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Battle of Antietam, Md - Public domain vintage map

Battle of Antietam, Md - Public domain vintage map

In this extremely detailed map, Sneden indicates the locations of roads, bridges, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, houses, barns, ploughed fields, and the Antietam Iron Works. The Union and Confederate signal sta... More

Yeager, Francis O - Age [Blank], Year: 1862 - Miscellaneous Card Abstracts of Records - West Virginia

Yeager, Francis O - Age [Blank], Year: 1862 - Miscellaneous Card Abstr...

Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War

Mangus, Chester B - Age [Blank], Year: 1863 - Miscellaneous Card Abstracts of Records - West Virginia

Mangus, Chester B - Age [Blank], Year: 1863 - Miscellaneous Card Abstr...

Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War

Crago, Harrison - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Miscellaneous Card Abstracts of Records - West Virginia

Crago, Harrison - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Miscellaneous Card Abst...

Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War

Palmer's farm map of Brooke County, W. Va. /

Palmer's farm map of Brooke County, W. Va. /

Shows the names of some residents. Blue-line print. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Machine that blows 4 milk bottles at a time. No "lung blowers" employed. Travis Glass Co., Clarksburg West Virginia. Manager says machines are fast coming into play in bottle industry, plans eventually to have machines in place of "carrying in boys."  Location: Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Machine that blows 4 milk bottles at a time. No "lung blowers" employe...

Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National parks: Campfire - public domain image

National parks: Campfire - public domain image

A girl scout troop enjoys a campfire while staying overnight at Camp Brookside.

New River Gorge national park and preserve - Eastern Bluebird

New River Gorge national park and preserve - Eastern Bluebird

A male eastern bluebird perched on a wire fence

National parks: Rhododendrons - public domain image

National parks: Rhododendrons - public domain image

The Endless Wall Trail passes through many beautiful rhododendron groves. The purple Catawba Rhododendrons bloom around mid May each year.

The Tate School, abondoned [i.e., abandoned] two years ago. (See photo of the United Consolidated School. Photo No. 32.) Next to the school is the home of the Tate family, - a run-down shack occupied by these farmers who are said to be of some means. Oct. 11, 21.  Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

The Tate School, abondoned [i.e., abandoned] two years ago. (See photo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small school, cabin, education facility, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Greetings from West Virginia University

Greetings from West Virginia University

Picryl description: Public domain photo of West Virginia.

Ohio River Bridge, Huntington, W. Va.

Ohio River Bridge, Huntington, W. Va.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a vintage Ohio postcard.

This group of congressmen is organizing for a vigorous fight to put the soldier's bonus bill through the House. From left to right, seated: Abe Mudock of Utah, A.J. May of Ky., Wright Pattman of Tex., Adolph Sabath of Ill., Clarence Cannon of Mo., William P. Connery Jr. of Massachusetts., (second row) Gerald J. Boileau of Wis., Jinnings Randolph of W.Va., Frank Hancock of N. Carolina, William M. Berlan of Penn., John E. Miller of Ark., James G. Scrugham of Nevada. (Back row) Martin Dies of Tex., Paul Kvale of Minn., Arthur H. Greenwood of Ind., James P. Richards of S. Carolina, William M. Colmer of Miss. and George A. Dondero of Mich.

This group of congressmen is organizing for a vigorous fight to put th...

A black and white photo of a large group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a porch, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a porch, West Virginia. ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virgin...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of an old house, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of an old house, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A little girl sitting at a table with a plate of food, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A little girl sitting at a table with a plate of food, West Virginia. ...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old black and white photo of a man cutting a woman's hair, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old black and white photo of a man cutting a woman's hair, West Vir...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of people playing baseball, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of people playing baseball, West Vi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Homesteader working in garden. Tygart Valley, West Virginia

Homesteader working in garden. Tygart Valley, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Virginia Capitol, designed by Cass Gilbert, in Charleston, West Virginia

West Virginia Capitol, designed by Cass Gilbert, in Charleston, West V...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Sadie Miller with produce from gardens and woods preserved in her basement pantry

Sadie Miller with produce from gardens and woods preserved in her base...

