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A view of the front side of the hospital. This institution is located at Beckley, Raleigh County, and is reached by branch line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from Prince, by branch of the Virginian from Mullens, by Taxi from Hinton or Thurmond on the C. & O. or Lester on the Virginian and by bus or auto over U.S. Routes 21 and 19 and state routes 65, 21 and 12. As of June 30th, 1930 there were 103 patients.

109. Rutherford State Sanitarium, Beckley, Raleigh County

IDNO:
017250
Title:
Rutherford State Sanitarium, Beckley, Raleigh County
Date:
1930/06
Description:
A view of the front side of the hospital. This institution is located at Beckley, Raleigh County, and is reached by branch line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from Prince, by branch of the Virginian from Mullens, by Taxi from Hinton or Thurmond on the C. & O. or Lester on the Virginian and by bus or auto over U.S. Routes 21 and 19 and state routes 65, 21 and 12. As of June 30th, 1930 there were 103 patients.
'Irma Turner, Ellison Avenue, near North Oakwood, Beckley."

110. Irma Turner with Her Dolls, Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017256
Title:
Irma Turner with Her Dolls, Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Description:
'Irma Turner, Ellison Avenue, near North Oakwood, Beckley."
'See Beckley USA page763.'

111. McClure Family of Grandview in front of their Home in Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
017258
Title:
McClure Family of Grandview in front of their Home in Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
'See Beckley USA page763.'
"Martha Dixon, Louise Corey, Edna Roberts, Tweed Thompson, unknown, Agnes Burns, Alara La Fon, Janie Lilly, Mary Davis, unknown, Josephine Mahood. Second Row: Sylvan Fisher, unknown, Chilton Farmer, unkown, Quincy Gunnoe, Davis, Eugene Robertson, Derb Vipperman. Last Row: Dorothy Phipps, G. Ford, unknown, Miss Amelia Wise (teacher), Willis Mauck, unknown, Noel Griffith, Johnny Cooper and unknown."

112. Class Photo Beckley Public School, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017259
Title:
Class Photo Beckley Public School, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Description:
"Martha Dixon, Louise Corey, Edna Roberts, Tweed Thompson, unknown, Agnes Burns, Alara La Fon, Janie Lilly, Mary Davis, unknown, Josephine Mahood. Second Row: Sylvan Fisher, unknown, Chilton Farmer, unkown, Quincy Gunnoe, Davis, Eugene Robertson, Derb Vipperman. Last Row: Dorothy Phipps, G. Ford, unknown, Miss Amelia Wise (teacher), Willis Mauck, unknown, Noel Griffith, Johnny Cooper and unknown."
'West Virginia University 1933 Football Team. Key to players: (left to right). Front row: John Kopko, Weirton; Arthur Swisher, Fairmont; Joseph Poilek, Jeannette, Pa.; Louis Fidler, Ashland, Ky.; Richard Frantz, Oak Hill; Gene Wright, Fairmont; Homer White, Wellsburg; Eck Allen, Ashland, Ky.; Herbert Stewart, Wheeling; Charles Goodwin, Wheeling. Middle row: Joseph Zaleski, Paterson, NJ.; Hosmer Cropp, Clarksburg; Samuel Mawhinney, Washington, Pa.; Joseph Stydahar, Shinnston; Gene Hester, Plymouth, Pa.; Romeo McDonald, Grantsville; Angelo Ondor, Jeannette, Pa.; Maurice Mayes, Point Pleasant; Patsy Slate, Weirton. Back row: James Scott, Williamstown; Fred Wilson, Fairview; Richard Heath, Wellsburg; Charles Anderson, Hinton; Benny Thomas, Fairmont; John Vargo, Martins Ferry, Ohio; Tom Covey, Beckley; Tom Canich, Beaver Falls, Pa.; Daniel Organt, Masontown. Not in picture: Head Coach: A.E. 'Greasy' Neale; Co-managers: George Guthrie and George Seibert.'

