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Travelers await train arriving at station in Philippi, West Virginia. Published by Reger News Stand. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

1. Old Depot and B & O Railroad; Philippi, W. Va.

IDNO:
041731
Title:
Old Depot and B & O Railroad; Philippi, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
Description:
Travelers await train arriving at station in Philippi, West Virginia. Published by Reger News Stand. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Students gather in the yard outside of school building for activity. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

2. Philippi School Children at Exercises; Philippi, W. Va.

IDNO:
041746
Title:
Philippi School Children at Exercises; Philippi, W. Va.
Date:
1922
Description:
Students gather in the yard outside of school building for activity. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
The battle at Philippi was the first land engagement of the Civil War and took place on June 3, 1861. In foreground, Federal artillery firing brass six pounders from Talbott Hill, now the site of Alderson Broaddus College. Center, left, Kelley on horseback leading his men into the town. Center, cavalry tents: Confederate cavalry leaving for Beverly. Hill in distance, Milroy's troops firing on retreating Confederates who are returning fire from the Beverly-Fairmont Pike. Center, right, Covered Bridge crossing Tygart's Valley River. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

3. The Battle at Philippi; Philippi, W. Va.

IDNO:
041747
Title:
The Battle at Philippi; Philippi, W. Va.
Description:
The battle at Philippi was the first land engagement of the Civil War and took place on June 3, 1861. In foreground, Federal artillery firing brass six pounders from Talbott Hill, now the site of Alderson Broaddus College. Center, left, Kelley on horseback leading his men into the town. Center, cavalry tents: Confederate cavalry leaving for Beverly. Hill in distance, Milroy's troops firing on retreating Confederates who are returning fire from the Beverly-Fairmont Pike. Center, right, Covered Bridge crossing Tygart's Valley River. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Whitescarver Hall is a dormitory at Alderson Broaddus College which was built in 1911-1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Published by C.C. Day in Philippi, West Virginia. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

4. Whitescarver Hall; Philippi, W. Va.

IDNO:
041749
Title:
Whitescarver Hall; Philippi, W. Va.
Description:
Whitescarver Hall is a dormitory at Alderson Broaddus College which was built in 1911-1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Published by C.C. Day in Philippi, West Virginia. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

5. Glenville State Normal School; Glenville, W. Va.

IDNO:
042071
Title:
Glenville State Normal School; Glenville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Several horse and buggies travel down the road during some sort of possible festivity. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

6. Third Street, Looking South; Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
042415
Title:
Third Street, Looking South; Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
Several horse and buggies travel down the road during some sort of possible festivity. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
"The Industrial Home for Girls was opened in 1899. It served as housing for young females sentenced by the juvenile courts or justices of the peace for incorrigibility and immortality, and by the criminal courts for felonies." See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

7. Industrial Home for Girls; Salem, W. Va.

IDNO:
042448
Title:
Industrial Home for Girls; Salem, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
"The Industrial Home for Girls was opened in 1899. It served as housing for young females sentenced by the juvenile courts or justices of the peace for incorrigibility and immortality, and by the criminal courts for felonies." See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by Baltimore Stationary Company. (From postcard collection legacy system).

8. St. Peter's Church, John Brown Monument, and War Tablets; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
042547
Title:
St. Peter's Church, John Brown Monument, and War Tablets; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Description:
Published by Baltimore Stationary Company. (From postcard collection legacy system).
(From postcard collection legacy system.)

9. Looking Down the Shenandoah River; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
042608
Title:
Looking Down the Shenandoah River; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system.)
Railroad bridge crosses over the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers into a tunnel. Published by Baltimore Stationery Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

10. View of Gap; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
042622
Title:
View of Gap; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Description:
Railroad bridge crosses over the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers into a tunnel. Published by Baltimore Stationery Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
(From postcard collection legacy system.)

11. Kanawha and Michigan Depot; Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
042781
Title:
Kanawha and Michigan Depot; Charleston, W. Va.
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system.)
Several people stand out front of the log Cheat Lake Club House. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

12. Cheat Club Building; Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
043428
Title:
Cheat Club Building; Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1919
Description:
Several people stand out front of the log Cheat Lake Club House. (From postcard collection legacy system.)