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The Holt family gathered in front of their Christmas tree.

1. Senator Rush D. Holt and Wife Helen Holt With Their Children, Helen Jane and Rush Jr.

Inscription on back of cabinet card reads: "Your agnostic friend M.S. Holt. "Christmas" 1885".  Dr. Holt was the father of U. S. Senator Rush D. Holt.

2. Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Editor of Republican from Lewis County, W. Va.

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."

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

People pictured from left to right.

4. Senator Rush D. Holt, His Father Dr. Matthew Samuel Holt, and John D. Bermalt of Ashtabula, OH.

People pictured from left to right.

5. Senator Rush D. Holt, His Father Dr. Matthew Samuel Holt, and John D. Bermalt of Ashtabula, OH.

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.

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

7. Special Convention W. Va. State Federation of Labor, Charleston, W. Va.

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.

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

Inscribed on the back of the photo, 'Senator Rush D. Holt buys a peace bond from Frederick J. Libby, Executive Secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, which launched a million dollar issue of peace bonds to build a more adequate American peace movement.'

9. Senator Rush D. Holt Buys Peace Bond, Washington D. C.

Back of photograph reads: "Olivia de Havilland, film star here for the Washington premiere of "Gone With The Wind", pays a visit to the capitol. Where she was met by four bachelor Senators. Left to right are: Sen. Joe Guffey, Sen. Theodore Green, Sen. Richard Russell, and Rush D. Holt.

10. Star and Solons, Washington, D.C.

United States Senator Rush D. Holt from West Virginia poses with three unidentified men, one in a U.S. Navy uniform.

11. Senator Rush D. Holt and Friends

12. Senator Rush D. Holt Giving Speech