Descriptive Summary
Title: WV Photo Company Collection
Span Dates: 1920s-1970s
Bulk Dates: 1940s-1950s
ID No: Ph91-65
Creator: WV Photo Company
Extent: 21 boxes
Language: English
Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV
Administrative Information
Provenance: Fred Armstrong
Transfers:
Preferred Citation: [item, collection number], WV Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.
Box 1: Schools (A-K)
Alderson High School
Alderson High School, Band
AHS (Alderson?) School, Band
Belington High School, Band and Majorettes
Belington High School, 1951-1953 Basketball Teams
Belington High School, Cheerleaders
Belington High School, Football
Belington High School, Girls Volleyball
Belington High School, Group Pictures (1 of 2)
Belington High School, Group Pictures (2 of 2)
Belington High School, Class Composites
Beverly High School
Beverly High School, Basketball
Beverly High School, Class Composites
Circleville High School, 1940 Class Composite
Coalton High School, 1947-1948
Coalton High School, 1951
Coalton High School, Basketball
Coalton High School, Cheerleaders
Coalton High School, Group Pictures
Coalton Twelve Year School
Cosner School, October 20, 1931
Crichton High School
Crichton High School, Band
Unknown School (CHS), Archery Club
Davis High School
Davis and Elkins College
Davis and Elkins College, Band
Davis and Elkins College, Basketball
Davis and Elkins College, Cheerleaders
Davis and Elkins College, Football
Elkins Junior High School, Band
Elkins High School, Wrestling and Track (35mm)
Elkins High School, Band and Majorettes (1 of 2)
Elkins High School, Band and Majorettes (2 of 2)
Elkins High School, Highlanders Band
Elkins High School, Cheerleaders/Majorettes/Band/Choir
Elkins High School, Cheerleaders
Elkins High School, Choir
Elkins High School, Stage (Theater?)
Elkins High School, Football
Elkins High School (?), Football Team
Elkins High School, Baseball (Color and B&W)
Elkins High School, Basketball (1 of 2)
Elkins High School, Basketball (2 of 2)
Elkins High School, Wrestling
Elkins High School, Track
Elkins High School, Track Team
Elkins High School, Vocational Division
Elkins High School, Unidentified Male Athlete (#84)
Elkins High School, Unidentified Male Athlete (#85)
Elkins High School, Unidentified Athlete
Elkins High School, Various Groups/Singing Group/Future Farmers of America (FFA)/ "J.S." Cheerleaders/Office Staff/Sales Cashier
Elkins High School, Various Groups/Class Portraits/Bus Drivers/Future Homemakers/Hi-Y
Elkins High School, Various Groups/Bus Drivers/Class Portraits
Elkins High School, Group Pictures (1 of 2)
Elkins High School, Group Pictures (2 of 2)
Elkins High School, Graduation
FHS (Fairview High School?)
First Baptist School, Basketball
Greenbank High School, Band and Majorettes
Greenbank High School, Basketball
Greenbank High School, Wrestling (?)
Greenbank High School, Groups
Greenbrier High School, Basketball
Greenbrier High School (?), Majorettes
Greenbrier Military School
Greenbrier West High School
Greenville High School
Hambleton, WV - Elementary School
Kempton High School
Box 2: Schools (L-T, Misc.)
Lewisburg High School
Marlinton High School
Marlinton High School, Band
Marlinton High School, Basketball
Marlinton High School (?), Cheerleaders (?)
Meadow Bridge High School, Basketball
Mill Creek High School
Mountaineer High School, Football
Mountaineer High School, Boys Basketball
Mountaineer High School, Girls Basketball
Mountaineer High School, Band
Mountaineer High School, Cheerleaders
Mountaineer High School, School Building
Mountaineer High School, Group Pictures (1 of 2)
Mountaineer High School, Group Pictures (2 of 2)
Mountaineer High School, Homecoming (?)
Mountaineer High School, Cheerleaders/Hallway Shots/Classroom/etc.
Mountaineer High School, Class Composites
Mountaineer High School (?)