Big vegetable gardens are a distinctive feature of the landscape on Coal River and throughout the southern West Virginia coalfields. Gardens, together with produce from the woods, have been linked historically ... More

Danny Williams, of B&T Logging Contractors, assessing the next area he will be cutting

Danny Williams, of B&T Logging Contractors, assessing the next area he...

The extraction of coal and timber has for the past century formed a "boom and bust" economy for people living in the mountains. Conversations with residents and foresters reveal a contrast between two modes of ... More

Aerial view of Mountaintop Removal, approaching Racine

Aerial view of Mountaintop Removal, approaching Racine

Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed. "To better understand the method of mining known as "mountaintop removal and reclamation," Lyntha Eiler and I visited t... More

Aerial view of Mountaintop removal and reclamation

Aerial view of Mountaintop removal and reclamation

Event: Helicopter tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Big Coal River watershed. "To learn more about the cultural dimensions of "mountaintop removal and reclamation" and the new landform complexes th... More

Log cabin playhouses built by Ivan Jarrell's nephews on Rock Creek

Log cabin playhouses built by Ivan Jarrell's nephews on Rock Creek

We visited Ivan Jarrell's property at the head of Dry Creek in early spring, when the coves were coming to life with wildflowers, greening trees, and blooming dogwoods, redbuds, spicebush, and the songs of bird... More

"Stinking" elm tree (a.k.a. slippery elm).

"Stinking" elm tree (a.k.a. slippery elm).

Event: Trip up Hazy Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dark water in drainage ditch at the head of Right-Hand Fork of Rock Creek roped off with red caution tape reading:  "Hazardous Materials Do Not Enter"

Dark water in drainage ditch at the head of Right-Hand Fork of Rock Cr...

Event: Visit to Toxic Leak on Rock Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Front facade. Sidney L. Christie Federal Building, Huntington, West Virginia

Front facade. Sidney L. Christie Federal Building, Huntington, West Vi...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Architect: Parker & Thomas. Built in 1905-1910. Credit line... More

New courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West Virginia

New courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West Vi...

Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... More

One turret of the Berkeley Springs Castle. Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

One turret of the Berkeley Springs Castle. Berkeley Springs, West Virg...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Once called the Samuel Taylor Suit "Cottage" in an era when lavish mansions were sometimes dismissed as mere cottages, the castle is l... More

A portion of the ISG Weirton Steel operation, was once a fully integrated steel producer in Weirton, West Virginia, and one of the world's largest producers of tin plate products

A portion of the ISG Weirton Steel operation, was once a fully integra...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by Ernest T. Weir in 1909 as Weirton Steel, the company later became part of the National Steel Corporation. In 1983, employee... More

NERI Peregrine Project - Photo 22

NERI Peregrine Project - Photo 22

The pointed wingtips are one of the distinctive markings of falcons

Charleston, W.Va., Nov. 6, 2012 -- A West Virginia Air National Guard forklift operator helps unload a truck full of dog food donated by the manufacturer. The pet food will be distributed in areas of the state hard hit by Hurricane Sandy and the aftermath that dumped several feet of snow, caused heavy rain, and brought high winds to the area. FEMA is coordinating the delivery of food and other commodities in West Virginia with federal, state, and local partners. Norman Lenburg/FEMA

Charleston, W.Va., Nov. 6, 2012 -- A West Virginia Air National Guard ...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Norman Lenburg City/State: Charleston, WV Keywords: pets ^ donation ^ WEest Virginia Air National Guard Di... More

Silhousette of a jar-shaped cooling tower at a chemical plant along the Ohio River in Pleasants County, West Virginia. The cooling towers are often mistaken for similarly shaped ones used a nuclear power plants

Silhousette of a jar-shaped cooling tower at a chemical plant along th...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

A car befitting the vintage of its surroundings at Sharp's Country Store in Slaty Fork, an unincorporarted town in Pocahontas County, West Virginia

A car befitting the vintage of its surroundings at Sharp's Country Sto...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

The South Side Bridge over the Kanawha River in Charleston, West Virginia

The South Side Bridge over the Kanawha River in Charleston, West Virgi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rural abandoned cabin in Morgan County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle

Rural abandoned cabin in Morgan County in West Virginia's Eastern Panh...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

