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Box 21

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Photograph of a horse-drawn float for a 4th of July parade in Point Marion, Pennsylvania created by Point Marion businessman Frank Sadler for the town's celebration, ca. 1910 [separated to Oversize Box 85]; the photograph was printed with Frank Heaster's August 10, 1969 column titled "Mason-Dixonland Notebook"; also includes a clipping and photocopies of the column and photograph, 1969

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 1
Dates: 1969
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Monongalia County Historical Records / Series 27. Photographs, Box 4, 5, 21, 33, 34, 80, 85, and 92

Photographs Collected by Columnist Frank Heaster (16 items) pertaining to his Morgantown newspaper column (includes: Cheat Lake-Ice's Ferry Bridge, ca.1901, the new Morgan Hotel, overview of Morgantown, 1922 Vacation Bible School [students identified on the back], soldier George W. Coungher (?) of the 201st West Virginia National Guard in 1916 at Camp Cornwell in Charleston, WV , four men, two in baseball uniforms [identified on back of the photograph] at the "Cheat Neck Ball Diamond" , ca. 1920; also includes several unidentified group portraits and a clipping of the arrival at Municipal Airport of Lt. Colonel W.M.B. Wright of the Army Air Corp, in Morgantown to conduct cadet flying examination in1937 [photocopy of clipping included]), ca. 1901-1937

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 2
Dates: ca. 1901-1937
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Monongalia County Historical Records / Series 27. Photographs, Box 4, 5, 21, 33, 34, 80, 85, and 92

Photographs Collected by Columnist Frank Heaster (13 items) pertaining to his Morgantown newspaper column (includes: 1938 Blacksville High School Senior Class, Hunters with a dead bear, 4 Republican candidates [unidentified] for city council, grandstand at the Monongalia Fair grounds, 1964 Labor Temple baseball team [players identified on the back of photograph], several newspaper photographs prints and clippings of children and adults involved in a summer parade and fall celebrations, ca, 1969 [includes photocopies]), ca. 1938-1969

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 3
Dates: ca. 1938-1969
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Monongalia County Historical Records / Series 27. Photographs, Box 4, 5, 21, 33, 34, 80, 85, and 92

Correspondence and Photographs (18 items) from the Pride Family to Columnist Frank Heaster (includes: the 1927 Morgantown fire, "Dock" a bull dog and the Morgantown Fire Department mascot, baby photograph of Richard Henry Pride and a later photograph with his Navy buddies, several small group photographs [identification of individuals on the back of the photographs]; also includes lists identifying and explaining several of the photographs [copies of lists are included]), ca. 1920-1944

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 4
Dates: ca. 1920-1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Monongalia County Historical Records / Series 27. Photographs, Box 4, 5, 21, 33, 34, 80, 85, and 92

Correspondence and Photographs (28 items) sent to Columnist Frank Heaster from families in Monongalia and Preston Counties regarding the 1950 Snowstorm (includes: letters accompanying the photographs identifying people, scenes, animals, and situations; also includes stories of how people survived, delivered babies, and maneuvered in the snow to feed and care for farm animals), ca. 1950-1967

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 5
Dates: ca. 1950-1967
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Monongalia County Historical Records / Series 27. Photographs, Box 4, 5, 21, 33, 34, 80, 85, and 92

Photographic Negatives -- 1965 Sabraton Reunion Picnic, collected by columnist Frank Heaster, ca. 1965

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 6
Dates: ca. 1965
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Monongalia County Historical Records / Series 27. Photographs, Box 4, 5, 21, 33, 34, 80, 85, and 92

Mounted Photographs of Steamboats (4 items) (includes: 1) The "Isaac M. Mason" on the Monongahela River ["Source: Mestrezar papers"], n.d.; 2) The "James G. Bl…(?)" on the Monongahela River at Morgantown ["Source: Mestrezat papers"], n.d.; 3) Steamboat (possibly the "Valley Gem") wrecked on the wharf at Morgantown during the ice jam on the Monongahela River, 1918; 4) The "Valley Gem" wreck on the Morgantown wharf, 1918) , ca. 1900-1918

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 7
Dates: ca. 1900-1918
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Monongalia County Historical Records / Series 27. Photographs, Box 4, 5, 21, 33, 34, 80, 85, and 92

Mounted Photographs of Marching Bands (2 items) (includes: 1) The "21st Infantry Band, Vancouver, W.T." created by Davidson, Photo. Portland, Oregon,[ "Source: W.A. Mestrezat" ] n.d.; 2) The WVU [West Virginia University] Cadet Band, W. A. Mestrezat, Director,1901), ca. 1895-1901

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 8
Dates: ca. 1895-1901
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Monongalia County Historical Records / Series 27. Photographs, Box 4, 5, 21, 33, 34, 80, 85, and 92

Photographs (9 items) (includes photographs, photo postcards, a negative, etc., pertaining to South Park Bridge (ca. 1902); Armistice Day Parade (1918), Hunt's storefront (undated); South Park (early 1900s); Walter Mestrezat portrait, band group photo, and birthplace (undated); and a photo of the visit of President Taft at the I.C. White residence (undated)), early 1900s

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 9
Dates: early 1900s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Monongalia County Historical Records / Series 27. Photographs, Box 4, 5, 21, 33, 34, 80, 85, and 92