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The new and old structures sit next to each other beside the C. & O. railroad tracks.

1. New and Old Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad M. W. Cabins, Hilldale, W. Va.

IDNO:
048689
Title:
New and Old Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad M. W. Cabins, Hilldale, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
The new and old structures sit next to each other beside the C. & O. railroad tracks.
This recently dug ditch was where serial killer Harry Powers hid the bodies of his victims: Asta Eicher, her children and Dorothy Lemke. He was convicted and hanged on March 18, 1932 before he could commit any further murders, of which he had seemingly planned to do after hearing back from several other women who replied to his ads in Lonely Hearts Magazine.

2. Several People Following Ditch That Leads Underneath Structure at Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
048465
Title:
Several People Following Ditch That Leads Underneath Structure at Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co., W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
This recently dug ditch was where serial killer Harry Powers hid the bodies of his victims: Asta Eicher, her children and Dorothy Lemke. He was convicted and hanged on March 18, 1932 before he could commit any further murders, of which he had seemingly planned to do after hearing back from several other women who replied to his ads in Lonely Hearts Magazine.
Serial killer Harry Powers used this ditch on his own property to hide the bodies of his victims: Asta Eicher, her children, and Dorothy Lemke. He was convicted and hanged on March 18, 1932 before he could commit any further murders, of which he had seemingly planned to do after hearing back from several other women who replied to his ads in Lonely Hearts Magazine.

3. Woman Looks Into Ditch at Location of Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
048464
Title:
Woman Looks Into Ditch at Location of Murder Scene, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co., W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
Serial killer Harry Powers used this ditch on his own property to hide the bodies of his victims: Asta Eicher, her children, and Dorothy Lemke. He was convicted and hanged on March 18, 1932 before he could commit any further murders, of which he had seemingly planned to do after hearing back from several other women who replied to his ads in Lonely Hearts Magazine.
Print number 163.

4. Sebulsky, West Virginia University Football Player Warming Up

IDNO:
046480
Title:
Sebulsky, West Virginia University Football Player Warming Up
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
Print number 163.
See original for correspondence. Published by The Neff Novelty Company. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)

5. St. John's Episcopal Church, Frostburg, Md.

IDNO:
044904
Title:
St. John's Episcopal Church, Frostburg, Md.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
See original for correspondence. Published by The Neff Novelty Company. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)
Published by Quarrier Studio. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

6. Viking Club, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
044669
Title:
Viking Club, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
Published by Quarrier Studio. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
Published by the S. Spencer Moore Co. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

7. Governor's Mansion, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
044503
Title:
Governor's Mansion, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
Published by the S. Spencer Moore Co. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
Lovers leap is the rock formation atop the hill in distance. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

8. Lovers Leap Seen from McCoole; Keyser, W. Va.

IDNO:
043245
Title:
Lovers Leap Seen from McCoole; Keyser, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
Lovers leap is the rock formation atop the hill in distance. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by I. Robbins & Son. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

9. Presbyterian Church; Point Pleasant, W. Va.

IDNO:
043069
Title:
Presbyterian Church; Point Pleasant, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
Published by I. Robbins & Son. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

10. Bird's Eye From Fort Hill of Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
042771
Title:
Bird's Eye From Fort Hill of Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
See original for correspondence. Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
The hotel is located at U.S. Routes 50 and 19 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Published by Curt Teich & Co. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

11. Interior View of Waldo Hotel Lobby; Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
042525
Title:
Interior View of Waldo Hotel Lobby; Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
The hotel is located at U.S. Routes 50 and 19 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Published by Curt Teich & Co. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Campers use a loom to weave cloth.

12. Weaving Class at 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

IDNO:
040932
Title:
Weaving Class at 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1931
Description:
Campers use a loom to weave cloth.