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A group of boys play football while their classmates watch from behind. The school was a one room school located on the Post family farm in Harrison County, W. Va.

1. School Children of School Union No. 7 Playing Football at Old Post Farm, Good Hope, W. Va.

View of the snow-covered street which is filled with horse-drawn carriages. A group of men stand beneath an awning on the right.

2. Winter Scene likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

Two unidentified men pose beside the stone they are cutting large blocks out of. A long, chiseling tool rests against the rock.

3. Two Men Cutting Stone, likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

A young boy is pictured holding four opossums.

4. Boy Covered by Opossums likely, in Harrison County, W. Va.

An unidentified man sits in front of a hanging quilt. The ribbon fastened to his jacket collar indicates he is the 153rd Good Hope Council member for the Junior Order of the United American Mechanics, an American fraternal order. It began as a youth affiliation of the Order of United American Mechanics, but seceded to become its own organization and eventually absorbed its parent order. Originally, it was an Anti-Catholic, Nativist group, but eventually abandoned this position and became a general fraternal benefit society open to people regardless of creed, race or sex.

5. Junior Order of the United American Mechanics Good Hope Council Member No. 153, Good Hope, W. Va.

Nine unidentified individuals pose in costume. Three of them sit on horses. Five of them  stand on a carriage drawn by those horses, two of which wear large pots against their bellies. The man in the forefront, dressed in two, vertical striped colors, holds what appears to be a jousting rod.

6. A Performance Group in Costume likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

A young, unidentified girl and her cat pose on a home porch.

7. Girl and Cat likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

A man sits while a barber combs and styles his hair.

8. Man Receiving Haircut, likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

Three unidentified coal miners are pictured inside a mine with shovels and an oil lamp.

9. Coal Mining likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

A young man prepares to strike the wooden froe, which is lodged into the log, with a maul.

10. Splitting Wood with Wooden Froe and Maul likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

11. Oil Drilling Rig, likely in Harrison County, W. Va.