The view, once rated by National Geographic Magazine as one of America's most stunning, from the Prospect Peak overlook, above the Potomac River Valley in Morgan County, West Virginia

The view, once rated by National Geographic Magazine as one of America...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Parts of the town of Great Cacapon, West Virginia, can be seen in the distance to the left of the river. Land to the right of the rive... More

The structure now called John Brown's Fort was erected in 1848 as the neighboring armory's fire engine and guard house, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

The structure now called John Brown's Fort was erected in 1848 as the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Wesley United Methodist Church (formerly the First Methodist Episcopal Church) in Morgantown, West Virginia

Wesley United Methodist Church (formerly the First Methodist Episcopal...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Academic building at Potomac State College of West Virginia University, a two-year junior college affiliated as a division of West Virginia University located in Keyser, West Virginia

Academic building at Potomac State College of West Virginia University...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The catamount, or mountain lion, is the school's athletic mascot. West Virginia's only residential junior college, it is located in Ke... More

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, subsequently the Weston State Hospital, was a Kirkbride psychiatric hospital that was operated from 1864 until 1994 by the government of the U.S. state of West Virginia, in the city of Weston

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, subsequently the Weston State Hosp...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2018; (DLC/PP-2002:038-14) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Arch... More

F-35 test pilot Dan Levin, F-35 Pax River Integrated

F-35 test pilot Dan Levin, F-35 Pax River Integrated

F-35 test pilot Dan Levin, F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force, flies an Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) test flight in an F-35C on a low level through West Virginia, June 17, 2019. Flying t... More

Glass Blower and Mold Boy. Boy has 4 12 hours of this at a stretch, then an hour's rest and 4 12 more: cramped position. Day shift one week: night shift next. (see label on photo 162.) Grafton, West Virginia. Location: Grafton, West Virginia

Glass Blower and Mold Boy. Boy has 4 12 hours of this at a stretch, th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 151. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Newspaper clippings, circa 1855-1899; Lincoln, Abraham, assassination of

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Newspaper clip...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Financial papers, Sara Anne Comfort Hotchkiss; Account books; 1902-1903, undated
Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Financial papers, Sara Anne Comfort Hotchkiss; Account books; 1902-1903, undated
John Brown Fort, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

John Brown Fort, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, W...

Significance: This structure was built in 1848 by the government to house the fire engines and watchman's house for the U.S. Armory. In 1859, Abolitionist John Brown and his followers, having sought refuge in t... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Coaling Station, Astride tracks west end Thurmond Yards, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Coaling Station, Astride tracks west end T...

Significance: The station was equipped with type UL undercut gates with hooded aprons. The coaling aprons were properly counterweighted and had heavy hoods for deflecting the coal directly into the tender. Th... More

Point Mountain region from Eggleston's, West Virginia

Point Mountain region from Eggleston's, West Virginia

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorge Bridge, Fayetteville, Fayette County, WV

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorg...

Significance: Kay Moor coal mine exhibits important examples of early 20th century mining technology. Its two extant inclines and headhouse are examples of specialized adaptations to mining coal from outcrops ... More

Coal miner, his wife and two children, [notice the child's legs], Bertha Hill, West Virginia, Sep. 1938.

Coal miner, his wife and two children, [notice the child's legs], Bert...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

School youngsters, Red House, West Virginia

School youngsters, Red House, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of an old building, Coal mine, West Virginia

A black and white photo of an old building, Coal mine, West Virginia

Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

"Carrying in Boy" at the Lehr. Glass Factory, Grafton, West Virginia. (See label on #162.)  Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

"Carrying in Boy" at the Lehr. Glass Factory, Grafton, West Virginia. ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tipple Boy and Drivers. Maryland Coal Co. Mine, near Sand Lick, Grafton, West Virginia. Boy with mule was afraid at first to be in the picture: another boy said he feared we might make him go to school.  Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

Tipple Boy and Drivers. Maryland Coal Co. Mine, near Sand Lick, Grafto...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River Bridge, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River...

Significance: 1904 - Depot Built (opened 1905) to replace one-story frame despot that burned in 1903. 1914 - 15' east end extension built and interior repartitioned. 1931 - Steam heating system installed and ... More

The execution of John Brown, in a stubble field, near Charleston, [W.] Va. [men on horseback in foregrd.]

