Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

6-1981

Description

Morgantown is home to West Virginia University and is the largest town in the North-Central region of West Virginia. This photograph looks south on Rt. 119 in the First Ward neighborhood. Many of the businesses have changed since this 1981 photograph, however High St. remains a vibrant commercial district and was refurbished in the early 2000s.

Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgantown,_West_Virginia

Rights

This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

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Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

Keywords

city blocks, commercial streets, downtown, fashion outlets, retail, shops, neighborhoods, signage

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