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Women and child stand on porch of cottage.

1. Miner's Cottage, Monongah, W. Va.

Women and child stand on porch of cottage.

2. Miner's Cottage, Monongah, W. Va.

3. Miners' Dwellings, Wyatt, Harrison County, W. Va.

Men pose by drilling equipment. 'Rig possible owned by O. C. Carter.'

4. Well Drilling Team at Alderson, W. Va.

J. Coleman Alderson and others in the streets of Charleston. Col. J. Z. McChesney is on his right.

5. Major J. Coleman Alderson in Old Confederates Veterans Parade at Charleston, W. Va.

Prebysterian Church and Manse (ministers' residence) with trees in front of them, Elkins, W.Va., Randolph County.

6. Presbyterian Church and Manse, Elkins, W.Va.

7. Halliehurst Mansion, Home of Senator S. B. Elkins, Elkins, W. Va.

8. River Bridge Under Construction, Morgantown, W. Va.

A view of the River Bridge in Morgantown, West Virginia.

9. Construction of the River Bridge over the Monongahela River at Morgantown, W. Va.

View of the bridge spanning the Monongahela River. Two men standing in front of bridge. One man wearing a suit and a badge. To the right of bridge is a pedestrian walkway.

10. River Bridge Under Construction, Morgantown, W. Va.

11. Suspension Bridge, Wheeling, W. Va.

12. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Wheeling, W. Va.

13. Old Market House, Wheeling, W. Va.

14. Mont de Chantal Academy, Wheeling, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by The Valentine and Sons Publishing Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

15. Jefferson St.; Fairmont, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by E.F. Milian. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

16. Scene at Mannington, W. Va.

Boats are moored along the river with campers and tents in the background.

17. Camp Greenbrier Camp Grounds along the Greenbrier River, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Campers are holding various recreational equipment including guns, fishing rods, tennis rackets, etc.

18. Camp Greenbrier Boys, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

19. Camp Greenbrier Baseball Team, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

20. O. C. Carter Well Drilling Crew at Work, Greenbrier County, W .Va.

Four employees in W.W. Logan's Print Shop (Back of Welch Daily News Building.)

21. W. W. Logan's Print Shop, McDowell County, W. Va.

'Probably parents visiting Propst School on the last day of the term. Front Row Left to Right:  Lutheria Propst, Erma Snyder, Harry Pleasant Snyder, Cora M. Snyder; Second Row Left to Right:  John Dahmer, Ella Vaden Dahmer, Estella Dahmer, Mary Propst, Henrietta Propst, Mulvina Propst, Sarah J. Propst, Elsie M. Blizzard, Sarah J. Blizzard; Third Row Left to Right:  Willian E. Propst, Hendren Propst, Walter P. Propst, Hetty V. Propst, Benjamin Propst, Lewis Propst, David Propst, Philip E. Rader, Jacob Mitchell, Granville H. Blizzard, Jacob A. Propst

22. Propst School Visit, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Aerial view of houses and buildings at Tunnelton.

23. Tunnelton, Preston County, W. Va.

View of Hotel Noel with residents out on the porch.

24. Hotel Noel, Tunnelton, W. Va.

25. View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

26. Corps of Cadets Muster in Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University

27. Bird's Eye View of West Virginia University and Morgantown from Fife Street

Unidentified student sits next to the Observatory which has '09 painted on it.

28. Student by Observatory, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

29. Drawing of Mountaineer Fan

30. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Clarksburg, W. Va.

The Tygart Valley River is on the left, Monongahela River is in the center, and the West Fork River is on the right. 'Around Fairmont 115 leave 215 for Connellsvile. Quite a pretty town altho hilly. Want to finish writing this eve or in am.' Postcard sent to Miss Ester Shirley, Shen Jct, W. Va. on December 14, 1909.

31. Tygart Valley River and West Fork River Join to Form the Monongahela River, Fairmont, W. Va.

32. Grafton, W. Va.

33. Locomotive Crossing Clifton Trestle, Near Webster Springs, W. Va.

Also known as the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys.

34. West Virginia Reform School, Pruntytown, W. Va.

Photographer U. C. Shock moved his family from Helvetia to Arkansas around 1907 where his daughter Bess met Roscoe East. Roscoe and Bess are standing on the left in the photo.  They were later married and had three children.  Herbert Shock is standing on the left while his mother Mary is seated in front of Bess holding her son Charles.  Rilla Shock is standing on the right.  U. C. Shock later moved his family, less Bess, back to W. Va.

35. East and Shock Families in Arkansas

36. Intersection of Beechurst and University Ave. in Morgantown, W. Va.

37. Dr. Ladwig Riding His Speeder Near Raine- Andrews Lumber Company, Evenwood, W. Va

'Photograph postcard of Dr. Ladwig on his at the mill. Notice the Clarksburg flag postmark.'