The execution of John Brown, in a stubble field, near Charleston, [W.]...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 9, no. 210 (1859 Dec. 10), pp. 24-25. Caption card tracings: P&P Case; US Hist.; BI; Shelf.

[Map of the lower Shenandoah Valley, Virginia] /

[Map of the lower Shenandoah Valley, Virginia] /

Shows the Shenandoah Valley from the Potomac to the north to Front Royal and Strasburg to the south, including roads, drainage, railroads, and names of residents. Relief shown by shading. Title derived from Ste... More

Wheeling, West Virginia, Ohio River steamer and the Island in 1869

Wheeling, West Virginia, Ohio River steamer and the Island in 1869

Photograph shows stern wheeler, the R. R. Hudson docked. Photo owned by Wm. Richardson.

Elk Cottage, North Branch of the Potomac

Elk Cottage, North Branch of the Potomac

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance to a West Virginia. coal mine: a "drift" mine. The live-wire was only shoulder -high in places inside, and unprotected.  Location: West Virginia.

Entrance to a West Virginia. coal mine: a "drift" mine. The live-wire ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Palmer's farm map of Brooke County, West Virginia /

Palmer's farm map of Brooke County, West Virginia /

Shows coal mines, oil and gas wells, and the names of some residents. Blue-line print. "This map is fully protected by copyright. No part thereof can be copied without permission." Includes explanations. Copy i... More

Spread Kindness Face Mask Graphic - "Howl Kind" Wolf

Spread Kindness Face Mask Graphic - "Howl Kind" Wolf

The graphic is a positive way to encourage use of face coverings by visitors and the #RecreateResponsibly campaign when communicating on social media and websites.

Butterfly on a Flower - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
National parks: Rappelling - public domain image
Kelly Creek, West Virginia. Coal mine tipple

Kelly Creek, West Virginia. Coal mine tipple

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charles M. Schwab golfs at White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia.

Charles M. Schwab golfs at White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia.

Portrait photograph of Charles M. Schwab putting on the links at the White Sulpher Springs golf course. Copyright 1922 by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.

Fairfield Stadium, Huntington, W. Va.

Fairfield Stadium, Huntington, W. Va.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of West Virginia.

Study used by Alexander Campbell built in 1836, Bethany, W. Va.

Study used by Alexander Campbell built in 1836, Bethany, W. Va.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of West Virginia.

The parlor of the Campbell Mansion showing the settee and chairs used by Alexander Campbell, Bethany, W. Va.

The parlor of the Campbell Mansion showing the settee and chairs used ...

Public domain photo of West Virginia, 18th century - Picryl description.

Storing butadiene. Butadiene storage tanks at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia. The pressure of the butadiene gaseous is so high that only huge spherical tanks can hold large volumes

Storing butadiene. Butadiene storage tanks at the Institute plant at I...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baby Senator quizzes labor leader. Washington, D.C., June 7. Senator Rush D. Holt, West Virginia, frequently interrupted the testimony of John L. Lewis today to ask questions of the C.I.O Chief as he appeared before the Senate and House labor Committees. Lewis gave his flat endorsement of the Black-Connery bill which is aimed to curtail sweatshop conditions and setting of a wage and hour law for American industry, 6/7/37

Baby Senator quizzes labor leader. Washington, D.C., June 7. Senator R...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a little girl sitting on a porch, Miner's daughter, Jere, West Virginia

A black and white photo of a little girl sitting on a porch, Miner's d...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a train and a car, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train and a car, West Virginia. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Why open the door, coal miner's child uses the "cat hole." Bertha Hill, West Virginia (Note pipe in one hand, gun in other)

Why open the door, coal miner's child uses the "cat hole." Bertha Hill...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of men, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of men, West Virginia. Farm Securit...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of people standing in front of a banner, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A group of people standing in front of a banner, West Virginia. Farm S...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal mine tipple. Capels, West Virginia

Coal mine tipple. Capels, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a stool, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a stool, West Virginia. Fa...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal miner looks out of window in his home, Bertha Hill, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Coal miner looks out of window in his home, Bertha Hill, Scotts Run, W...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Company doctor (West Virginia coal town) examining patient. Miners pay two dollars a month for medical care. Kempton, West Virginia

