Search Results
- IDNO:
- 052397
- Title:
- John Brown's Fort on Storer College Campus, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Photograph of the fort's exterior. It was built in 1848 as a guard and fire engine house for the federal Harpers Ferry Armory in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, then a part of Virginia. Storer College was a historically black college. The fort was on the campus of Storer College from 1909 to 1968.
- IDNO:
- 052398
- Title:
- Central United Methodist Church, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was constructed in 1914 at the intersection of Birch Street and Bigley Avenue. The building was torn down from 2012-2013 and replaced by a Family Dollar store.
- IDNO:
- 052399
- Title:
- Conlon Bakery, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Conlon Bakery, home of Butter-Krust Bread, is an example of Art Deco design and was, at one point, the "world's most modern bakery."
- IDNO:
- 052400
- Title:
- Crowd Gathered Outside Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A large crowd is gathered outside of the state building, likely for an inauguration of some sort.
- IDNO:
- 052401
- Title:
- Capitol Annex Building, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Street view of the ivy covered building. "The capitol annex sat at the corner of Lee and Hale Streets and housed the offices of the auditor, treasurer, the Supreme Court, the state law library, the adjutant general, and the Department of Archives and History until the new capitol was completed in 1932. The building later housed the Kanawha County Public Library from 1926 to 1966 and Morris Harvey College from 1935 to 1947. The building was demolished in 1967."
- IDNO:
- 052402
- Title:
- Lincoln Boot Shop, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A variety of women's shoes are displayed in the windows by the entrance to the shop.
- IDNO:
- 052403
- Title:
- Produce in Window of Kroger, likely Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Employees of the Kroger stand behind a stand of fruits and vegetables.
- IDNO:
- 052404
- Title:
- Diamond Brothers Clothing Store, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Dresses and winter coats, among other clothing articles, are displayed in the window by the entrance.
- IDNO:
- 052405
- Title:
- Hawks Nest Overlook, Fayette County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Scene at Hawks Nest State Park.
- IDNO:
- 052406
- Title:
- "Daughters of the Night" at Kearse Theatre, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1924
- Description:
- A group of men stand outside of the theater where advertisements of the film, "Daughters of the Night" are displayed. Daughters of the Night came out in 1924.
- IDNO:
- 052407
- Title:
- West Virginia Tractor and Equipment Company Michigan Shovel, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A man operates a Michigan loading shovel behind a building reading, "... Caterpillar Service."
- IDNO:
- 052408
- Title:
- 63rd Annual Session Improved Order of Red Men; 32nd Annual Session Degree of Pocohontas, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1934/05/22-1934/05/23
- Description:
- "The Improved Order of Red Men is one of the nation's oldest patriotic fraternal organizations, established in 1834. Their rituals are modeled after those assumed to be used by Native Americans. The organization claimed a membership of about half a million in 1935, but has declined to a little more than 15,000. The Order's female auxiliary is the Degree of Pocahontas, which dates back to the 1880s."