Parsons High School
Parsons High School, School Building
Parsons High School, Pantherettes at Front of School
Parsons High School, Basketball (1 of 2)
Parsons High School, Basketball (2 of 2)
Parsons High School, Football
Parsons High School, Track Team
Parsons High School, Theater
Parsons High School, Band and Majorettes
Parsons High School, Majorettes
Parsons High School, Volleyball Team
Parsons High School, Cheerleaders
Parsons High School, Home Economics Group/Science (?) Group/Library Staff/Various Groups
Parsons High School, Various Groups/Driver’s Ed/Beauty Queens/Group in Front of School/Shot of Front Entrance
Parsons High School, Future Farmers of America (FFA)/Various Groups/Picture of School/Ceremony(?)/Music/Science, 1961 circa
Parsons High School, Various Groups/Honor Club/Library Staff (post 1959)/Driver’s Ed Car (Lambert Chevrolet Company), 1961 circa
Parsons High School, Play/Cheerleaders/Pictures of Couples/Home Economics/Building(?)/Groups/Front of School/Shop Class/Auto Class, 1977 circa
Parsons High School, National Honor Society/Miscellaneous Groups/Future Homemakers/Maintenance(?)/Future Teachers/ Yearbook(?)/Future Farmers of America (FFA)/Library
Parsons High School, Various Groups
Parsons High School, "Grand March," 1948
Parsons High School, 1968 Graduation
Parsons High School, Graduation
Parsons High School, Class Composites
Parsons Public School, Grade 3, 1936-1937
Renick High School, Basketball
Renick High School, Football
Renick High School, Groups
Talcott School, Grade 2-4, 1947-1948
Thomas High School
Thomas High School, Basketball
Tunnelton High School
Tygart Valley Band
Tygart Valley High School, Class Composites
Miscellaneous Graduation Photos (Schools Unknown)
Miscellaneous Yearbook Photos (Schools Unknown – Some named)
Class Composites (Schools Unknown)
Unidentified School Buildings
Unidentified High School Building on Fire
Football (Schools Unknown) (1 of 2)
Football (Schools Unknown) (2 of 2)
Football Teams (Schools Unknown)
Basketball (Schools Unknown)
"Senators" Basketball Team
"Senators" Baseball Team
"Rockets" Baseball Team
Unidentified Baseball Team Boarding Bus
Baseball Teams (Schools Unknown)
Unidentified Tennis Team
Cheerleaders (Schools Unknown)
Bands (Schools Unknown)
Greenbrier Militaires Band
Majorettes (Schools Unknown)
Shop Students (Schools Unknown)
Dance (School Unknown)
Band Members (Military?)
Homecoming Parade(?) (School Unknown)
Event on Field (School Unknown)
Tucker County School Bus Drivers
Box 3: Schools (8x10 Negatives/Misc.)
Aurora High School
Belington High School
Beverly High School
Circleville High School
Coalton High School
Davis High School
Davis and Elkins College (?)
Davis and Elkins College, Sigma Phi Epsilon
Elkins High School
Kempton High School
Moorefield High School
Mountaineer High School
Parsons High School
Pi Beta Phi, 1953-1954
Pickens High School
Thomas High School
Tygart Valley High School
Unknown Schools
Miscellaneous School Photos
Box 4: Subjects (A-C)
Agriculture
Airplanes
Animals
Aviation
Bands
Boxing
Boy Scouts
Buildings
Building Interiors
Businesses
Cars/Vehicles
Christmas
Churches
Coal
Construction
Box 5: Subjects (F-L)
Fairs, Festivals, Picnic, Etc.
Farming
Floods
Flowers
Forests/CCC
Funerals
Furniture
Future Farmers of America
Future Homemakers of America
Girl Scouts
Ham Radio
Highway Historical Markers
Hospitals
Houses
Hunting/Fishing
Industry
Lakes
Lions Club Band
Lumbering
Box 6: Subjects (M-Y)
Maps/Graphs
Maryland
Military
Monuments
Nativity Scene
People on a Train (or Airplane?)
