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Dummy hangs from a tree with signs reading "Russian D. Holt" and "Traitor".

73. Holt vs. Neely, U.S. Senate Campaign in W. Va.

IDNO:
047359
Title:
Holt vs. Neely, U.S. Senate Campaign in W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1941
Description:
Dummy hangs from a tree with signs reading "Russian D. Holt" and "Traitor".

74. Rush D. Holt Singing Along With Banjoist and Fiddler

IDNO:
047360
Title:
Rush D. Holt Singing Along With Banjoist and Fiddler
Date:
undated

75. Senator Rush D. Holt Giving Speech

IDNO:
047362
Title:
Senator Rush D. Holt Giving Speech
Date:
1940/02/23
United States Senator Rush D. Holt from West Virginia poses with three unidentified men, one in a U.S. Navy uniform.

76. Senator Rush D. Holt and Friends

IDNO:
047363
Title:
Senator Rush D. Holt and Friends
Date:
1940/02/23
Description:
United States Senator Rush D. Holt from West Virginia poses with three unidentified men, one in a U.S. Navy uniform.
Senator Rush D. Holt (center), of West Virginia, speaking at a dinner of The Bronx Real Estate Board, at the Hotel Commodore, March 18, at which time he told of the need for curtailing unnecessary Government spending. Henry G. Altemade, President of the Bronx Real Estate Board, is shown left; James J. Lyons, Bronx Borough President, is shown right.

77. Senator Rush D. Holt Addresses New York Real Estate Dinner, New York, N.Y.

IDNO:
047364
Title:
Senator Rush D. Holt Addresses New York Real Estate Dinner, New York, N.Y.
Date:
1939/03/18
Description:
Senator Rush D. Holt (center), of West Virginia, speaking at a dinner of The Bronx Real Estate Board, at the Hotel Commodore, March 18, at which time he told of the need for curtailing unnecessary Government spending. Henry G. Altemade, President of the Bronx Real Estate Board, is shown left; James J. Lyons, Bronx Borough President, is shown right.
Caption on photograph reads: "It would seem that the senator from West Virginia is stepping from the Roney plaza swimming pool fully attired. Really Senator Rush Dew Holt, the youngest member of the Senate, is standing on a narrow walk around the pool as he chats with Harold K. Bradford, of Washington, D.C., retiring President of the National Association of Securities Commissioners. Senator Holt was in Miami to address the association's annual convention."

78. Senator Rush D. Holt Chatting With Harold K. Bradford, Retiring President of the National Association of Securities Commissioners, Miami, Fla.

IDNO:
047365
Title:
Senator Rush D. Holt Chatting With Harold K. Bradford, Retiring President of the National Association of Securities Commissioners, Miami, Fla.
Date:
1935/12/09
Description:
Caption on photograph reads: "It would seem that the senator from West Virginia is stepping from the Roney plaza swimming pool fully attired. Really Senator Rush Dew Holt, the youngest member of the Senate, is standing on a narrow walk around the pool as he chats with Harold K. Bradford, of Washington, D.C., retiring President of the National Association of Securities Commissioners. Senator Holt was in Miami to address the association's annual convention."

79. Rush D. Holt Plays With Several Dogs on Lawn

IDNO:
047366
Title:
Rush D. Holt Plays With Several Dogs on Lawn
Date:
undated
Rush Holt and his wife, Helen Holt, smile as they pet an elephant.

80. Rush and Helen Holt at West Virginia Republican State Convention

IDNO:
052368
Title:
Rush and Helen Holt at West Virginia Republican State Convention
Date:
1952
Description:
Rush Holt and his wife, Helen Holt, smile as they pet an elephant.
Holt was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1931-1954 and a senator from 1935-1941 on the Democratic ticket. By 1936, Holt emerged as a vocal conservative critic of the New Deal, attacking, for example, the Works Progress Administration as corrupt and inefficient. He switched to the Republican party in 1949.

81. Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
052369
Title:
Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
1936/04/01
Description:
Holt was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1931-1954 and a senator from 1935-1941 on the Democratic ticket. By 1936, Holt emerged as a vocal conservative critic of the New Deal, attacking, for example, the Works Progress Administration as corrupt and inefficient. He switched to the Republican party in 1949.
A view of the interior of a grocery store. The clerk may be Rush Holt Sr., an alumnus of WVU and later a senator.

82. Grocery Store, W. Va.

IDNO:
053197
Title:
Grocery Store, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1926
Description:
A view of the interior of a grocery store. The clerk may be Rush Holt Sr., an alumnus of WVU and later a senator.
Candid portrait of Rush D. Holt and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo. Holt, who was elected at age 29, had to wait until he was 30 to become a senator.

83. Rush D. Holt and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo

IDNO:
053359
Title:
Rush D. Holt and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo
Date:
1934/12/31
Description:
Candid portrait of Rush D. Holt and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo. Holt, who was elected at age 29, had to wait until he was 30 to become a senator.
Holt holds a "greeting card and offer of marriage he received in his Washington office."

84. Senator Rush D. Holt In Office

IDNO:
053360
Title:
Senator Rush D. Holt In Office
Date:
ca. 1939
Description:
Holt holds a "greeting card and offer of marriage he received in his Washington office."