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Telegraph tower located in Alderson W. Va. Operators: O.D. Massey, in door; J Abe Bright, on left roof; J.G. Houchins, on right roof.

1. Chesapeake and Ohio Telegraph Tower at Alderson, W. Va.

IDNO:
004731
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Telegraph Tower at Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
Telegraph tower located in Alderson W. Va. Operators: O.D. Massey, in door; J Abe Bright, on left roof; J.G. Houchins, on right roof.
People fill the Main Street in Grafton, W. Va.

2. Crowded Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

IDNO:
006063
Title:
Crowded Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
People fill the Main Street in Grafton, W. Va.
'Cabell County's New Prison' in Huntington, West Virginia.

3. Cabell County Prison, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
007011
Title:
Cabell County Prison, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
'Cabell County's New Prison' in Huntington, West Virginia.
'Powhatan Cigar Company, Factory no. 129 District, W. Va. Huntington's first sky-scraper built in 1895, located at N.E. Corner of 3rd Avenue at 11th Street. Destroyed by fire.'

4. Powhatan Cigar Company, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
007035
Title:
Powhatan Cigar Company, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
'Powhatan Cigar Company, Factory no. 129 District, W. Va. Huntington's first sky-scraper built in 1895, located at N.E. Corner of 3rd Avenue at 11th Street. Destroyed by fire.'
'Engraved from a drawing by Miss M. V. Chapman.'

5. Engraving of the Lewisburg Female Institute, Lewisburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
007317
Title:
Engraving of the Lewisburg Female Institute, Lewisburg, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
'Engraved from a drawing by Miss M. V. Chapman.'
'Mineral Wells Hotel Parkersburg 1895. Destroyed by fire in 1897; See Roy Bird Cook Papers, 1937/10/24 a letter concerning the Mineral Wells Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1895.'

6. Mineral Wells Hotel, Parkersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
007672
Title:
Mineral Wells Hotel, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
'Mineral Wells Hotel Parkersburg 1895. Destroyed by fire in 1897; See Roy Bird Cook Papers, 1937/10/24 a letter concerning the Mineral Wells Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1895.'

7. Parkersburg, W. Va. - View of the Point from Fort Boreman

IDNO:
007766
Title:
Parkersburg, W. Va. - View of the Point from Fort Boreman
Date:
1895
Looking east to fields and farmland.

8. View From Methodist Episcopal Parsonage, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
010911
Title:
View From Methodist Episcopal Parsonage, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
Looking east to fields and farmland.

9. Country Road Near Falling Run, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
011094
Title:
Country Road Near Falling Run, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1895

10. Group in the Parlor of Hotel Hull, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014676
Title:
Group in the Parlor of Hotel Hull, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Parlor at Hull Hotel, 1895, Raleigh County. In photograph: unknown, Flynn Hull, and first cousins Annie Prince and John S. Hull.

11. Group in the Parlor of Hotel Hull, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014681
Title:
Group in the Parlor of Hotel Hull, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
Parlor at Hull Hotel, 1895, Raleigh County. In photograph: unknown, Flynn Hull, and first cousins Annie Prince and John S. Hull.

12. Former Governor Pierpont on the Steps of his Home in Fairmont, Marion County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017159
Title:
Former Governor Pierpont on the Steps of his Home in Fairmont, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Members of the West Virginia University Football Team, 1895: Top Row: Ralph Caldwell, Harry Cole, W. J. Brunner, W. B. Cutright (manager), Henry Nelly and George M. Ford. Middle Row: Henry M. White, John Nethken, William Standiford, George R. Krebs, F. H. Yost. Bottom Row: Lew Robb, Joe Keely, Henry M. Lepps, Walter South, Chip Rane.

13. WVU Football Team

IDNO:
018034
Title:
WVU Football Team
Date:
1895
Description:
Members of the West Virginia University Football Team, 1895: Top Row: Ralph Caldwell, Harry Cole, W. J. Brunner, W. B. Cutright (manager), Henry Nelly and George M. Ford. Middle Row: Henry M. White, John Nethken, William Standiford, George R. Krebs, F. H. Yost. Bottom Row: Lew Robb, Joe Keely, Henry M. Lepps, Walter South, Chip Rane.
Group portrait of West Virginia University Freshman Football Team. 'Standing: Sally Rowan and Pat Orr. Resting: Ed Anderson and Fred Mitchell. Backfield of Freshmen Team, 1895.'

