs were hit off of Wauhop's pitch.
- IDNO:
- 050477
- Title:
- Chesapeake & Ohio Baseball Team, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1904
- Description:
- A team portrait of the C. & O. baseball team.In the back from, from left to right, is Ervin Maxwell (center field); Joe McCarthey (pitcher); John Warhop (Wauhop) (pitcher); Ocar Whitlock (1st base); Will Turner (3rd base); and Bob Turner (pitcher).In the front is Arthur Sydnor (left field); Elvin Wise (2nd base); Harry Starbuck (catcher); George Secrest (short stop); and John Hobbs (right field). Warhop (Wauhop) pitched the ball that Babe Ruth hit for his first professional homer run.
- IDNO:
- 050478
- Title:
- Pitcher Jack Warhop Warming Up at Polo Grounds, New York
- Date:
- ca. 1912
- Description:
- Warhop, a Hinton, W. Va. native, is pitched warming up as the pitcher for the New York Yankees.
- IDNO:
- 050479
- Title:
- Wauhop Home, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1895
- Description:
- A family of unidentified persons poses in front of the home of Jack Warhop, pitcher for the New York Yankees.
- IDNO:
- 050485
- Title:
- Portrait of Jerry West with Middle School Basketball Team, Chelyan, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1953
- Description:
- West, who is holding the ball, attended Chelyan Junior High before attending East Bank High School.
- IDNO:
- 050487
- Title:
- Mountaineer Jerry West Unstoppable Against Louisville in NCAA Tournament
- Date:
- 1959
- Description:
- West, left, flies past Louisville's John Turner during the 1959 NCAA Semi-Finals. The Mountaineers won this game 93-78, with 38 points scored by West alone.
- IDNO:
- 050488
- Title:
- Jerry West Playing for the East Bank High School Basketball Team, East Bank, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1952-1956
- Description:
- West was the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.
