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'Barging in for a summer concert is 'Point Counterpoint' -- concert hall of the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. During its 33 city tour of river communities, the floating concert hall is moved from port to port by towboat. One of the most unusual and resourcefull stages in the world, its amplifying system and modern lighting installations were designed with mobile practicality as well as theatrical showmanship in mind.'

1. Floating Concert Hall on Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
010056
Title:
Floating Concert Hall on Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
'Barging in for a summer concert is 'Point Counterpoint' -- concert hall of the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. During its 33 city tour of river communities, the floating concert hall is moved from port to port by towboat. One of the most unusual and resourcefull stages in the world, its amplifying system and modern lighting installations were designed with mobile practicality as well as theatrical showmanship in mind.'
A photograph of a Hinton, W. Va. fire truck next to the Monongahela River at Morgantown pumping water through a hose.

2. Testing the Pump on a Hinton Fire Department Truck

IDNO:
029034
Title:
Testing the Pump on a Hinton Fire Department Truck
Date:
undated
Description:
A photograph of a Hinton, W. Va. fire truck next to the Monongahela River at Morgantown pumping water through a hose.
Also shows WVU Baseball Diamond and Monongahela River.

3. Aerial View of Coliseum, Natatorium, and Shell Building, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020861
Title:
Aerial View of Coliseum, Natatorium, and Shell Building, West Virginia University
Date:
ca.1980-1990
Description:
Also shows WVU Baseball Diamond and Monongahela River.
'Morgantown from across the Monongahela River. Sometime in the late eighties. Note this is the suspension bridge the Confederates partly burned during the Jones-Imboden raid in the Civil War. Property of Jas. R. Moreland.'

4. Suspension Bridge Across the Monongahela at Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
010971
Title:
Suspension Bridge Across the Monongahela at Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1888
Description:
'Morgantown from across the Monongahela River. Sometime in the late eighties. Note this is the suspension bridge the Confederates partly burned during the Jones-Imboden raid in the Civil War. Property of Jas. R. Moreland.'
'Notice both old and new Mountaineer fields are in this photograph.'

5. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020486
Title:
Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1980-1988
Description:
'Notice both old and new Mountaineer fields are in this photograph.'

6. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020484
Title:
Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1965-1971

7. Aerial View of Mountaineer Field and Surrounding Buildings, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020475
Title:
Aerial View of Mountaineer Field and Surrounding Buildings, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1965-1971

8. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020482
Title:
Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1965-1971
Monongahela river in the background.

9. Mountaineer Field End Zone, and Scoreboard Viewed from the Press Box

IDNO:
018135
Title:
Mountaineer Field End Zone, and Scoreboard Viewed from the Press Box
Date:
ca. 1965-1971
Description:
Monongahela river in the background.

10. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020452
Title:
Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1965- 1971

11. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020395
Title:
Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1965- 1971

12. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020450
Title:
Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1965- 1971