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A group of men salute the American flag at a ceremony honoring World War II veterans and the U.S.S. West Virginia battleship.

1. Ceremony Honoring the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia In Front of the Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

2. Charleston, W. Va. From the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot, Lock Seven

3. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Charleston, W. Va.

View of Charleston, West Virginia with bridge over river on right.

4. Charleston, W. Va.

"The Charleston skyline as it appeared at the time the Kanawha Banking [and] Trust Company began business-in 1901. Note the old capitol in the center background and the ferry landing before the C [and] O bridge was built"; In the bottom picture, "modern Charleston as it appears today. Front street has become Kanawha Boulevard and towering skyscrapers fill the landscape. The Kanawha Banking [and] Trust Company building appears at the left beyond the Union building."

5. Charleston Skyline in 1901 (Top) and 1951 (Bottom,) Charleston, W. Va.

"Photograph property of Curt Teich [and] Co. Inc., Chicago."

6. Libby Owens Glass Factory, Charleston, W. Va.

"W. Va. Indus. [and] Pub. Comm."

7. State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

8. Bridge Across the Kanawha River at Charleston, W. Va.

9. Steamboats at Charleston, W. Va.

10. Aerial View of the Kanawha River and Charleston, W. Va.

11. View of River and Buildings, Charleston, W. Va.

Ed Cabbell riding a horse during the John Henry Folk Festival in Charleston, W.Va.

12. Ed Cabbell at 1977 John Henry Folk Festival, Camp Virgil Tate, Charleston, W. Va.

Post card print

13. View of Charleston, W. Va. From C & O Depot

Building collapsed after the local power company dug a trench to bury their lines too close to the building.

14. Collapsed Capitol Restaurant, Charleston, W. Va.

Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in West Virginia (1955-1956). She is also well known for her later political efforts in vastly improving housing and long term health care for the elderly.

15. Helen Holt Outside West Virginia State Capital; Charleston, W. Va.

16. Dr. Pepper Building, Charleston, W. Va.

Located on Bullitt Street.

17. Fruit and Produce Co. Wholesale Fruit and Vegetables Warehouse, Charleston, W. Va.

18. Group Photo at Lions and Lambs Annual Banquet, Charleston, W. Va.

19. Smiling Boy Receives Jacket at Lions and Lambs Annual Banquet, Charleston, W. Va.

20. Three Hundred Ton Hydroelectric Forging Crane, Naval and Plants, South Charleston, W. Va.

"You be the judge."

21. Maud Muller Candy Store, Charleston, W. Va.

22. Morris Harvey College Choir Group, Charleston, W. Va.

23. Morris Harvey College Choir Group at City Auditorium, Charleston, W. Va.

24. Morton Cadillac Company Cars, Charleston, W. Va.

25. Moyer Bros Construction Co. Building Montrose Elementary School, South Charleston, W. Va.

Building was originally the Coyle & Richardson Department Store, then became the National Bank of Commerce after Coyle & Richardson moved buildings.

26. Patterson Montgomery National Bank of Commerce Building, Charleston, W. Va.

27. Southern Bottlers Co. Machine Bottling Hatcher's Top Rock Beverages, Charleston, W. Va.

28. Special Convention W. Va. State Federation of Labor, Charleston, W. Va.

29. Students in Jr. Academy For Science Club, Stonewall Jackson High School Chapter, Charleston, W. Va.

30. Waitresses Inside of Swiss Restaurant, Possibly in Charleston, W. Va.

31. Thomas Fields Banquet at Daniel Boone Hotel, Charleston, W. Va.

32. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Football Team, Charleston, W. Va.

33. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Marching Band on Sidewalk in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.

34. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Teachers in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.

35. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Band Holding Their Instruments in Front of School, Charleston, W. Va.

36. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Football Team in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.

37. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Trojans Marching Band on Sidewalk in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.

Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.

38. Group of People Looking at New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.

Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.

39. Interior of New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.

Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.

40. Interior of New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.

Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.

41. Two New Superior Coach Co. Hearses on Show Floor, Charleston, W. Va.

42. War Assets Administration Government Surplus Office, Likely in Charleston, W. Va.

43. West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboat, F.M. Staunton, Out of River, Charleston, W. Va.

44. West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboat, F.M. Staunton, on Kanawha River, Charleston, W. Va.

Front of Creighton is submerged under water.

45. West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboats, F.M. Staunton, James Sutherland, and Creighton, Docked on Kanawha River, Charleston, W. Va.

46. West Virginia Sand and Gravel Company Operations, Charleston, W. Va.

47. Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.

48. Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.

49. Esso Standard Oil Co. Sign at Kanawha City Bridge, Charleston, W. Va.

Guards for the synthetic rubber plant built on old Wertz Field in Charleston, West Virginia. The factory required so many guards because of it's high importance to the nation during war time. Rubber was one of the most important commodities during the war and because most of our supplies of it had been cut off we had to build our own synthetic rubber plants, which needed lots of protection.

50. Ford, Bacon, and Davis Inc. Guard Department Institute, Charleston, W. Va.