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IDNO:: 030100
Title:: William Hornsby, Gallipolis, Ohio
Date:: 1957
Description:: 'William Hornsby, 87 years old Gallipolis, Ohio--Eureka Star Route; 3rd Dist. V.P. of W. Va. SFL--Elected at 1903, Conv. in Huntington.'

IDNO:: 030101
Title:: Rene Zabeau, William Hornsby, and Glen Armstrong, West Virginia State Federation of Labor
Date:: 1957
Description:: 'William Hornsby (center) being interviewed by Rene Zabeau (left) and Glen Armstrong, Educ. Dir. W. Va. SFL.'

IDNO:: 030102
Title:: Rene Zabeau, William Hornsby, and Glen Armstrong, West Virginia State Federation of Labor
Date:: ca. 1957
Description:: William Hornsby (center)interviewed by Rene Zabeau and Glen Armstrong, Educ. Dir. W. Va. SFL.

IDNO:: 030103
Title:: Philip M. Kaiser Addresses Morgantown Labor Day Celebration
Date:: 1951
Description:: 'Philip M. Kaiser, Assistant Secretary of Labor, addresses the 1951 Morgantown Labor Day Celebration. George A. Crago, third from left, was master of ceremonies for the affair. Labor and government representatives shown on the speakers stand are, left to right, Richard Kennel, reception committee, commissioner of Labor 1957-. William Quinn, AFL organizer; Crago, William Radford, AFL labor union; William Hynes, UMW District 4 president, Kaiser, Senator M.M. Neely, State Attorney General William Marland, Eugene A. Carter, state federation of labor AFL president and T. C. Dethloff, AFL organizer. Senator Harley M. Kilgore was seated directly behind the speaker and is not shown in the picture.

IDNO:: 030104
Title:: Early West Virginia Coal Mine
Description:: An interior view of a typical mine prior to introduction of modern mechanical machines and loaders. Coal miners used picks and shovels to remove the "black gold" from beneath the West Virginia hills.