Company doctor (West Virginia coal town) examining patient. Miners pay...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a store in the snow, Snowstorm, Parkersburg, West Virginia

A black and white photo of a store in the snow, Snowstorm, Parkersburg...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, subsequently the Weston State Hospital, was a Kirkbride Plan psychiatric hospital operated from 18... More

A "wetland drainage complex" on a contour mining reclamation site

A "wetland drainage complex" on a contour mining reclamation site

Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More

Congressman Alan B. Mollohan (D-W. VA), West Virginia Governor John D. Rockefeller IV, and Senator Jennings Randolph (D-W. VA) applaud during a ceremony aboard the USS STUMP (DD 978) to adopt the destroyer as the flagship for the state of West Virginia. The ship is underway near Norfolk, Virginia

Congressman Alan B. Mollohan (D-W. VA), West Virginia Governor John D....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Stump (DD 978) State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Joan Zopf Release Status: Released to... More

Assembly of God Church, Sundial, West Virginia

Assembly of God Church, Sundial, West Virginia

She preached that night at the Sundial Assembly Church of God. Event: Prayer Service at the Assembly of God Church.

Washington Heritage Trail - Berkeley Castle and Fall Colors

Washington Heritage Trail - Berkeley Castle and Fall Colors

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Berkeley Castle, backed by a vibrant display of multi-colored fall leaves, stands elegantly imposing above the Berkeley Springs. Locati... More

"Aunt" Eva Burnside with her grandson, Dean Bradford

"Aunt" Eva Burnside with her grandson, Dean Bradford

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).

Detail of a square from a  sampler quilt made by Margie Miller

Detail of a square from a sampler quilt made by Margie Miller

Event: Quilting Bee. "Each Tuesday morning from September through May, a number of women on Drews Creek get together to quilt. Sometimes they quilt at the Ramp House, a community center at the head of Drews Cre... More

Dogwoods (Cornus florida) and redbuds (Cercis canadensis) a.k.a. "Judas Tree" in bloom.

Dogwoods (Cornus florida) and redbuds (Cercis canadensis) a.k.a. "Juda...

Event: Mixed Mesophytic Forest Topography in Spring. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Randy Sprouse inspecting the ginseng he's dug

Randy Sprouse inspecting the ginseng he's dug

Since the 17th century, when a Jesuit priest in Canada identified ginseng (Panax quinquefolia) as a root prized in Asia and therefore exportable, ginseng has provided an annual source of cash for people living ... More

Dave Bailey, guitar, and Homer Pettry, banjo, playing in Dave's living room

Dave Bailey, guitar, and Homer Pettry, banjo, playing in Dave's living...

Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marines from the 1ST Battalion, of the Eighth wearing M-40 Gas Masks, armed with M16-A2 rifles and an M240 Grenade Launcher form a defensive position during URBAN WARRIOR

Marines from the 1ST Battalion, of the Eighth wearing M-40 Gas Masks, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR Base: Camp Dawson, Kingwood State: West Virginia (WV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

Ames-Clair Hall, the old Ames Methodist Church, built in 1857 in Union, West Virginia

Ames-Clair Hall, the old Ames Methodist Church, built in 1857 in Union...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In 1891 an African-American congressman purchased the old church, and one of its members, Matthew Clair, became one of the first bisho... More

Ride at Camden Park, an amusement park on the outskirts of Huntington, West Virginia

Ride at Camden Park, an amusement park on the outskirts of Huntington,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established in 1902 as a picnic spot by the Camden Interstate Railway Company, where riders traveling between Huntington and nearby ci... More

Historic courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West Virginia

Historic courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, We...

Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... More

The West Virginia Capitol in Charleston

The West Virginia Capitol in Charleston

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For several years, the capital of West Virginia intermittently traveled between Wheeling and Charleston. In 1877, however, the state's... More

Overlooking what what were once bustling rail lines of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Grafton, West Virginia, which was an early B&O hub

Overlooking what what were once bustling rail lines of the Baltimore &...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. To the right are the Willard Hotel, built in 1911 by the B&O, and the old B&O terminal. Rail traffic increased as the B&O expanded, re... More

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