Photographers
Octopus Found at Thomas
Old Age Home
Rivers/Streams
Roads
Route 20
Route 22
Route 28
Route 32
Route 46
Route 50
U.S. Route 220
Scenic
Scenic Views
Skiing
Swimming/Baptisms
Unidentified Houses and Buildings
Unidentified Uniforms
Waterfalls
YMCA
Box 7: People
African Americans
Nurses
West Virginia State Police
Costume/Posed Portraits
Children in Halloween Costumes
People
Families (Unidentified)
Groups
Unidentified Musicians
Miscellaneous Organizations
Box 8: Military
Portraits, Military
Box 9: Military
Portraits, Military
Box 10: Weddings
Miscellaneous Wedding Photos
Box 11: Weddings
Miscellaneous Wedding Photos
Box 12: Places (A-O)
Arthurdale
Backbone Mountain
Bartow
Berkeley Springs
Beverly
Blackwater Falls/Canyon
Canaan Valley
Capon Bridge
Cheat Mountain
Continental Lodge
Dailey
Davis
Davis and Elkins College
Douglas
Durbin
Elkins
Franklin
Greenbank National Radio Observatory
Halliehurst
Harman
Indian Hammock
Kanawha Resettlement Project, Webster County
Keyser
Kingwood
Little Kanawha Falls
Marlinton
Montrose
Moorefield
Mouth of Seneca
Ohio River
Box 13: Places (P-W)
Parsons
Petersburg
Philippi
Piedmont
Potomac State College
Randolph County Courthouse
Romney
Seneca Trail
Thomas
Tucker County Courthouse
Tunnelton
Webster Springs
West Virginia Children’s Home
West Virginia Federation of Woman’s Clubs National Forest
Box 14: Camps
4-H Camps and Groups
Camp Caesar
Camp Circleville
Camp Dry Fork (CCC)
Camp Horseshoe, Parsons, West Virginia
Camp Horseshoe, 1970s
Camp Parsons (CCC)
Camp Tygart Valley (CCC)
Camp Minnetoska (CCC) (Hutton, Maryland)
Fox and Ox Camp near Petersburg
Box 15: Forest Festival (1930s-1940s)
Forest Festival, 1930s circa
Forest Festival, 1932
Forest Festival, 1934
Forest Festival, 1935
Forest Festival, 1936
Forest Festival, 1938
Forest Festival, 1939
Forest Festival, 1940
Forest Festival, 1941
Forest Festival, 1945
Box 16: Forest Festival (1950s-1980s)
Forest Festival, 1950 (1 of 2)
Forest Festival, 1950 (2 of 2)
Forest Festival, 1951 (1 of 3)
Forest Festival, 1951 (2 of 3)
Forest Festival, 1951 (3 of 3)
Forest Festival, 1952
Forest Festival, 1953
Forest Festival, Coronation, 1953
Forest Festival, 1954
Forest Festival, 1955
Forest Festival, 1956 (1 of 2)
Forest Festival, 1956 (2 of 2)
Forest Festival, Coronation, 1956
Forest Festival, Mr. H's Office (?), 1956
Forest Festival, Stevenson/Hulett Smith, 1956
Forest Festival, 1957 (?)
