A renowned author, Grubb wrote several literary works including a best selling novel, "The Night of the Hunter" which was made into a motion picture and is regarded as a classic.
Ken Hechler with Ben Gazzara on the Set of The Bridge at Remagen, Davle, Czechoslovakia
Date:
1968
Description:
Ken Hechler, author of the book "The Bridge at Remagen" on set for the same titled movie with Ben Gazzara and other actors in 1968 in Davle, Czechoslovakia. Hechler served as a combat historian in the European Theater of Operations during World War II and was attached to the 9th Armored Division when one of its infantry-tank task forces captured the Ludendorff Bridge spanning the Rhine river at Remagen, Germany. Ken Hechler served as technical adviser for the film adaptation which premiered in 1969. Ken Hechler pictured in the front right with Ben Gazzara to his left.
G.A. Pearin: Cumberland, Md.; H.J. Blaud: Weston, W. Va.; D.H. Courtney: Morgantown, W. Va.; J.H. Stewart: Elsinore, W. Va.; S.P. Wells: Parkersburg, W. Va.; C.N. Donally: Charleston, W. Va.; S. Gleanjile: Winfield, W. Va.
Ken Hechler born September 20, 1914 in Roslyn, New York is a member of the Democratic Party. He represented West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was West Virginia Secretary of State from 1985 to 2001. In 1965 he was the only member of Congress to march with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama. He also served as a combat historian during World War II and wrote several books including "The Bridge at Remagen".
Sign in front of building reads: "Biggest commercial collection of W. Va. in the world! Hammrick's 100 Year Old Mummies. Wild Flower Collection. 160 year old wood lathe."
Rescue Operation Involving Two Ponds of Fish Near the Marmet Interchange on the W. Va. Turnpike
Description:
Caption on photo reads: "Wildlife protection is a major concern of the West Virginia Department of Highways when building roads across the state. Department of Natural Resources employees are shown assisting the DOH in a recent rescue operation involving two ponds of fish near the Marmet Interchance on the West Virginia Turnpike."
Tuscavora Church, one of the oldest Presbyterian churches in the east, near Martinsburg, W. Va. First Presbyterian Church west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, established in 1745.
Employee of Corning Glass Works, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Description:
Caption on photo reads: "An employee at the Parkersburg, West Virginia plant of Corning Glass Works fabricates a fitting for Pyrex brand glass piping."
Pharmaceutical Vials at Corning Glass Works, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Description:
Caption on photo reads: "Pharmaceutical vials are shown undergoing cutting and fire polishing at Parkersburg, West Virginia plant of Corning Glass Works."
Malissa Long and Mrs. John Landacre, Bayard, W. Va.
Date:
1900
Description:
Note included with photo reads: "Melissa Long (on the left) later married John F. Rohr and she was teaching school at Bayard at the time. Mrs. John Landacre (on the right) whose husband was the superintendent of the Saw Mill for the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company at Richwood, W. Va. At the beginning they lived on Walnut Street. His brother owned the shoe repair on Oakford Avenue across from the railroad station."
Sketch of Lorenzo Dow at age 39 in 1816. Dow was an eccentric itinerant American Preacher, said to have preached to more people than any other preacher of his era. He was also a fierce abolitionist whose sermons were often unpopular in the southern United States, and he was frequently threatened with violence. He was also an important figure in the Second Great Awakening, as well as a successful writer.
