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Men sitting on logs during the 1931 coal strike at Scott's Run, W. Va.

1. Coal Strike Picket Line at Scott's Run, W. Va.

IDNO:
003847
Title:
Coal Strike Picket Line at Scott's Run, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
Men sitting on logs during the 1931 coal strike at Scott's Run, W. Va.

2. Wise Library, West Virginia University

IDNO:
019835
Title:
Wise Library, West Virginia University
Date:
1931
Unidentified officials and freemasons among the people involved in the ceremony.

3. Laying Cornerstone of Harrison County Courthouse, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
040161
Title:
Laying Cornerstone of Harrison County Courthouse, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
Unidentified officials and freemasons among the people involved in the ceremony.
Portrait of a former West Virginia University boxer, named Morrison.

4. WVU Boxer Morrison, West Virginia University

IDNO:
017864
Title:
WVU Boxer Morrison, West Virginia University
Date:
1931
Description:
Portrait of a former West Virginia University boxer, named Morrison.
'Located at 140 South High St., on the corner of Prairie Avenue.'

5. Lucky Strike Miniature Golf Course in Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
008661
Title:
Lucky Strike Miniature Golf Course in Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
'Located at 140 South High St., on the corner of Prairie Avenue.'
'Gorby Brothers Grocery parade float depicting delivery methods over the years. Shown are a wheelbarrow 1901-1903; horse and wagon 1903-1914; and truck 1914+. The float was built on the store truck.'

6. Gorby Brothers Grocery Parade Float, New Martinsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
007703
Title:
Gorby Brothers Grocery Parade Float, New Martinsville, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
'Gorby Brothers Grocery parade float depicting delivery methods over the years. Shown are a wheelbarrow 1901-1903; horse and wagon 1903-1914; and truck 1914+. The float was built on the store truck.'
Two men stand in front of the Church of the Nazarene in Grafton, West Virginia.

7. Church of the Nazarene, Grafton, W. Va.

IDNO:
006035
Title:
Church of the Nazarene, Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
Two men stand in front of the Church of the Nazarene in Grafton, West Virginia.
Men and horses pause form their work making a culvert.

8. Constructing a Culvert at the Bosley Place, Bulltown, W. Va.

IDNO:
005383
Title:
Constructing a Culvert at the Bosley Place, Bulltown, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
Men and horses pause form their work making a culvert.
The old smoke stack in this picture (taken in 1931) was replaced in 1938 by a 125' stack. Coal cars in foreground had been used many years previously for coal hauling from the salt work's own mine. They were scrapped about 1935. Note the two or three slender elm trees near the office. These and several other beautiful elms, as well as nearly all other elms in this section, were killed by disease a few years later.

9. Smokestack and Salt Industry Buildings

IDNO:
001469
Title:
Smokestack and Salt Industry Buildings
Date:
1931
Description:
The old smoke stack in this picture (taken in 1931) was replaced in 1938 by a 125' stack. Coal cars in foreground had been used many years previously for coal hauling from the salt work's own mine. They were scrapped about 1935. Note the two or three slender elm trees near the office. These and several other beautiful elms, as well as nearly all other elms in this section, were killed by disease a few years later.

10. Modern Woodmen of America Camp 6931 Float in Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
010053
Title:
Modern Woodmen of America Camp 6931 Float in Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1931
'Melba Gorby (1907-1987) in 1931 in her flying outfit. Age 24.'

11. Gorby, Melba of New Martinsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
007693
Title:
Gorby, Melba of New Martinsville, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
'Melba Gorby (1907-1987) in 1931 in her flying outfit. Age 24.'
Turkeys in a fenced in area.

12. Turkeys Raised by William Currence at Bulltown, W. Va.

IDNO:
005381
Title:
Turkeys Raised by William Currence at Bulltown, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
Turkeys in a fenced in area.