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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.

505. 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".

506. 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.

507. 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".

508. 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".

509. 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".

510. 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".

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

IDNO:
039701
Title:
Spud & Splinter Festival Parade, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
WVU student poses with a football, wearing a uniform with "E" & "H" stamped on his pants, for "Episcopal Hall".

512. West Virginia University Student - Athlete, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
039750
Title:
West Virginia University Student - Athlete, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1898
Description:
WVU student poses with a football, wearing a uniform with "E" & "H" stamped on his pants, for "Episcopal Hall".
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was one of the oldest railroads in the United States. It passed through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and Ohio. The two men are possible WVU students headed out of Morgantown.

513. Two Unidentified Men in Front of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Car

IDNO:
039782
Title:
Two Unidentified Men in Front of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Car
Date:
ca. 1898
Description:
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was one of the oldest railroads in the United States. It passed through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and Ohio. The two men are possible WVU students headed out of Morgantown.
A West Virginia state leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving the women the right to vote. Mrs. Ford was also president and founder of the Women's Suffrage League in Taylor County.

514. Portrait of Ada Enid Haldeman Ford at Age 32, Grafton, W. Va.

IDNO:
039824
Title:
Portrait of Ada Enid Haldeman Ford at Age 32, Grafton, W. Va.
Description:
A West Virginia state leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving the women the right to vote. Mrs. Ford was also president and founder of the Women's Suffrage League in Taylor County.
Dressed in the fashion of the late 1800s, posing with his arm resting on a chair.

515. Unidentified Young Man, Palatine, W. Va.

IDNO:
039849
Title:
Unidentified Young Man, Palatine, W. Va.
Description:
Dressed in the fashion of the late 1800s, posing with his arm resting on a chair.
An older woman in a bonnet and polka dot dress. There is a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph indicating a tax was paid to support the Federal War effort during the Civil war.

516. Portrait of Edlerly Woman from W. Va.

IDNO:
039864
Title:
Portrait of Edlerly Woman from W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1864
Description:
An older woman in a bonnet and polka dot dress. There is a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph indicating a tax was paid to support the Federal War effort during the Civil war.