WVU Morgantown, West Virginia, 1913 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of WVU Morgantown, West Virginia, 1913. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: West Virginia University, Dec. 5, 1913
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WVU Morgantown, West Virginia, 1913
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Morgantown, West Virginia, in 1913 was a small river town built on the Monongahela, where the state's young university, then known as West Virginia University, sat on the hill above the downtown streets. The region's economy ran on coal: mines in the surrounding hills and river traffic carried coal and timber, and the town's growth tracked those industries and the railroads that served them. The university had been founded in 1867 as a land-grant school and was still modest in size, with its campus buildings clustered on high ground overlooking the river valley. Residents of the period knew Morgantown as a college town as much as an industrial one, and the campus shaped its social life, from student organizations to football games that drew local crowds.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | lore, g. c. (geo. c.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--West Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,006 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | West Virginia University, Dec. 5, 1913 |
| Reference | WV WVU Morgantown 1913 |
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