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Extension Service - U.S. Department of Agriculture

Photograph of George Herbert Bowman, who worked for Norfolk and Western during the 1930s.

Photograph of Frank Farmer, a railroad worker, standing on a steam engine.

Photograph of Dr. Laura Jane Harper from the College of Home Economics.

Photograph from the 1960 Bugle, page 21, of Dr. Laura Jane Harper from the College of Home Economics.

2 cars parked in the middle of the street infront of Argabrite's Varsity Shop. Frank Effinger sits behind the wheel of the central car & Hampto Hoge drives the Overland car in the back

Old black automobile with a man sitting behind the wheel parked infront of a Harvey Black's house on the corner of Washington & Main St. in Blackburg VA

President Barringer's daughter in a white dress sitting on a large stone marker, "The Drapers Meadows Massacre July 8, 1755"

The corner of Roanoke & Penn street covered in rubble as a new sewer system is about to be installed, Blacksburg VA

2 men & 2 children, all in chefs uniforms, standing in front of a building with cafe written in the windows

Main Street focused on a houses fenced-in yard with 2 cows eating grass

8 leading citizens of Blacksburg, VA in 1890's sit on the steps of a building. From left to right: A.T. Estridge, H.B. Pratt, R.B. Wright, A.W. Drinkard, J.W. Skull, W.B. Ellett, B.G. Lewton, I.W. Jarell

men sitting & standing around the back of a Professor Lee's campus home. Built during V.P.I days

2 men standing & 1 sitting on the front stoop of Frith's Shop in Blacksburg VA

Tom Efringer standing in the doorway of the mayors office. B.P. Go(?) written in right window

Mr.Teeter standing on the porch of his show shop in Blacksburg VA, large boot sign hanging from side of the building.

Mr.McCoy (left) & 2 men stand on the porch of McCoy's Corner Store on Main & Faculty St. in Blacksburg, VA

Street view of Craig Healing Springs main office. Cars parked on the street, multiple women milling around.

Dozens of people sititng & standing on the steps of Craig Healing Springs gazebo.

Dozens of people sitting & standing on the hotel porch of the Craig Helaing Springs.

People lounging on the lawn and porch of the Craig Healing Springs Jefferson Hotel.

Left half of a map of Virginias Anthracite Coal Company property on Brush Mountain, white ink of charcoal / black paper

Right half of a map of Virginias Anthracite Coal Company property on Brush Mountain, white ink of charcoal / black paper

Four men standing in a forest clearing on Brush Mounatin where millstones are made

An empty railroad track passing through the middle of a large, rocky hill

Street view of Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1934. 5 buildings & a large argicultural field are pictured.

A railroad track cuts through a rocky hill, on the sides are telephone wires and a sparse wooden fence.

Pencil aerial view drawing of the Blacksburg, VA water authority system. Silhottes of Bison, Deer, military men, and Native american men on horses cover the illustration

View of New River & landscape behind it from Lover Leap

Picture of enclosed Big Spring in Ellison surronded by a clearing and trees. Also pictured is a shack next to the water

Large 50-car train carryiong cast iron pipes running on train tracks over a river.

Picture of New River bridge in Radford decorated for its dedication in 1891

Miners lined up infront of a Merrimac Mines tipple building.

Picture of Christiansburg High School with an empty parked car in front of it.

Photograph of the front of Shawsville High School

Sam Robertson and his family stand with their horse on the steps infront of Hancocks Mill

Two men & a car cross the New River using a ferry

Street view of the Bank of Christiansburg around Christmas with people walking past and cars parked on the street.

Men in truck deliver milk to the Southern Dairies Plant building in Christiansburg. Picture taken from street, Dairies plant is a 2-story cement warehouse

Six people operating on a patient in the Valley View Hospital operating room in Radford, VA

Front view of Crockett Springs Resort

Montgomery County Board of Suprvisors standing infront of a building. From left to right: Walter Apgar, W.O. Altizer, C.H. Lucas and chairman G.C. Jones.

Picture of Valley View Hospital in 1907, nurses and patrons stand on the covered porch of the building

Hath Parker posing infront of his covered wagon drawn by 2 donkeys. The carriage is parked in the dirt road and has 2 dogs wandering around it.

Students sit in rows posed infront of Luster's Gate School in Montgomery County. Pictured are both men and women, ages ranging from young children to seemingly adults.

Picture of the principle building of the Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1934. The building is a 4-story brick house with a front porch & side fire escape