Wapacoma Temperance Society at the School for Deaf and Blind, Hampshire County, W. Va.
Date:
1867
Description:
Group portrait of the Wapacoma Temperance Society meeting a Romney Literary Society. 'The building was erected in 1815 and is one of the first Literary Societies in the United States. It still constitutes a central part of West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind. The building was donated in 1870 to the state of West Virginia as a school for the deaf and blind.'
