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Farm owned by John Gemma.

1. Motorized Feed Grinder on Harrison County, W. Va. Farm

IDNO:
053332
Title:
Motorized Feed Grinder on Harrison County, W. Va. Farm
Date:
ca. 1950s
Description:
Farm owned by John Gemma.

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

IDNO:
052307
Title:
Oil Drilling Rig, likely in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
A young man prepares to strike the wooden froe, which is lodged into the log, with a maul.

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

IDNO:
052305
Title:
Splitting Wood with Wooden Froe and Maul likely in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
A young man prepares to strike the wooden froe, which is lodged into the log, with a maul.
Three unidentified coal miners are pictured inside a mine with shovels and an oil lamp.

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

IDNO:
052304
Title:
Coal Mining likely in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
Three unidentified coal miners are pictured inside a mine with shovels and an oil lamp.
A man sits while a barber combs and styles his hair.

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

IDNO:
052302
Title:
Man Receiving Haircut, likely in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
A man sits while a barber combs and styles his hair.
A group of school children stand outside of the one-room school house. A woman, presumably the teacher, sits at a desk in the middle of the group. The school was located on an old farm property belonging to the Post family.

6. School Union No. 7 Class on Old Post Farm, Good Hope, W. Va.

IDNO:
052301
Title:
School Union No. 7 Class on Old Post Farm, Good Hope, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1917
Description:
A group of school children stand outside of the one-room school house. A woman, presumably the teacher, sits at a desk in the middle of the group. The school was located on an old farm property belonging to the Post family.
A young, unidentified girl and her cat pose on a home porch.

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

IDNO:
052300
Title:
Girl and Cat likely in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
A young, unidentified girl and her cat pose on a home porch.
Two unidentified men lean against a tree branch with their lunch pails in between them.

8. Two Men Taking Lunch Break likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

IDNO:
052299
Title:
Two Men Taking Lunch Break likely in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Two unidentified men lean against a tree branch with their lunch pails in between them.
A group of men are pictured loitering outside of the Lost Creek Station Western Union Telegraph Office. In the background is an advertisement for United States Express Company Money Orders.

9. Train Station, Lost Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
052298
Title:
Train Station, Lost Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1917
Description:
A group of men are pictured loitering outside of the Lost Creek Station Western Union Telegraph Office. In the background is an advertisement for United States Express Company Money Orders.
Street view of the church, pictured on the left, and the parsonage, pictured on the right.

10. West Milford Methodist Church and Parsonage, West Milford, W. Va.

IDNO:
052297
Title:
West Milford Methodist Church and Parsonage, West Milford, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1917
Description:
Street view of the church, pictured on the left, and the parsonage, pictured on the right.
A sign hanging on the back wall reads, "School motto; 'Move forward,'" indicating that the church also serves as a school.

11. Inside West Milford Methodist Church, West Milford, W. Va.

IDNO:
052296
Title:
Inside West Milford Methodist Church, West Milford, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1917
Description:
A sign hanging on the back wall reads, "School motto; 'Move forward,'" indicating that the church also serves as a school.
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.

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

IDNO:
052294
Title:
A Performance Group in Costume likely in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
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.