Search Results
- IDNO:
- 040393
- Title:
- John Wesley Methodist Church, Lewisburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1889/03
- Description:
- Built in 1820, the church was struck by a cannon ball during the 1862 Civil War Battle of Lewisburg. The "wound" is visible near the right corner of the structure. The boarded door entrance, right center, was used by slaves to enter the segregated balcony of the church for services.
- IDNO:
- 040394
- Title:
- Cornwallis Oil Fields, Ritchie County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Several derricks tower over the landscape.
- IDNO:
- 040395
- Title:
- Old Stone Presbyterian Church, Lewisburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1889
- Description:
- Looking northwest towards the cemetery and back of the church. The church, built in 1796, was used as a hospital, barracks and stable during the Civil War.
- IDNO:
- 040396
- Title:
- Cheat River at Rockley, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1915
- Description:
- View of the river looking north. The two girls on the riverbank are not identified
- IDNO:
- 040397
- Title:
- Cheat River at Village of Rockley, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1915
- Description:
- Two unidentified women relax on the river bank near Rockley, a small industrial village submerged when Cheat Lake was created.
- IDNO:
- 040398
- Title:
- Along Cheat River Near Rockley, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1915
- Description:
- Unidentified man sits under a tree located on Mrs. Johnston's lawn by the river.
- IDNO:
- 040399
- Title:
- Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1889
- Description:
- View of of the town of Lewisburg.
- IDNO:
- 040400
- Title:
- Terra Alta High School Production Cast and Orchestra , Preston County, W. Va,
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- None of the cast or orchestra are identified.
- IDNO:
- 040401
- Title:
- Metheny Wells Near Cokeley, Ritchie County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Huge oil derrick sprays as unidentified workers watch below.
- IDNO:
- 040402
- Title:
- Mountain Crack-Up, Newburg Curve, Preston County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1947
- Description:
- Massive train wreck which killed an engineer. This photograph won the A. P. News Picture Contest.
- IDNO:
- 040403
- Title:
- West Virginia University Orchestra, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Several unidentified WVU students, among others pose for a group portrait holding their instruments.
- IDNO:
- 040404
- Title:
- Western Maryland Railroad, Garrett County, Md.
- Date:
- ca. 1911
- Description:
- Stone railroad bridge crosses a small river in a mountain valley.
