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1. Mining Equipment at Fairmont Machinery Company

Right angled view of the Woodson - Mohler Grocery Co. wholesale Grocers building  in Alderson W. Va.

2. Woodson-Mohler Grocery Co. in Alderson, W. Va.

Group portrait of girls in white dresses with bouquets attached in front and boys in dark suits.

3. High School Graduating Class at Alderson, W. Va.

City of Alderson (North and South), W. Va.  Looking Northeast from Bivens Hill.

4. Aerial View of Alderson, W. Va.

Bird's eye view of Alderson looking N.E.

5. Alderson, W. Va.

Group portrait of Beckley's WWI American Red Cross Workers wearing white dresses.

6. World War I American Red Cross Workers in Beckley, W. Va.

Exterior of B.B. Burns's Residence in Huntington, West Virginia.

7. Burns Residence, Huntington, W. Va.

'Changing of guard at Nitro, 1918, 40th St. in middle ground.'

8. Changing of the Guard, Nitro, W. Va.

Group portrait of children attending picnic held by the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. Children seen sitting around food. Women stand behind children on the right side of the group.

9. Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Picnic, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397j.

10. World War I Trainees in Communications Class, Morgantown, W. Va.

World War I trainees at attention in front of barracks.

11. World War I Trainees, Morgantown, W. Va.

12. World War I Trainees in Motorcyle Class, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397e.

13. World War I Trainees in Welding Class, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397g.

14. World War I Trainees in Lathe Class, Morgantown, W. Va.

15. World War I Trainees in Blacksmithing Class, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397k.

16. World War I Trainees in Metal Working Class, Morgantown, W. Va.

African-American World War I trainees lined up outside a Mess hall

17. Mess Hall for World War I Trainees

18. Football Team on Practice Field in Courthouse Park, Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.

Main Street looking North from Eakin Hotel in New Martinsville.

19. Main Street, New Martinsville, W. Va.

View of the Glass House next to some railroad tracks in New Martinsville.

20. Glass House, New Martinsville, W. Va.

21. St. Johns Methodist Church, New Martinsville, Wetzel County, W. Va.

'The Jimtown Trolley, moving West along the Monongahela River near the town of Granville during the winter of 1918.'

22. Morgantown and Dunkard Railroad Car 52 Running West Between Granville and Jimtown, Monongalia County, W. Va.

A home displaced by the lake is pictured.

23. Scene on Cheat River at Ice's Ferry before the Creation of Cheat Lake, Monongalia County, W. Va.

24. Scene on Cheat River at Ice's Ferry before the Creation of Cheat Lake, Monongalia County, W. Va.

25. Scene on Cheat River at Ice's Ferry before the Creation of Cheat Lake, Monongalia County, W. Va.

26. Scene on Cheat River at Ice's Ferry before the Creation of Cheat Lake, Monongalia County, W. Va.

27. Cheat River at Ice's Ferry before the Creation of the Lake, Monongalia County, W. Va.

28. WVU Football Team

29. WVU Football Players

30. Stalnaker or Women's Hall during Construction, West Virginia University

'1918 Spring, taken second year in University, in front of fraternity house.'

31. William Hart Wilson, West Virginia University

A group of male students gathered on a porch.

32. Student Group, West Virginia University

33. Corps of Cadets Combat Drill on Athletic Field, West Virginia University

34. Corps of Cadets Band, West Virginia University

35. Sophomores in front of Stewart Hall, West Virginia University

36. Pharmacy Students, West Virginia University

37. Medical Students, West Virginia University

38. Students in Chemistry Honorary, 'The Crucible', West Virginia University

Students gather in front of the Commencement Hall.

39. Student Strike, West Virginia University

40. Parade at the End of World War I, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Postcard sent on August 15, 1918.

41. Manufacturing Light and Heat Company, Pumping Station, Hundred, W. Va.

A large collection of bomb shells in a field.

42. Cannon Shells at Penniman, Virginia

Print number 397d.

43. World War I Trainees in Drafting Class, Morgantown, W. Va.

Shown here is W.W.I trainies' living quarter.

44. World War I Boot Camp Barracks, Morgantown, W. Va.

45. World War I Trainees, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397h.

46. World War I Trainees in Pipefitting Class, Morgantown, W. Va.

A winter scene of the Ohio River; a ice locked packet boat near Valley Green, Pa.