38. Dr. Ladwig on His Horse, Evenwood, W. Va

Dr. Otto Ladwig (right) at the Raine-Andrews Lumber Company.

39. Dr. Ladwig and Mill Managers, Evenwood, W. Va.

40. Grasselli Chemical Company, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Mill workers, back row, left to right: 1.Unidentified, 2.Unidentified, 3.Warnick, 4.Poling, 5.London Poling, 6.Irvin J. Poling, 7.Unidentified, 8.Clarence Yeager. Front row, l to r: 1.Unidentified, 2.Cletus Channell, 3.Sheffey Simmons, 4.Unidentified, 5.George McDaniel, 6.Unidentified, 7.Unidentified, 8.Howard J. Wilmoth, 9.Pleasant Poling, 10.Unidentified.

41. Workers of the Glady Fork Lumber Company Mill, Glady, W. Va.

A little boy plays in the snow on the town's main road street.

42. Wetzel Snyder, Main Street, Richwood, W. Va.

A child explores in the snow with a sled parked behind him.

43. Wetzel Snyder, Main Street, Richwood, W. Va.

44. D.A. and Margaret Snyder, W. Va.

45. Margaret Wetzel Swisher Snyder, D.A. Snyder and son Wetzel Snyder, W. Va.

46. Gladys Swisher, Wetzel Snyder, D. A. Snyder, W. Va.

Seated Left to Right: Rev. Hilary G. Richardson, Walter C. Preston, Anna Kennedy Davis, John J. Davis, Julia McDonald Davis. Standing Left to Right: Lillie Davis Preston, Emma Kennedy Davis, Anna Holmes Davis Richardson, John W. Davis, John James Davis Preston.

47. Davis Family

Left to Right: John M. Ashcraft Sr., Unknown, Harry G. Ashcraft, son of William, Harry's wife, Nell A., William H. Ashcraft, Nancy Jane Ashcraft, wife of William, Baby Bernard, son of Nell and Harry.

48. Ashcraft Family Outside Home of William H. Ashcraft, Harrison County, W. Va.

Post card print, addressed to Mrs. M. L. Haldeman, Morgantown, W. Va. See original for context of note on the back.

49. Hotel Noel, Tunnelton, W. Va.

Post card print addressed to Mrs. M. L. Haldeman in Morgantown, West Virginia from her daughter, May.

50. Residence Of S. B. Montgomery, Tunnelton, W. Va.

The Casino was built in 1906 in Rock Springs Park. It had a Japanese Tea Garden, a shooting gallery, barber shop, billiard hall, six bowling alleys, and an 18,000 square foot white maple dance floor for 750 people. The Casino was destroyed by fire in 1914. The image is a post card photograph print with note and address on the back (see original for content).

51. Casino at Rock Springs, Chester, Hancock County, W. Va.

Photograph postcard of the Post Office in Parkersburg, West Virginia. See original for note written on front and back of the post card.

52. Post Office in Parkersburg, W. Va.

Postcard photograph of a baseball park in St. Mary's, West Virginia, with a game in progress.

53. Baseball Park in St. Marys, W. Va.

Postcard photograph of workers posing on Engine #302; Identified workers are Engineer Fred B. Secrest, in white and Brakeman Arthur Ratliff, sitting right of Secrest.

54. Employees of Kanawha and Michigan Railroad in Southern W. Va.

Postcard photograph of Marshall College in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. See the back of the original for the correspondence.

55. Marshall College, Huntington, W. Va.

Postcard photograph of large coal tipple in Berwind, McDowell County, West Virginia. See the back of the original for the correspondence.

56. Steele Tipple in Berwind, W. Va.

Daughter of John Z. and Harriet P. Ellison. Portrait taken while Clara was a student at WVU.

57. Clara Ellison, West Virginia University Student from Monroe County, W. Va.

Members of the faculty included: William A. Hustead, Principal; Miss Gertrude Huff; Miss Tocie Moore; Miss Florence W. Levelle; Miss Alta A. Smith; Miss Minnie E. Hughes; Miss Nan Cox; Miss Artha Morgan; Miss Nell Cox; Miss Rose McKinney; Miss Louise Sutter.

58. Faculty of First Ward School, Fairmont, W. Va.

Postcard photograph, see original for correspondence on the back.

59. Bottom Creek Coal Crusher and Tipple at Vivian, McDowell County, W. Va.

Postcard photograph, see original for the correspondence on the back.

60. Booms Point at Gauley Bridge, Fayette, W. Va.

Floating cut timber on the Guyandotte.

