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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."

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

IDNO:
039442
Title:
G. J. Nucci's Tailor, Cleaning & Pressing Shop, Gassaway, W. Va.
Description:
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."
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)."

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

IDNO:
039443
Title:
Homer Bragg, Bea and Grant Crockett in Front of Esso Service Station, Gassaway, W. Va.
Description:
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)."
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."

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

IDNO:
039447
Title:
Bud Toms Plows Snow at His Service Station Near Gassaway, W. Va.
Description:
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."
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".

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

IDNO:
039499
Title:
James A. Edwards and Lucetta Edwards at Home, Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:
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".
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.".

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

IDNO:
039525
Title:
Grandmother Mary Ward at AME Church, Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:
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.".
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.

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

IDNO:
039609
Title:
Advertisement of Spud & Splinter Festival, Nicholas County, W.Va.
Description:
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.
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".

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

IDNO:
039667
Title:
Anderson Mine, Fairmont Coal Company, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
1907/08/02&03
Description:
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".
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.

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

IDNO:
039677
Title:
Columbia Mine, Fairmont Coal Company, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
1907/08/02&03
Description:
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.
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".

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

IDNO:
039686
Title:
Mount Savage Shops, Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad, Garrett County, Md.
Date:
1907/08
Description:
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".
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".

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

IDNO:
039687
Title:
Mount Savage Railroad Yards, Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad, Garrett County, Md.
Date:
1907/08
Description:
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".
Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Crowning of the 'Cherry River Navy's Sweetheart' - 1938 during the Spud & Splinter Festival, Richwood, Nicholas County".

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

IDNO:
039700
Title:
Cherry River Navy's Sweetheart, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Crowning of the 'Cherry River Navy's Sweetheart' - 1938 during the Spud & Splinter Festival, Richwood, Nicholas County".

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

IDNO:
039701
Title:
Spud & Splinter Festival Parade, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1938