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'Oldest house in the state.'

7849. Home of Richard Morgan, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

IDNO:
007849
Title:
Home of Richard Morgan, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Description:
'Oldest house in the state.'
A man on a horse is talking to men in an automobile in front of the Old Wooden Covered Bridge in Philippi. West Virginia.

7850. Covered Bridge, Philippi, W. Va.

IDNO:
007850
Title:
Covered Bridge, Philippi, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
A man on a horse is talking to men in an automobile in front of the Old Wooden Covered Bridge in Philippi. West Virginia.
View of plant and the surrounding buildings.

7851. O. Ames Company Plant No. 1 at Parkersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
007851
Title:
O. Ames Company Plant No. 1 at Parkersburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1956
Description:
View of plant and the surrounding buildings.
A view of the Old Covered Bridge in Philippi, West Virginia.

7852. Covered Bridge, Philippi, W. Va.

IDNO:
007852
Title:
Covered Bridge, Philippi, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1914
Description:
A view of the Old Covered Bridge in Philippi, West Virginia.
A man stands and operates a control panel. 'Its surface already gleaming from initial rolling in the breakdown mill, a slab of aluminum alloy moves into the 110 inch reversing mill, second of the big rolling mills in the hotline at Kaiser Aluminum's Ravenswood Works. The air conditioned aluminum pulpit is located at one side above the rolling table. Public Relations Dept. Ravenswood Works Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. Ravenswood, W. Va.'

7853. Ravenswood Works Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Ravenswood, W. Va.

IDNO:
007853
Title:
Ravenswood Works Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Ravenswood, W. Va.
Date:
1958
Description:
A man stands and operates a control panel. 'Its surface already gleaming from initial rolling in the breakdown mill, a slab of aluminum alloy moves into the 110 inch reversing mill, second of the big rolling mills in the hotline at Kaiser Aluminum's Ravenswood Works. The air conditioned aluminum pulpit is located at one side above the rolling table. Public Relations Dept. Ravenswood Works Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. Ravenswood, W. Va.'
'An overall aerial view of Kaiser Aluminum's Ravenswood Works located on the Great Bend of the Ohio River, six miles south of Ravenswood and midway between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Fabrication Plant is shown in the foreground, casting facility in the center and the Reduction Plant in the background near the 613 foot chimney. On the main line of the B and O Railroad and West Virginia State Route 2, the Works is two days' delivery time from 50 of the nation's 100 largest cities and 70 percent of the aluminum consuming market. Public Relations Dept. Ravenswood Works. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. Ravenswood, W. Va.'

7854. Aerial View of Ravenswood Works, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Ravenswood, W. Va.

IDNO:
007854
Title:
Aerial View of Ravenswood Works, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Ravenswood, W. Va.
Date:
1958
Description:
'An overall aerial view of Kaiser Aluminum's Ravenswood Works located on the Great Bend of the Ohio River, six miles south of Ravenswood and midway between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Fabrication Plant is shown in the foreground, casting facility in the center and the Reduction Plant in the background near the 613 foot chimney. On the main line of the B and O Railroad and West Virginia State Route 2, the Works is two days' delivery time from 50 of the nation's 100 largest cities and 70 percent of the aluminum consuming market. Public Relations Dept. Ravenswood Works. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. Ravenswood, W. Va.'
'On left - Mill house built by N.S. Martin. On right - Shepherdstown, W. Va. flower mill and saw mill on extreme right.'<br />

7855. Mill House and Mills in Shepherdstown, W. Va.

IDNO:
007855
Title:
Mill House and Mills in Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Description:
'On left - Mill house built by N.S. Martin. On right - Shepherdstown, W. Va. flower mill and saw mill on extreme right.'
'Oldest town in West Virginia. Early settlers, 1707-1732, crossed Pack Horse Ford two miles east. Founded by Thomas Shepherd in 1762. Here lived James Rumsey, inventor of steamboat. First company of Southern soldiers to join Washington at Boston met at spring South of town. Shepherd College founded 1872.'

7856. Historic Marker, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

IDNO:
007856
Title:
Historic Marker, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Description:
'Oldest town in West Virginia. Early settlers, 1707-1732, crossed Pack Horse Ford two miles east. Founded by Thomas Shepherd in 1762. Here lived James Rumsey, inventor of steamboat. First company of Southern soldiers to join Washington at Boston met at spring South of town. Shepherd College founded 1872.'
An unidentified man stands at the counter of a Shepherdstown Drugstore.<br />

7857. Drug Store, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

IDNO:
007857
Title:
Drug Store, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Description:
An unidentified man stands at the counter of a Shepherdstown Drugstore.
Employee is shown with milling equipment.

7858. Interior of a Flour Mill at Shepherdstown, W. Va.

IDNO:
007858
Title:
Interior of a Flour Mill at Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Description:
Employee is shown with milling equipment.

7859. Men's Dorm at Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

IDNO:
007859
Title:
Men's Dorm at Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
A horse is tied up on the street.

7860. Downtown Shepherdstown, W. Va.

IDNO:
007860
Title:
Downtown Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
A horse is tied up on the street.