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Information included with image,"G. J. Nucci. Remembered by many as Frank's Barber Shop. On Elk St. where Gassaway Diner was for many years."

445. G. J. Nucci's Tailor, Cleaning & Pressing Shop, Gassaway, W. Va.

Information included with the image: "The Crocketts had the Gassaway [Esso] Service Station, across from where Gassaway GoMart is located, and the current location of Herb White's used car dealership (2011)."

446. Homer Bragg, Bea and Grant Crockett in Front of Esso Service Station, Gassaway, W. Va.

Information included with the image: the station was located "...on the right where you come into Gassaway from Sutton (where US Cellular is now located-2011). He and his wife, Juanita Enoch, had one son, Jimmy Ray."

447. Bud Toms Plows Snow at His Service Station Near Gassaway, W. Va.

James Edwards ran a sanitation business for the cities of Morgantown and Westover. He married Lucetta Dixon and the couple had six children. Information on p. 38 & 100 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Gwendolyn Edwards".

448. James A. Edwards and Lucetta Edwards at Home, Morgantown, W. Va.

The Ward family in Morgantown owned "The Hut", a popular restaurant for teenagers. This photograph was taken at St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Information on p. 106 & 131 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Jack Ward Jr.".

449. Grandmother Mary Ward at AME Church, Morgantown, W. Va.

Postcard announcing the festival held in Richwood to celebrate clothes pins and potatoes. The world's largest clothes pin factory was located in the area and the county's cash crop was potatoes.

450. Advertisement of Spud & Splinter Festival, Nicholas County, W.Va.

Information with print includes "Electric Haulage, Compressed Air Mining, Capacity 1025 Tons". Print published in a book titled, "Properties Owned and Controlled By the Consolidated Coal Company West Virginia Properties Inspected By Directors And Their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907".

451. Anderson Mine, Fairmont Coal Company, Marion County, W. Va.

Information with print includes "Compressed Air Mining, Rope Haulage, Capacity 1440 Tons". Print published in a book titled, "Properties Owned and Controlled By the Consolidated Coal Company West Virginia Properties Inspected By Directors And Their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907.

452. Columbia Mine, Fairmont Coal Company, Marion County, W. Va.

Print published in a book titled, "Properties Owned and Controlled By the Consolidated Coal Company West Virginia Properties Inspected By Directors And Their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907".

453. Mount Savage Shops, Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad, Garrett County, Md.

Print published in a book titled, "Properties Owned and Controlled By the Consolidated Coal Company West Virginia Properties Inspected By Directors And Their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907".

454. Mount Savage Railroad Yards, Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad, Garrett County, Md.

Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Crowning of the 'Cherry River Navy's Sweetheart' - 1938 during the Spud & Splinter Festival, Richwood, Nicholas County".

455. Cherry River Navy's Sweetheart, Nicholas County, W. Va.

456. Spud & Splinter Festival Parade, Nicholas County, W. Va.