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Coal miner in his home, a company house. Pursglove, Scotts' Run, West Virginia

Coal miner in his home, a company house. Pursglove, Scotts' Run, West ...

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Coal miner's children playing around abandoned tipple. Scotts Run, West Virginia

Coal miner's children playing around abandoned tipple. Scotts Run, Wes...

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

An old black and white photo of a woman and a child. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

An old black and white photo of a woman and a child. America during Gr...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

Carl Arnett House, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Carl Arnett House, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

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Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Norris Farm, Chicken House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, Chicken House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile...

Significance: The chicken house on the Norris Farm is an example of a mid-twentieth century agricultural outbuilding. The chicken house is unique in its size, its number of stories, and its construction. With... More

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Company houses, coal mining section. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Company houses, coal mining section. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virgi...

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

Child of miner carrying home coal she picked out of old slate pile down the hill. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Child of miner carrying home coal she picked out of old slate pile dow...

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

Sunday school picnic brought into abandoned mining town of Jere, West Virginia by neighboring parishoners. See 30036-M3

Sunday school picnic brought into abandoned mining town of Jere, West ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children playing around old coal tipple. Scotts Run, West Virginia

Children playing around old coal tipple. Scotts Run, West Virginia

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

Coal miners' homes, company houses, with piles of old slag and slate. "The Patch," Cassville, West Virginia

Coal miners' homes, company houses, with piles of old slag and slate. ...

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 little girl, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a little girl, West Virginia. Farm Security...

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

Center of mining town. Osage, West Virginia

Center of mining town. Osage, 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 working in a factory, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, 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

Company houses, coal mining section. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Company houses, coal mining section. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virgi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Norris Farm, Chicken House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, Chicken House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile...

Significance: The chicken house on the Norris Farm is an example of a mid-twentieth century agricultural outbuilding. The chicken house is unique in its size, its number of stories, and its construction. With... More

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Typical houses of Morgantown, West Virginia

Typical houses of Morgantown, West Virginia

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scott's Run mining camps near Morgantown, West Virginia

Scott's Run mining camps near Morgantown, West Virginia

Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Coal miner, now unemployed, town philosopher, experiments with garden. Says "Jes so long as I sees things movin' and betterin' I don't care how much benefits I get from it."

Coal miner, now unemployed, town philosopher, experiments with garden....

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Company houses, coal mining section. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Company houses, coal mining section. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virgi...

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

A couple of men sitting on a train track, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men sitting on a train track, West Virginia. Farm Security...

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

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 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

The Monongalia County Courthouse in Morgantown, West Virginia

The Monongalia County Courthouse in Morgantown, West Virginia

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

Baily Glass Works, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Baily Glass Works, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Survey number: HAER WV-79 Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Richard Ovens, Deckers Creek, State Route 7-92, Dellslow, Monongalia County, WV

Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Richard Ovens, Deckers Creek, State Route ...

Significance: After the Civil War, the expansion of the iron and steel industry led to increased demand for metallurgical coke, the principal fuel for blast furnaces. These beehive ovens are typical of the ear... More

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Company houses along railroad tracks. Scott's Run near Morgantown, West Virginia. Osage, West Virginia

Company houses along railroad tracks. Scott's Run near Morgantown, Wes...

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

Scott's Run mining camps near Morgantown, West Virginia. Domestic interior. Shack at Osage

Scott's Run mining camps near Morgantown, West Virginia. Domestic inte...

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

Child on front porch in abandoned mining town. Jere, West Virginia. See 30221-M1

Child on front porch in abandoned mining town. Jere, West Virginia. Se...

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

Coal miner, now unemployed, town philosopher, experiments with garden. Jere, West Virginia. Says, "Jes so long as I sees things movin' and betterin' I don't care how much benefits I get from it." See 50057-E, 30219-M3

Coal miner, now unemployed, town philosopher, experiments with garden....

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Company houses, coal mining section. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Company houses, coal mining section. Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virgi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersection with Quarry Run Road, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

John Bly House, East side of County Road 857, just north of intersecti...

Significance: Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century, the John Bly House functioned as a stagecoach stop on the Morgantown and Uniontown Turnpike, a major link between Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylva... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

Farm line map of Cass, Grant & Clay dist's. Monongalia Co. and part of Paw Paw Dist. Marion Co., W. Va. /

Farm line map of Cass, Grant & Clay dist's. Monongalia Co. and part of...

Public domain scan of a 17th-18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Coal miners and their families watching the girls and women's skirts blow up in the "crazy boat" at the outdoor carnival. Granville, West Virginia

Coal miners and their families watching the girls and women's skirts b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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 shack in a field, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a shack in a field, West Virginia. Farm Sec...

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

Norris Farm, Cemetery, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, Cemetery, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east...

Significance: The cemetery at the Norris Farm is the final resting place for many members of the Norris and Baker families, two prominent families within Monongahela County, West Virginia. The contributions th... More

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Easton Roller Mill, West Run Road, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Significance: Conversion to roller mill production in 1890 allowed this rural mill to meet the demand for the new, whiter, "patent" flour. An interesting case to technological change in response to social forc... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Norris Farm, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County...

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

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV

Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth ...

Significance: The plant is of technological interest, as it uses the same machinery and process with which it began over 80 years ago. Economically, the plant is of interest because it was the first of many co... More

Morgantown, West Virginia - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Morgantown, West Virginia - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children of coal miner at Scott's Run, West Virginia

Children of coal miner at Scott's Run, West Virginia

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

Center of mining town. Osage, West Virginia

Center of mining town. Osage, 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 group of people, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of people, West Virginia. Farm Secu...

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 miners. Chaplin, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Coal miners. Chaplin, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of clothes hanging out to dry, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of clothes hanging out to dry, 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

Old rotting coal tipple. Scotts Run, West Virginia

Old rotting coal tipple. Scotts Run, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A man cutting another man's hair in a barber shop, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A man cutting another man's hair in a barber shop, West Virginia. Farm...

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

A black and white photo of a train station, West Virginia. Farm Securi...

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

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