113. WVU Football Team

IDNO:
018130
Title:
WVU Football Team
Date:
1933
Description:
'West Virginia University 1933 Football Team. Key to players: (left to right). Front row: John Kopko, Weirton; Arthur Swisher, Fairmont; Joseph Poilek, Jeannette, Pa.; Louis Fidler, Ashland, Ky.; Richard Frantz, Oak Hill; Gene Wright, Fairmont; Homer White, Wellsburg; Eck Allen, Ashland, Ky.; Herbert Stewart, Wheeling; Charles Goodwin, Wheeling. Middle row: Joseph Zaleski, Paterson, NJ.; Hosmer Cropp, Clarksburg; Samuel Mawhinney, Washington, Pa.; Joseph Stydahar, Shinnston; Gene Hester, Plymouth, Pa.; Romeo McDonald, Grantsville; Angelo Ondor, Jeannette, Pa.; Maurice Mayes, Point Pleasant; Patsy Slate, Weirton. Back row: James Scott, Williamstown; Fred Wilson, Fairview; Richard Heath, Wellsburg; Charles Anderson, Hinton; Benny Thomas, Fairmont; John Vargo, Martins Ferry, Ohio; Tom Covey, Beckley; Tom Canich, Beaver Falls, Pa.; Daniel Organt, Masontown. Not in picture: Head Coach: A.E. 'Greasy' Neale; Co-managers: George Guthrie and George Seibert.'
Confederate soldier reunion in Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Front row, from left to right: D. P. L. Maynor; Captain Stephen Adams of Lynchburg, Va. and former commonwealth attorney for Raleigh County; Alfred Hurt; James Anderson Gunnoe (lost his leg at the Battle of Cedar Creek); J. W. Sweeney; and Joshua Griffith. Back row, from left to right: A. J. Hutchinson; J. E. F. Miller of Sand Branch, Raleigh County; John Prince of Beckley; C. W. Tolley; a veteran named Mann from Summers County, and a non-veteran also named Mann. Captain Adams commanded Company A of the 30th Virginia Battalion, second of two companies organized in Raleigh County.

114. Confederate Soldier Reunion, Beckley, West Virginia

IDNO:
022196
Title:
Confederate Soldier Reunion, Beckley, West Virginia
Date:
1905/09
Description:
Confederate soldier reunion in Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Front row, from left to right: D. P. L. Maynor; Captain Stephen Adams of Lynchburg, Va. and former commonwealth attorney for Raleigh County; Alfred Hurt; James Anderson Gunnoe (lost his leg at the Battle of Cedar Creek); J. W. Sweeney; and Joshua Griffith. Back row, from left to right: A. J. Hutchinson; J. E. F. Miller of Sand Branch, Raleigh County; John Prince of Beckley; C. W. Tolley; a veteran named Mann from Summers County, and a non-veteran also named Mann. Captain Adams commanded Company A of the 30th Virginia Battalion, second of two companies organized in Raleigh County.
The second Raleigh House Hotel in Beckley, W.Va., at Main and North Kanawha Streets. Operated by John S. Hull.

115. Raleigh House Hotel, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
022197
Title:
Raleigh House Hotel, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1882
Description:
The second Raleigh House Hotel in Beckley, W.Va., at Main and North Kanawha Streets. Operated by John S. Hull.
Maria Prince Beckley of Philadelphia, wife of James John Beckley, first clerk of the United States House of Representatives and first Librarian of Congress. Maria Prince Beckley was also the mother of Alfred Beckley, founder of Beckley and Raleigh County. She died in 1833 in Lexington, Kentucky.

116. Maria Prince Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.

IDNO:
022207
Title:
Maria Prince Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.
Description:
Maria Prince Beckley of Philadelphia, wife of James John Beckley, first clerk of the United States House of Representatives and first Librarian of Congress. Maria Prince Beckley was also the mother of Alfred Beckley, founder of Beckley and Raleigh County. She died in 1833 in Lexington, Kentucky.
Alfred Beckley (1802-1888), the founder of the town of Beckley and Raleigh County, W.Va.

117. Alfred Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
022211
Title:
Alfred Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1870-1888
Description:
Alfred Beckley (1802-1888), the founder of the town of Beckley and Raleigh County, W.Va.
Home of Alfred Beckley Sr., founder of the town of Beckley and Raleigh County, W.Va. Built in the 1830s.

118. Wildwood, Home of Alfred Beckley Senior, Raleigh County, W.Va.

IDNO:
022215
Title:
Wildwood, Home of Alfred Beckley Senior, Raleigh County, W.Va.
Description:
Home of Alfred Beckley Sr., founder of the town of Beckley and Raleigh County, W.Va. Built in the 1830s.
Headstone of Kenneth Shadrick, the first United States soldier killed in the Korean Conflict.

119. Headstone of Kenneth Shadrick, American Legion Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.

IDNO:
022221
Title:
Headstone of Kenneth Shadrick, American Legion Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.
Date:
1980-2000
Description:
Headstone of Kenneth Shadrick, the first United States soldier killed in the Korean Conflict.
View of headstones at the American Legion Cemetery in Beckley, W.Va.

120. American Legion Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia

IDNO:
022222
Title:
American Legion Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Date:
1980-2000
Description:
View of headstones at the American Legion Cemetery in Beckley, W.Va.