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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.

50473. Chesapeake & Ohio Baseball Team, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
050477
Title:
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.
Warhop, a Hinton, W. Va. native, is pitched warming up as the pitcher for the New York Yankees.

50474. Pitcher Jack Warhop Warming Up at Polo Grounds, New York

IDNO:
050478
Title:
Pitcher Jack Warhop Warming Up at Polo Grounds, New York
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
Warhop, a Hinton, W. Va. native, is pitched warming up as the pitcher for the New York Yankees.
A family of unidentified persons poses in front of the home of Jack Warhop, pitcher for the New York Yankees.

50475. Wauhop Home, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
050479
Title:
Wauhop Home, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1895
Description:
A family of unidentified persons poses in front of the home of Jack Warhop, pitcher for the New York Yankees.
The front of the Fostoria Glass Museum in Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia is shown.

50476. Fostoria Glass Museum, Moundsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
050480
Title:
Fostoria Glass Museum, Moundsville, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
The front of the Fostoria Glass Museum in Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia is shown.

50477. United Church of Basketball, Sisterville, W. Va.

IDNO:
050481
Title:
United Church of Basketball, Sisterville, W. Va.
Date:
1996
Women of the Niagara Movement at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Left to right are Mrs. O. M. Waller, Mrs. H. F. M. Murray, Mrs. Mollie Lewis Kelan, Mrs. IdaD. Bailey, Miss Sadie Shorter, and Mrs. Charlotte Hershaw. Mrs. Gertrude Wright Morgan is seated.

50478. Women of Niagara Movement, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
050482
Title:
Women of Niagara Movement, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Women of the Niagara Movement at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Left to right are Mrs. O. M. Waller, Mrs. H. F. M. Murray, Mrs. Mollie Lewis Kelan, Mrs. IdaD. Bailey, Miss Sadie Shorter, and Mrs. Charlotte Hershaw. Mrs. Gertrude Wright Morgan is seated.
Nathan Cook Brackett played a significant role in the founding of Storer College. He served as principal for thirty years from 1865 to 1895.

50479. Nathan Cook Brackett, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
050483
Title:
Nathan Cook Brackett, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Description:
Nathan Cook Brackett played a significant role in the founding of Storer College. He served as principal for thirty years from 1865 to 1895.
Portrait of West Virginia politician and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis. Davis served as the state's United States senator 1871-1883.

50480. Henry Gassaway Davis, 1823-1916

IDNO:
050484
Title:
Henry Gassaway Davis, 1823-1916
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of West Virginia politician and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis. Davis served as the state's United States senator 1871-1883.
West, who is holding the ball, attended Chelyan Junior High before attending East Bank High School.

50481. Portrait of Jerry West with Middle School Basketball Team, Chelyan, W. Va.

IDNO:
050485
Title:
Portrait of Jerry West with Middle School Basketball Team, Chelyan, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1953
Description:
West, who is holding the ball, attended Chelyan Junior High before attending East Bank High School.
West, No. 44, played for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team from 1960 to 1974. He was an All-Star every year of his career and led Los Angeles to the NBA Finals nine times.

50482. Los Angeles Lakers Guard Jerry West

IDNO:
050486
Title:
Los Angeles Lakers Guard Jerry West
Date:
ca. 1960-1974
Description:
West, No. 44, played for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team from 1960 to 1974. He was an All-Star every year of his career and led Los Angeles to the NBA Finals nine times.
West, left, flies past Louisville's John Turner during the 1959 NCAA Semi-Finals. The Mountaineers won this game 93-78, with 38 points scored by West alone.

50483. Mountaineer Jerry West Unstoppable Against Louisville in NCAA Tournament

IDNO:
050487
Title:
Mountaineer Jerry West Unstoppable Against Louisville in NCAA Tournament
Date:
1959
Description:
West, left, flies past Louisville's John Turner during the 1959 NCAA Semi-Finals. The Mountaineers won this game 93-78, with 38 points scored by West alone.
West was the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.

50484. Jerry West Playing for the East Bank High School Basketball Team, East Bank, W. Va.

IDNO:
050488
Title:
Jerry West Playing for the East Bank High School Basketball Team, East Bank, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1952-1956
Description:
West was the team's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.