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Greenland Gap in the middle distance.

The caption reads, &quot;Route 5, Harman - Onego, 9% grade 3 miles from 1800 - 3300 alt.&quot;

Green Knob altitude is 4710 ft.

Eagle Rocks is located 1/4 mile from Petersburg, W. Va., on Route 28.

Text reads, &quot;Looking across the Potomac River to Routes 4 and 28 at the foot of Hyres Rocks, Cabins, W. Va.&quot;

Elevation 2500 ft.

Text reads, &quot;Seneca Rocks, Pendleton Co., W. Va. 900 ft. high&quot;

Wildcat Rock is located on Routes 4 and 28.

&quot;Smoke Holes&quot; refers to Smoke Hole Canyon, a 20 mile gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.

&quot;Smoke Holes&quot; refers to the Smoke Hole Canyon, a 20 mile gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.

&quot;Smoke Holes&quot; refers to Smoke Hole Canyon, a gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.

&quot;Smoke Holes&quot; refers to the Smoke Hole Canyon, a 20 miles gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.

&quot;Smoke Holes&quot; refers to the Smoke Hole Canyon, a 20 mile gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.

&quot;Smoke Holes&quot; refers to the Smoke Hole Canyon, a 20 mile gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station in Grafton, W. Va. was built in 1911 and is located on East Main Street.

Willard Hotel and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station in Grafton, W. Va. are located on East Main Street. The station was built in 1911 and the hotel in 1913.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passed through Shepherdstown.

This line was part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

The postcard names M. A. Long as the architect of the building, which today houses the West Virginia Northern Community College.

This depot was located on the Western Maryland Railroad.

Caption on back reads: &quot;Pearl Buck chatted with late President Kennedy at White House dinner for Nobel Prize winners in April 1962.&quot;

Pearl Buck poses for her new book, &quot;China As I See It.&quot;

Caption reads: &quot;Pike Street, US 50 looking East from intersection of South Fourth Street.&quot;

Caption reads: &quot;West Pike Street, US 50 looking East at intersection with US 19 (Milford Street) and B and O Railroad Crossing.&quot;

Caption reads: &quot;West Pike Street, US 50 looking East at intersection with US 19 (Milford Street) and B and O Railroad Crossing.&quot;

Caption reads: &quot;US 19 looking North from intersection with US 50, West Pike Street at Adamston Underpass. &quot;

Caption reads: &quot;Main Street, US 50 looking West from intersection of Third Street.&quot;

Georgeann Wells played for West Virginia University from 1982 to 1986. In 1984 she became the first American woman to dunk a basketball during a collegiate game.

Caption on back reads: &quot;Photo of framed suffrage poster. Poster from Baker Suffrage. Held by CWS.&quot;

Tillie Bernhardt, from Uniontown, P. A., graduated from West Virginia in 1897. She was the first first-generation woman to graduate from WVU.

Victorine Louistall Monroe was the first African-American woman to earn a graduate degree from WVU. She joined the faculty in 1966 as a professor of library science.

Caption reads: &quot;Flo Lantz as Goddess of Liberty. Carrie Kate Fleming Scrapbook.&quot; The Hall refers to the WVU Woman&#39;s Hall.

Caption reads: &quot;From Memory Book of Carrie Kate Fleming (BA 1920).&quot;

Caption reads: &quot;Addie (Ada) R(osalie) Ireland. WVU Certificate in Art 1900.&quot;

Mrs. Samuel Fuller Glasscock&#39;s maiden name was Mabel Reynolds. She was an alumna of WVU.

The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.

The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.

The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.

Pearl Buck as she sets sail for China from Montreal.

Pearl Buck about to set sail to China from Montreal.

The caption reads: &quot;This scene shows rescuers at work at the mouth of No. 8 mine: broken and twisted machinery shown in foreground to the right.&quot;