14. WVU Freshman Football Team Backfield

IDNO:
018100
Title:
WVU Freshman Football Team Backfield
Date:
1895
Description:
Group portrait of West Virginia University Freshman Football Team. 'Standing: Sally Rowan and Pat Orr. Resting: Ed Anderson and Fred Mitchell. Backfield of Freshmen Team, 1895.'
'Mechanical Hall by the river, (built 1892-4, destroyed by fire, 1899). Note the small powder house in the foreground. The U. heating plant now occupies the site John L. Johnston was professor of Engineering during this period. The negative was made by Johnston about 1895, is now the department of physics. (1940)'

15. Mechanical Hall I, West Virginia University

IDNO:
019111
Title:
Mechanical Hall I, West Virginia University
Date:
1895
Description:
'Mechanical Hall by the river, (built 1892-4, destroyed by fire, 1899). Note the small powder house in the foreground. The U. heating plant now occupies the site John L. Johnston was professor of Engineering during this period. The negative was made by Johnston about 1895, is now the department of physics. (1940)'

16. Horse and Buggy on a Muddy Falling Run Road, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020032
Title:
Horse and Buggy on a Muddy Falling Run Road, West Virginia University
Date:
1895
Written on the back of photograph: 'Town and Campus in 1895 and 1945; two communities and one city looking forward to another two hundred years.'

17. View of Morgantown and West Virginia University Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
020102
Title:
View of Morgantown and West Virginia University Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
Written on the back of photograph: 'Town and Campus in 1895 and 1945; two communities and one city looking forward to another two hundred years.'

18. Winter View of West Virginia University

IDNO:
020378
Title:
Winter View of West Virginia University
Date:
1895
Five students stand on the steps outside of Science Hall (present Chitwood Hall).

19. Students, West Virginia University

IDNO:
025002
Title:
Students, West Virginia University
Date:
1895
Description:
Five students stand on the steps outside of Science Hall (present Chitwood Hall).
Class of 1895 civil engineering class: from left to right: Si Sthathes; Tom Lavelle; Leach; Arch Rader and Prof. Russell 'Sport' Morris.

20. Civil Engineering Class, West Virginia University

IDNO:
025554
Title:
Civil Engineering Class, West Virginia University
Date:
1895
Description:
Class of 1895 civil engineering class: from left to right: Si Sthathes; Tom Lavelle; Leach; Arch Rader and Prof. Russell 'Sport' Morris.
A portrait of Margaret Fleming Ward born January, 12, 1895. Her father is Charles Edwin Ward and her mother is Gypsy Fleming Ward.

21. Margaret Fleming Ward

IDNO:
029748
Title:
Margaret Fleming Ward
Date:
1895
Description:
A portrait of Margaret Fleming Ward born January, 12, 1895. Her father is Charles Edwin Ward and her mother is Gypsy Fleming Ward.
Shown here is the south side of Main Street near former Empire National Bank. W. Harrison Hardware, Dentist's Office, Job Printing, and Pianos/Organs/Sewing Machines.

22. State Institute Building on Main Street, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
032369
Title:
State Institute Building on Main Street, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
Shown here is the south side of Main Street near former Empire National Bank. W. Harrison Hardware, Dentist's Office, Job Printing, and Pianos/Organs/Sewing Machines.
Graduates in front of building on Storer Campus. First Row: John Willson, R.H. Parker, W.A. Saunders, S.B. Ellis. Second Row: Daisy Nickens, A.L. Tollierer, Harriet Brown. Third Row: Charles Bell, N. Wiley, Pela Penick.

23. Group Portrait of Storer College Class of 1895, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
036528
Title:
Group Portrait of Storer College Class of 1895, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
Graduates in front of building on Storer Campus. First Row: John Willson, R.H. Parker, W.A. Saunders, S.B. Ellis. Second Row: Daisy Nickens, A.L. Tollierer, Harriet Brown. Third Row: Charles Bell, N. Wiley, Pela Penick.
Twins Anna and Stella White were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees at WVU. Science degrees were especially attractive to women, who often had less secondary-level Latin and Greek languages needed for B.A.s--than their male peers. B.S. students took French or German. The White family moved to Morgantown from Ohio in 1886 They came, as did others, to give children access to higher education. In the 1890's all 6 White siblings (4 sons and the twins) attended WVU.

