Moneypenny Family Portrait in front of their Home in Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1904
Description:
A group portrait in front of the James W. Moneypenny family home in Lewis County, West Virginia. From left to right: 'Levi Smith, husband of Bertie; Harvey C., a son; George, a son; Allen Markley, husband of Mary Luverna; Bertie, daughter; James F., a son; Jacob, a son; Eliza A., daughter; Sherman, son sitting, holding his son William; Luella, wife of Sherman, holding their daughter Anna. Front Row: left to right: sitting Ella May, wife of Harvery Columbus, holding their daughter Rosa; sitting Luverna, daughter, wife of Allen, holding their daughter Sallie; Bessie, daughter; Albert, son; James William Moneypenny, the father and grandfather; Sarah Ann Conley Moneypenny, wife of James W.,; Flora, daughter.'
Original Home of George Hammer II and Catharine Caplinger Hammer, Pendleton County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1904
Description:
'Picture taken ca. 1904. Home built in 1815 by George Hammer II. He lived there until his death February 4th, 1898. Pictured left to right: Ike Davis (died 07/23/1949 age 89), Ike Hammer (died 03/26/1932), Sam Moyers (died 07/06/1919 of flu), Ray Dickenson, Julius Davis (killed 05/06/1921), Willie Davis, Nina Lough, Ursula Hammer (died 07/25/1932), Reuben Dahmer (died 10/02/1915), Sis Dahmer (died 1916), Budd Hammer (died 12/18/1919).'
Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke, First Rhodes Scholar from West Virginia University at Oxford
Date:
ca. 1904
Description:
Charles Tucker Brooke received an A.B. from West Virginia University at the age of eighteen and an M.A. one year later. Awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1904, he was a member of the first group of Rhodes Scholars from around the world. At WVU he was class poet and a member of Kappa Alpha. He studied at St. John's (more properly, the President and Scholars of Saint John Baptist College in the University of Oxford) and received B.A. and B. Lit. Degrees. In 1908, 1909, and 1910, his works were published in England. In 1909, he began a teaching career at Yale University, eventually becoming the Sterling Professor of English and a leading authority on Shakespeare and Elizabethan literature.
Hinton C. & O. Baseball Team Portrait, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1904
Description:
Starting in the back row, from left to right, is Ervin Maxwell (center field), Joe McCarthey (pitcher), John Warhop (Wuahop) (pitcher), Oscar Whitlock (1st base), Will Turner (3rd base), Bob Turner (pitcher), Arthur Sydnor (left field), Elvin Wise (2nd base), Harry Starbuck (catcher), George Secrest (short stop), and John Hobbs (right field).John Warhop (Wuahop) threw the pitch that Babe Ruth hit for his first professional home run.
First Automobile with its First Passengers in Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1904
Description:
The first car ever purchased in the city was a two-cylinder Brush. John Lang, weighing 380 lbs., is pictured in the forefront. His associates are unidentified.
Chesapeake & Ohio Baseball Team, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1904
Description:
A team portrait of the C. & O. baseball team.In the back from, from left to right, is Ervin Maxwell (center field); Joe McCarthey (pitcher); John Warhop (Wauhop) (pitcher); Ocar Whitlock (1st base); Will Turner (3rd base); and Bob Turner (pitcher).In the front is Arthur Sydnor (left field); Elvin Wise (2nd base); Harry Starbuck (catcher); George Secrest (short stop); and John Hobbs (right field). Warhop (Wauhop) pitched the ball that Babe Ruth hit for his first professional homer run.
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.Four men are seen here standing inside Clapboard Mill.
