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'Early auto in Alderson parked in front of Monroe St. entrance of Reynolds Co's Dept. Store with Trvoe Kittenger on porch.'

1. Crowd Gathers Around an Early Auto in Alderson, W. Va.

IDNO:
004895
Title:
Crowd Gathers Around an Early Auto in Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908-1909
Description:
'Early auto in Alderson parked in front of Monroe St. entrance of Reynolds Co's Dept. Store with Trvoe Kittenger on porch.'
Lucy Fay, Librarian at West Virginia University, 1908-1909.

2. Librarian Lucy E. Fay, West Virginia University

IDNO:
024090
Title:
Librarian Lucy E. Fay, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1908-1909
Description:
Lucy Fay, Librarian at West Virginia University, 1908-1909.
From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 391, vol. 2. In book: "Just exactly what occasion being celebrated here, was not learned. However, those shown are, standing: Mrs. E. E. White and daughter, Miss Julia White. Top row: E. B. Wray (father of Dr. E. B. Wray, chief clerk and still residing in Glen White); Joseph I. Doran, chief counselor for Beaver Coal Co., Beckley and Philadelphia and the Norfolk & Western Railway Co.,; Robert F. Roth chief engineer for E. E. White Coal Company. (Now living in Martinsburg, W. Va.); Thomas H. Wickham, coal operator, Realtor and former superintendent of the Beaver Coal Company at Beckley; unidentified but reportedly, one of the directors named on the opposite page; Sam Adsit, traffic manager Deepwater (now Virginia) Railway Co., and L. R. Taylor, superintendent of the Deepwater Railway, Princeton Division, and coal operator in his own right.The significance of the azalea boutonnieres, for only the gentleman, and why Mr. White (see left hand) did not design to don his, were also not learned. Lower row: two other unidentified, but happy, directors; William MacTaggart and E. E. White. This home, with its seven or more acres of rolling hillside, is now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Parker. The number of rooms it contains is almost uncountable" (p. 391).

3. Group Portrait of Beaver Coal Company and Railroad Executives at Glen White, W. Va.

IDNO:
036406
Title:
Group Portrait of Beaver Coal Company and Railroad Executives at Glen White, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908-1909
Description:
From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 391, vol. 2. In book: "Just exactly what occasion being celebrated here, was not learned. However, those shown are, standing: Mrs. E. E. White and daughter, Miss Julia White. Top row: E. B. Wray (father of Dr. E. B. Wray, chief clerk and still residing in Glen White); Joseph I. Doran, chief counselor for Beaver Coal Co., Beckley and Philadelphia and the Norfolk & Western Railway Co.,; Robert F. Roth chief engineer for E. E. White Coal Company. (Now living in Martinsburg, W. Va.); Thomas H. Wickham, coal operator, Realtor and former superintendent of the Beaver Coal Company at Beckley; unidentified but reportedly, one of the directors named on the opposite page; Sam Adsit, traffic manager Deepwater (now Virginia) Railway Co., and L. R. Taylor, superintendent of the Deepwater Railway, Princeton Division, and coal operator in his own right.The significance of the azalea boutonnieres, for only the gentleman, and why Mr. White (see left hand) did not design to don his, were also not learned. Lower row: two other unidentified, but happy, directors; William MacTaggart and E. E. White. This home, with its seven or more acres of rolling hillside, is now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Parker. The number of rooms it contains is almost uncountable" (p. 391).
First Row left to right: Mary Cordray Thorn, Blanche Ramsey, Virginia Sanders Yost, Lana Hoffman, Gladys Barnhart, Cecil Kennedy, Blanche Cole Fife, Jessie Core Donley, Rose Core Parker Cole, Mamie Cole Mehlinger, Lenna Core Dent. In doorway Winnie Cordray Neely, June Houston: Teacher. Second row left to right: Jessie Fox, William Core (Fred), Lorentz Berry, Ralph Berry, Wyland Tucker, Cora Henderson Simpson, Emma Henderson Cordray, Enid McElroy, Nora Kennedy, Cecil Riley Everly, Nannie Cordray Lynch. Third Row left to right: Grace Famsey, Eldon Tucker, Edna Barnhart, Alta Riley Sutton, Abbie Sanders Hoffman, Cecil Riley, Earl Core, Izora Hoffman, Mildred Barnhart, Ed Riley, Barton Core.

4. Cassville School, Cass District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
038179
Title:
Cassville School, Cass District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908-1909
Description:
First Row left to right: Mary Cordray Thorn, Blanche Ramsey, Virginia Sanders Yost, Lana Hoffman, Gladys Barnhart, Cecil Kennedy, Blanche Cole Fife, Jessie Core Donley, Rose Core Parker Cole, Mamie Cole Mehlinger, Lenna Core Dent. In doorway Winnie Cordray Neely, June Houston: Teacher. Second row left to right: Jessie Fox, William Core (Fred), Lorentz Berry, Ralph Berry, Wyland Tucker, Cora Henderson Simpson, Emma Henderson Cordray, Enid McElroy, Nora Kennedy, Cecil Riley Everly, Nannie Cordray Lynch. Third Row left to right: Grace Famsey, Eldon Tucker, Edna Barnhart, Alta Riley Sutton, Abbie Sanders Hoffman, Cecil Riley, Earl Core, Izora Hoffman, Mildred Barnhart, Ed Riley, Barton Core.
(From left to right): Virginia, James Jr., Jeanette, and Edith Green.

5. Three Children With Their Mother on Orchard View Farm, Pleasants Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
046567
Title:
Three Children With Their Mother on Orchard View Farm, Pleasants Co., W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908-1909
Description:
(From left to right): Virginia, James Jr., Jeanette, and Edith Green.

6. Flock of Sheep on Orchard View Farm, St. Mary's, W. Va.

IDNO:
046666
Title:
Flock of Sheep on Orchard View Farm, St. Mary's, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908-1909
Likely with the Foxburg Band.

7. Ray and John Green With Their Instruments, Foxburg, Pa.

IDNO:
046718
Title:
Ray and John Green With Their Instruments, Foxburg, Pa.
Date:
ca. 1908-1909
Description:
Likely with the Foxburg Band.
Along the Allegheny River.

8. Wooden Standard Oil Rig, James E. Green Sr. and Jr. Stand at Closest Derrick, in Between Derricks is Stone House Dating Back to George Washington's Time, Foxburg, Pa.

IDNO:
046769
Title:
Wooden Standard Oil Rig, James E. Green Sr. and Jr. Stand at Closest Derrick, in Between Derricks is Stone House Dating Back to George Washington's Time, Foxburg, Pa.
Date:
ca. 1908-1909
Description:
Along the Allegheny River.