24. Portrait of Anna White in Cap and Gown

IDNO:
037183
Title:
Portrait of Anna White in Cap and Gown
Date:
1895
Description:
Twins Anna and Stella White were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees at WVU. Science degrees were especially attractive to women, who often had less secondary-level Latin and Greek languages needed for B.A.s--than their male peers. B.S. students took French or German. The White family moved to Morgantown from Ohio in 1886 They came, as did others, to give children access to higher education. In the 1890's all 6 White siblings (4 sons and the twins) attended WVU.
Twins, Anna and Stella White, were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees from WVU. In 1886, the family sold their Ohio farm and moved to Morgantown so their children - 4 sons and two daughters, could attend WVU. Family or one parent relocation with students was not uncommon in and era when mid-western state universities did not routinely erect dormitories.

25. Portrait of Stella White

IDNO:
037184
Title:
Portrait of Stella White
Date:
1895
Description:
Twins, Anna and Stella White, were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees from WVU. In 1886, the family sold their Ohio farm and moved to Morgantown so their children - 4 sons and two daughters, could attend WVU. Family or one parent relocation with students was not uncommon in and era when mid-western state universities did not routinely erect dormitories.
Cutting the drifts in the road. 1. Angus McDonald 2. W.T. McDonald 3. Pierce McDonald

26. Group Portrait during the Blizzard of 1895

IDNO:
037390
Title:
Group Portrait during the Blizzard of 1895
Date:
1895
Description:
Cutting the drifts in the road. 1. Angus McDonald 2. W.T. McDonald 3. Pierce McDonald
See back of the original photograph for correspondence attached.

27. Meeting of Ohio Valley Druggists, Wheeling Park, W. Va.

IDNO:
040196
Title:
Meeting of Ohio Valley Druggists, Wheeling Park, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
See back of the original photograph for correspondence attached.
Members of the team included: W. Bernard Cutright, Manager; Rane, Nethken, Krebbs, Robb, Keely, Leps, White, Standiford, Yost, Brunner-Captain, South. Sunstitutes: Arnold, Caldwell, Cole, Ford, Nelly. [No. 19]

28. West Virginia University Football Team, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
040909
Title:
West Virginia University Football Team, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
Members of the team included: W. Bernard Cutright, Manager; Rane, Nethken, Krebbs, Robb, Keely, Leps, White, Standiford, Yost, Brunner-Captain, South. Sunstitutes: Arnold, Caldwell, Cole, Ford, Nelly. [No. 19]
View of Morgantown, W. Va. and West Virginia University Campus showing Woodburn Hall and Martin Hall taken from across the river in Westover, W. Va.

29. Early Picture of Morgantown, W. Va. and WVU Campus Taken From Westover Side of River

IDNO:
049714
Title:
Early Picture of Morgantown, W. Va. and WVU Campus Taken From Westover Side of River
Date:
1895
Description:
View of Morgantown, W. Va. and West Virginia University Campus showing Woodburn Hall and Martin Hall taken from across the river in Westover, W. Va.
Five male students, possibly medical students, are likely standing in front of what is likely Science Hall for a class picture at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

30. Five West Virginia University Students in Front of Science Hall, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
050350
Title:
Five West Virginia University Students in Front of Science Hall, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
Five male students, possibly medical students, are likely standing in front of what is likely Science Hall for a class picture at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
The photo of Mrs. Johnson taken in Cumberland, Md. is from a photograph album of late nineteenth century images featuring residents from Keyser, W. Va.

31. Portrait of Mrs. James Johnson Likely from Keyser, W. Va.

IDNO:
050463
Title:
Portrait of Mrs. James Johnson Likely from Keyser, W. Va.
Date:
1895
Description:
The photo of Mrs. Johnson taken in Cumberland, Md. is from a photograph album of late nineteenth century images featuring residents from Keyser, W. Va.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community."Pulp job in Stark, New Hampshire, 1895. Near state road above Abbott House."

32. Pulp Job, Stark, N. H.

IDNO:
050631
Title:
Pulp Job, Stark, N. H.
Date:
1895
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community."Pulp job in Stark, New Hampshire, 1895. Near state road above Abbott House."