Forest Festival, Second Day, 1957
Forest Festival, Third Day, 1957
Forest Festival, First Day, 1958
Forest Festival, Second Day, October 2, 1958
Forest Festival, Third Day (Parade), 1958
Forest Festival, October 3, 1969
Forest Festival, October 2, 1970
Forest Festival, Armstrong, October 3, 1970
Forest Festival, Nixon Visit, October 8, 1971
Forest Festival, October 6, 1972
Forest Festival, Crowning, October 5, 1973
Forest Festival, October 4, 1974
Forest Festival, Queen, January 4, 1975
Forest Festival, Coronation, October 3, 1975
Forest Festival, President Ford Visit, October 4, 1975
Forest Festival, Dist. Dinner, October 7, 1976
Forest Festival, Coronation, October 8, 1976
Forest Festival, Coronation, October 7, 1977
Forest Festival (?), 1950s circa
Forest Festival, 1953 (Three 4"X5" neg sheets)
Forest Festival, 1954 (One 4"x5" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1956 (Five 4"x5" neg sheets)
Forest Festival, Stevenson, 1956 (Two 4"x5" neg sheets)
Forest Festival, 1957 (One 4"x5" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1958 (One 4"x5" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1958, Day 3 Parade (Two 4"x5" neg sheets)
Forest Festival, 1969 (One 4"x5" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, Neil Armstrong, 1970 (One 2.5"x3.5" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, Nixon, October 1971 (One 2.5"x3" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1971 (One 2.5"x3" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1972 (Two 2.5"x3" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1973 (One 2.5"x3" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1974 (One 2.5"x3" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1975 (One 2.5"x3" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, President Ford, 1975 (One 2.5"x3" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1976 (One 2.5"x3" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1977 (One 2.5"x3" neg sheet)
Forest Festival, 1980
Forest Festival, Contact Prints
Box 17: Forest Festival (Miscellaneous)
Forest Festival, Miscellaneous (7 envelopes)
Forest Festival, Undated
Forest Festival, Exhibits
Forest Festival, Men Directors (?)
Forest Festival (8x10 negatives)
Forest Festival, 35mm Negative Strips
Box 18: Forest Festival (Miscellaneous)
Forest Festival, Miscellaneous Negatives (54 Envelopes) *Contains photos of Parades, Coronations, Displays, Events, Etc.
Box 19: Miscellaneous
Backbone Fire Tower, Tucker County (wvphco00021)
Backbone Fire Tower, Tucker County (wvphco00022)
Cemetery
Display, "The Well-Dressed 4-H Girl"
Division of Tuberculosis, Mobile Unit Bus
Green Shutter Shop, Parsons, West Virginia
Group Gathered at Ashby Jackson Wilkinson Statue at IOOF Home in Elkins
Jennings Randolph with unidentified, Alumni Office, Davis and Elkins College, August 25, 1942
Lemonade Stand - Subscribe for The Advocate
Maytag Appliances
Men Working on Telephone Lines
Miss Lewisburg
Parade, "This Ole House" Float, 1954?
Poster, "Vote but Vote Democrat" - Kilgore for Senate, Marland for Governor
"Queen of Hearts"/"To my Valentine"
Road Sign for Distance to Lewisburg and Peterstown
Rosemont (Coal Company?) Baseball Team
Ruins of Old Tavern Where George Washington Stayed Near Grafton
Sign for "Centennial Park" Construction, 100th Roadside Park
Skyland Lodge on Backbone Mountain
Theater/Play Cast?
Trophies
Tucker County Sheriff's Department
Unidentified Event
Unidentified Flag Presentation
West Virginia Photo Company Building, August 1936
West Virginia State Fair
West Virginia State Fair(?), Business Displays
Western Maryland Railway Company, Centennial Celebration, 1952
Pictures of Documents
Christmas Cards
Miscellaneous Color Negatives (1 of 2)
Miscellaneous Color Negatives (2 of 2)
Miscellaneous Negatives
Box 20: Forest Festival (Nitrate Negatives)
Forest Festival, 1930
Forest Festival, 1931
Forest Festival, 1935
Forest Festival, 1936
Forest Festival, 1937
Forest Festival, 1938
Forest Festival, Undated
Forest Festival, Exhibits
Forest Festival, Men Directors (?)
Box 21: Miscellaneous (Nitrate Negatives)
Elkins High School
Kempton High School
Moorefield High School
Parsons High School
Thomas High School
Tygart Valley High School
Miscellaneous, Schools Unknown
Coal
Forest/CCC
Funerals
Houses
Lumbering
Rivers/Streams
Roads
Route 50
Scenic
Unidentified Bridge
Families, Unidentified
Weddings
Blackwater Falls
Cheat River Covered Bridge
Davis, West Virginia
Davis and Elkins College
Glen Ferris, West Virginia
Keyser, West Virginia
Laurel Mountain
Parsons, West Virginia
Romney, West Virginia
Seneca Trail
Thomas, West Virginia
Webster Springs, West Virginia
Pictures of Documents