61. Guyandotte River View From Bridge South, Huntington, W. Va.

Postcard photograph.

62. Chesapeake and Ohio Passenger Station; Charleston, W. Va.

Postcard photograph of an elevated view of Marlinton.

63. Court House and Residence Section, Marlinton, W. Va.

64. City Bank of Wheeling, Wheeling, W. Va.

65. Scottish Rite Cathedral, Wheeling, W. Va.

66. Flood of 1907, Wheeling, W. Va.

The fort was subject to two major sieges, two notable feats (McColloch's Leap and Betty Zane's trek through the battle), and other skirmishes.

67. Fort Henry, Wheeling, W. Va.

68. City Water Works, Wheeling, W. Va.

Caption on postcard reads: "Ebenezer Zane's Old Log Cabin. The first building erected in Wheeling built in 1769, torn down 1908. This is the cabin to which Elizabeth Zane made her heroic dash for powder during the siege of Ft. Henry by the British and Indians."

69. Ebenezer Zane's Old Log Cabin, Wheeling, W. Va.

70. Mill In Action During the Night, Wheeling, W. Va.

71. Entrance to Wheeling Park, Wheeling, W. Va.

The Black Hand was an underworld society of Italians that thrived in Sicily in the late 19th century. After the great migration, immigrants of the group settled in West Virginia and sought to extort money from other Italian immigrants to the area. Several members of the Black Hand were successfully prosecuted for murder and extortion in the early 20th century.

72. Members of Black Hand Arrested, Fairmont, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by J.K. Hall. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

73. View of Meriden, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

74. Judge Dayton Home; Philippi, W. Va.

Illustrated postcard of two men and a boy standing along pedestrian walkway across bridge on Bridge Street. See original for correspondence. Published by Grant Graham. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

75. Bridge St. Bridge; Belington, W. Va.

In 1891 W.H. Crawford established the Crawford Woolen Company which employed fifteen workers and produced around seven hundred yards of cloth a week. In less than fifteen years Crawford's textile plant failed due to the old age of the operating machines and low capital. During the same time a number of modern electric powered mills moved to Martinsburg, turning it into an important textile center. Published by W.E. Holfheins & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

76. Crawford Woolen Mill; Martinsburg, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by Fred H. Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

77. Big Springs; Martinsburg, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

78. Venur Mill; Burnsville, W. Va.

Alexander Campbell was a religious leader who helped start the Restoration Movement which created several Churches of Christ, an independent and pre-denominational congregation, in America. He also founded Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

79. Alexander Campbells Study; Bethany, W. Va.

Yankee Street covered in snow during the winter. See original for correspondence. Published by N.E. paper and Stationery Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

80. Yankee Street Looking North; Wellsburg, W. Va.

Several people gather on the deck of a ferry departing onto the Ohio River. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

81. Ferry Boat; Wellsburg, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by Kiger's Book Store. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

82. High School, Huntington, W. Va.

(From postcard collection legacy system.)

83. Family of Five Stands Outside Home With Their Two Dogs; Huntington, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by C.E. Wheelock & Co. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

84. Southern M.E. Church; Huntington, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

85. Partial View of Town of Fayetteville, W. Va.

Published by S. Spencer Moore & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

86. Scene on Kanawha River, Coal Tipple and Tramway on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad; Edgewater, W. Va

See original for correspondence. Published by S. Spencer Moore & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

87. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Bridge Over New River; Gauley Bridge, W. Va.

Homes in the distance at base of mountain at Kanawha Falls, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

88. Kanawha Falls, W. Va.

Man sits on a rock to the right side of the river. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

89. On Piney River Near; Prince, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

90. Whorley Falls, Piney River; Prince, W. Va.

Man stands besides Bowlder Rock on the side of railroad tracks to emphasize it's size. See original for correspondence. Published by The Rose Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

91. Bowlder Rock on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Near; Nuttall, W. Va.

A dirt road combs through the small town. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

92. Main St., Petersburg, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

93. Birds Eye View of Williamsport, W. Va.

Hand painted aerial depiction over town center. See original for correspondence. Published by The Hugh C. Leighton Co. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

94. Business Section of Middle Ronceverte, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by W. R. Powers. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

95. High School Building, Ronceverte, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

96. M.E. Church South; Lewisburg, W. Va.

Train tracks running through rocky mountain sides into a tunnel. Published by the Hugh C. Leighton Company. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

97. West Portal of Alleghany Tunnel; Tuckahoe, W. Va.

A small group rests on the hill by Organ Cave. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

98. Organ Cave; Four Miles South of Ronceverte, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

99. Carolina Ave.; Chester, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by Davis & Gould. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

100. Newell Pottery; Newell, W. Va.