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"President Roosevelt as he inspected the armor plant, Sept. 3rd. Left to right:- J. W. Kinnear, Ass't Mgr., of operations of the plant, Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp.; Pres. Roosevelt, Gov. Homer A. Holt, of West Virginia and Senator Matthew Neely, of West Virginia."

52849. Roosevelt Inspects Armor Plant, Charleston, W. Va.

Plowing on Felton farm, located on the west bank of the Cheat River, north of the town of Parsons, W. Va.  Visible in the background is the Monongahela Power Company gauge house, which would measure the depth of water in the river.The two plowmen are Fred Felton, on the right, and Otto Plum, on the left.  Jack Felton was present, but is not pictured.  Draft horses pictured were owned by John Harold Felton, assessor of Tucker County and proprietor of the Holly Meadows Dairy.

52850. Plowing on Felton Farm in Holly Meadows, Tucker County, W. Va.

Photo of a miniature painted portrait of James Wilson, 1783-1831.  The portrait was painted in Scotland prior to 1799 and in 2018 was owned by the Blennerhassett Historical Foundation, Inc.  See A&M 880 for the diary of James Wilson.

52851. Miniature Portrait of James Wilson

Portrait of Elizabeth Irwin Moore.  Moore, who was married to James Robertson Moore, was the principal of Woodburn Female Seminary before the building and land were incorporated into the campus of West Virginia University.  She later opened Morgantown Female Seminary on High Street.Elizabeth Moore Hall on the Morgantown campus of West Virginia University was named in her honor shortly before her death in 1930.

52852. Portrait of Elizabeth Moore

Man sits by controls to loaded mine car.

52853. Man Sitting on Loaded Mine Car

52854. Two Men with Track Mounted Cutting Machine

Photograph of four Cadet Band members on the steps of Purinton House, which was then home to the university president.  Pictured are, left to right, Herbert Lynn McLaughlin, Edgar Frank Heiskell, O. D. Gill, and M. H. Thorn.

52855. West Virgnia University Cadet Band Members, Morgantown, W. Va.

52856. Marching Band on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

52857. Two Men with Cutting Machine

A view of Falling Run on the West Virginia University Morgantown campus.

52858. The Falls, WVU Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.

52859. Two Men with Cutting Machine

Four men stand outside of mine with loaded mine car ready to be hitched to electric engine car in front.

52860. Men with Electric Mine Car