Workers at G.L. Cabot's Carbon Black Factory, Calhoun County, W. Va.
Date:
1909
Description:
Front row, left to right: John Davis (standing), Kay "Boots" Stevens, Jake Hayhurst, Ellie Propst, Harry "Hike" Smith, Fred Ball, and Frank Deem. Second row, standing, left to right: Mont Smith, Walter Eli Smith, Bill Durst (photo taken before he lost his arm in an accident at the factory), John Harris, Wes Propst, Wait Ball, and Frankie Smith.
World War II Scrap Metal Drive, Grantsville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
Collecting scrap metal in the back of trucks. Calhoun County citizens aided the war effort by collecting scrap metal to be receycled into miltary needs. The John Deer Company encouraged farmers to "Sink a sub from your farm, bring in your scrap metal".
World War II Scrap Metal Drive, Grantsville, W. Va.
Description:
Scrap metal in the back of trucks roll through town. Scrap drives were prompted to involve citizens for morale purposes as well as helping the war effort.