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A young Morton is pictured inside A. M. Slusher's photo studio.

289. B. Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.

Portrait of baby Morton.

290. Guthur Price Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.

Portrait of baby McMillan.

291. Baby Ralph McMillan, Preston County, W. Va.

Robert Henry and Edna Glenda McMillen are pictured together.

292. McMillen Children, Masontown, W. Va.

Photo of Ralph McMillan's mother beside a small garden.

293. Mrs. McMillan, Preston County, W. Va.

McIlwain was part of the 7th Division Marine Detachment and a crew member on the U.S.S. West Virginia.

294. PFC Russell L. McIlwain, Long Beach, Ca.

Miller was a member of the U.S.S. West Virginia as a Messman Third Class during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Navy Cross--the third highest navy award for gallantry during combat--for "distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack. Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain who had been mortally wounded to a place of greater safety and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge."Miller was personally awarded the medal by Admiral Chester Nimitz. He was the first African-American to be awarded the honor.

295. Doris Miller Awarded Navy Cross, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Leila Harper Mauzy at age 18.

296. Leila Harper Mauzy

Portrait of Elizabeth Irwin Moore.  Moore, who was married to James Robertson Moore, was the principal of Woodburn Female Seminary before the building and land were incorporated into the campus of West Virginia University.  She later opened Morgantown Female Seminary on High Street.Elizabeth Moore Hall on the Morgantown campus of West Virginia University was named in her honor shortly before her death in 1930.

297. Portrait of Elizabeth Moore

Back of photo reads: "This is Buddy and Me. Hope you like the picture and can tell which is which, Ha! Ha! Lovingly, Mary."

298. Young Woman with Puppy

299. Omze, Wife of Luther Martin

The young woman pictured is likely Ruth Frances Maxwell, Louis Johnson's wife. The text on the corner reads, "Mostly yours."

300. Ruth Frances Maxwell