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Caption on back of postcard reads: "The Municipal Auditorium, built in 1940 at a cost of $600,000, seats 3,500 people." Published by The A.W. Smith News Agency. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

1. Municipal Auditorium; Charleston, W. Va.

Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

2. Kanawha Boulevard From Kanawha City Bridge Showing Capitol Dome; Charleston, W. Va.

Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

3. Aerial View of Kanawha River and City, Showing Kanawha Boulevard, Charleston, W. Va.

Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

4. Airplane View, W. Va. State Capital; Charleston, W. Va.

Caption on back of postcard reads: "The State Capitol, E. Kanawha Blvd., between Duffy St. and California Ave. and extending to Washington St., stands on shaded landscaped grounds overlooking the Great Kanawha River. Designed in the Italian renaissance style by Cass Gilbert, it was completed in 1932 at a cost of $10,000,000. A dome 300 feet high, embossed with gold leaf, crowns the central unit, which measures 120 by 558 feet. Atop the crowning lantern is a bronze staff upon which is poised a golden eagle." Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

5. W. Va. State Capitol, Showing the Great Kanawha River and Boat Landing; Charleston, W. Va.

Caption on back of postcard reads: "Kanawha Airport was officially opened on December 1, 1947. Four commercial airlines - American, Eastern, Capital and Piedmont - operating more than forty daily schedules over five routes, now serve Kanawha Airport, providing Charleston and surrounding area with direct passenger, air mail, express and cargo service, without change of plane, to fifty cities of the United States. Kanawha Airport involved in the greatest earth moving project in the history of commercial aviation. More than 9,100,000 cubic yards of earth and rock were moved." Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

6. Kanawha Airport; Charleston, W. Va.

Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

7. Lock and Dam on Kanawha River; London, W. Va.

Published by The A. W. Smith News Agency. See original for further historical information about the Indian Mound provided by the postcard. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

8. Historic Indian Mound; South Charleston, W. Va.