47. Packet Boat Locked in Frozen River, Valley Green, Pa.

48. Valley Gem Stuck in Ice on the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

49. Wintry View of the Monongahela River in Monongalia County, W. Va.

Print number 397c. Located on Beechurst Avenue in "Ark".

50. View of Mess Hall and Cooks, Third Detachment, SATC at West Virginia University

World War I trainees adjusting and assembling a motorcycle.

51. Class in Motorcycle Repairs, Third Detachment, SATC at West Virginia University

Print number 397f. World War I trainees in blacksmithing class.

52. Class in Blacksmithing, Third Detachment, SATC at West Virginia University

Group photo of Storer College graduates, class of 1918, in caps and gowns in front of building. First Row: McDaniel, Robertson, Case, Howell, Prof. Daniel, Warfield, Parker, Jackson, Neal. Second Row: Odetta Johnson, Margaret James, Myra McKirk, Vida McHipewell, Beatrice Calloway, Katie McDavis, Lucinda E. Ross.

53. Group Portrait of Storer College Class of 1918, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Information on the back of the photograph includes, " This picture is 1918 when he worked at a rock crusher for Albert Riggs, near Alderson, WV, Uncle Charles Thomas".

54. Rock Crusher , Albert Riggs Company, Alderson, W. Va.

Pictured over the "X" is Mervyn C. Buckey, Military Attache to Italy and Frances D. Packette's cousin.

55. Fourth of July Celebration With Twenty Wounded Soldiers Inside the American Embassy in Rome

Ferry Boat at north bank was used while new bridge was being built during the summer of 1918.

56. Cheat River Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va.

Two unidentified gentlemen fishing from a row boat on Indian Creek, five miles from the New River. The image is from the pamphlet, "Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, W. Va.", 1918.

57. Bass Fishing in Indian Creek at Red Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

Four unidentified well-dressed gentlemen playing golf on the golf ground, and one of them is checking on the ground. The image is from the pamphlet, "Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, W. Va.", 1918.

58. Golf Grounds at Red Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

A business lined main road through the county seat of Calhoun County.

59. Unpaved Street in Grantsville, W. Va.

A group is shielded from the sun by a large American flag as they enjoy the porch swing and music.

60. Family Listening to Cabinet Phonograph on Porch of Morgantown Home

Uniformed military men carrying guns across their shoulders walk down the streets of Morgantown, W. Va.

61. Navy Soldiers March Down the Street in Formation

Uniformed men walk in formation across unoccupied streets.

62. Soldiers March Across Streets in Morgantown, W. Va.

Uniformed men stand in line with their guns to their sides awaiting orders from their commanding officer.

63. Navy Soldiers Stand Attention, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397.

64. World War I Trainees in Front of Barracks on Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397a.

65. World War I Trainees in Front of Barracks on Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397b. Barracks located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The AEF consisted of the U.S. Armed Forces that were sent to Europe during World War I.

66. Interior View of American Expeditionary Forces Barracks

Woodson was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson has been cited as the "Father of Black History". He entered Douglass High School in Huntington, W. Va.  in 1895, earning his diploma in two years. He taught in Winona, Fayette County, W. Va. and served as principal of Douglass High in 1900. Woodson subsequently completed his PhD in History at Harvard and published several works regarding African-American history, education and culture. After a year as Dean of Liberal Arts at Howard University in Washington, Woodson was appointed Academic Dean at West Virginia Collegiate Institute in 1920. He returned to Washington in 1922.

67. Carter G. Woodson, Piney Grove, W. Va.

Engineer identified as ED Fredeking. Fireman identified as Dewey Keaton Spring.

68. Engineer & Fireman at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.

View looking up Possum Hollow. Avis City Hall on the right from Clem Ellison.

69. Avis Crossing, Hinton, W. Va.

Bleau, a telegrapher and cousin to W.J.B. Gwinn of Meadow Creek, is pictured on top of a railroad bicycle, or "velosipede", in order to get him to the different telegraph offices that he had to work at on the New River Division.

70. Ernest Bleau on a Railroad Bicycle by New River, Summers County, W. Va.

Two banners are visible promoting Virgil L. Highland as Republican Candidate for United States Senator.

71. West Virginia State Senate Election, Likely Clarksburg, W. Va.

A view of the dam and locks on the Allegheny River at Parnassus, now a suburb of New Kensington, P. A. The dam and locks were engineered by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

72. Dam and Locks, Parnassus, P. A.

Polly Hatfield holding a dead raccoon.

73. Polly Hatfield holding a raccoon