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- IDNO:
- 047129
- Title:
- Freshmen at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1919
- Description:
- Unidentified WVU freshmen pose on campus. Note: this photograph was found the Grafton Senior High School yearbook, 'The Re-echo of 1949'.
- IDNO:
- 047130
- Title:
- United States Army General Jonathan M. Wainwright, San Francisco, Ca.
- Date:
- 1945/08/14
- Description:
- Center: US Army General Jonathan M. Wainwright, Commander of Allied Forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to Japan in 1942. Wainwright was a POW, held by the Japanese until his liberation in August 1945.
- IDNO:
- 047131
- Title:
- Victory Over Japan Day Celebration San Francisco, Ca.
- Date:
- 1945/08/14
- Description:
- Two boys sit on under a post while celebrating Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces during World War II.
- IDNO:
- 047132
- Title:
- People on Trolley During V-J Day Celebration, San Francisco, Ca.
- Date:
- 1945/08/14
- Description:
- Civilians and Sailors perched the top of a trolley in San Francisco enjoying the celebration of Japan's surrender during World War II.
- IDNO:
- 047133
- Title:
- Ernest Tenner Weir
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- In 1909 Weir established the Weirton Steel Company and the town of Weirton in Hancock County, West Virginia along the Ohio River. Image is located in the book, "Progressive West Virginians" (published in 1923), on page 221.
- IDNO:
- 047134
- Title:
- Senator Rush D. Holt Buys Peace Bond, Washington D. C.
- Date:
- 1940
- Description:
- 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.'
- IDNO:
- 047135
- Title:
- Senator Rush D. Holt and Friend
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The young man with Senator Holt is not identified.
- IDNO:
- 047136
- Title:
- Senator Rush Holt Gives a Speech During Campaign Stop
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- Holt delivers a speech from the back of a train during his 1952 campaign for West Virginia Governor. The name of the train was the 'Eisenhower Special', after General Dwight D. Eisenhower who was running for president. Stamped on the back of the photo, ' Photographic Department Weirton Steel Co., Weirton, West Va.'.
- IDNO:
- 047137
- Title:
- Rush Holt Delivers Speech, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Surrounded by an audience, including local media such as WCHS Radio, with a large photograph of President Franklin Roosevelt hanging over his head, Rush Holt drives home his message.
- IDNO:
- 047138
- Title:
- United States Senator Rush D. Holt and Dog
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- U. S. Senator Holt from West Virginia, poses with a dog.
- IDNO:
- 047139
- Title:
- U. S. Senator Rush D. Holt from Weston, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1936
- Description:
- Portrait of United States Senator Rush D. Holt. Inscribed on the photograph,' Young people should not be afraid to put their ideas against those of their elders. They should not accept things simply because those things are old and conventional. This is a time for questioning and experimentation. It is through this kind of conflict that every worth while advance has come. Young people must not follow the old standards and leaders blindly through.'
- IDNO:
- 047140
- Title:
- United States Senator Rush Holt at Work, Washington, D. C.
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- Senator Rush Holt from Weston, West Virginia, at work seated at his desk.
