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"Old and Useless made New and Useful," Display features clothing and household items that have been repaired or made from other items.

1. 4-H Club Girls Display

Three women sitting in a meeting.

2. West Virginia Farm Women

Plot measured, planted and cared for by Corn Club Member Raymond Taylor.

3. Corn Club Plot, Clay County, W. Va.

4. Young Child at Inspiration Point

Reverse of photo reads: "The only purebred beef bull in Kanawha County when B. B. Ezell began as county agent."

5. County Agent with Purebred Beef Bull, Kanawha County, W. Va.

Eleanor Bigelow, Jessie Davis and Eleanor Talbott demonstrating to a group of New England state 4-H leaders at the Eastern State Exposition how West Virginia boys and girls earn their 4-H's.

6. 4-H Demonstration, Springfield, MA

Group of 4-H members pose in front of cottage as late stages of construction are completed.

7. Monroe County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

8. Randolph County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

9. Dedication of Calhoun County Cottage at Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

10. 4-H Club Dining Hall Under Construction, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

11. Upshur County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

12. Monongalia County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Agricultural land being stripped by the C and P Coal Company in Taylor County. After mining, this land will be leveled and sloped for drainage, then restored to productive farm cover.

13. C and P Coal Company Strip Mine; Taylor County, W. Va.

Display featuring trees, fruits, and wildflowers found in West Virginia.

14. 4-H Club West Virginia Trees and Fruits Display

Farm owned by John Gemma.

15. Motorized Feed Grinder on Harrison County, W. Va. Farm

Home of Mrs. Mary Lazelle.

16. Chick Brooder in Farm Home on Grafton Road, Morgantown, W. Va.

Display of pig, lamb, and chicken brooders, brooderator and chicken water warmer. Located inside Rural Electrification Building, Jackson's Mill W. Va.

17. Display of Livestock Equipment, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Torner, a Monongahela Power Co. staff member of the Elkins Division sharpens a knife on a motorized grindstone in Millcreek High School Vo-Ag shop.

18. J. V. H. Torner, Monongahela Power Company; Elkins, W.Va.

Liggett uses electric drill in Mill Creek High School Vo-Ag shop in order to make crate body for truck.

19. Barrett Liggett, Randolph County Farmer

Mr. Holt holding hay for foreign tour group, which contains members from Italy, France, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria.

20. C. P. Holt Farm, Grant County, W. Va.

21. Woman And Child Stand Outside Farmhouse

Image of home which received numerous improvements.  See ID # 053343, 053344, 053345, 053346, 053347, and 053348.

22. West Virginia Farmhouse Exterior

Image of home which received numerous improvements.  See ID # 053342, 053344, 053345, 053346, 053347, and 053348.

23. West Virginia Farmhouse Exterior

Image of home which received numerous improvements.  See ID # 053342, 053343, 053345, 053346, 053347, and 053348.

24. West Virginia Farmhouse Exterior

Image of home which received numerous improvements.  See ID # 053342, 053343, 053344, 053345, 053346, and 053348.

25. West Virginia Farmhouse Exterior

Image of home which received numerous improvements.  See ID # 053342, 053343, 053344, 053345, 053346, and 053347.

26. West Virginia Farmhouse Exterior

Possibly located in Weston, W. Va.

27. Home of Mary K. Ward

28. West Virginia Home

Owned by Mrs. J. M. Smith.

29. Tourist Home in Keyser, Mineral County, W. Va.

Owned by Mrs. Paul Priest.

30. Tourist Home in Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

31. Rogers Tourist Home

Image of home which received numerous improvements.  See ID # 053342, 053343, 053344, 053346, 053347, and 053348.

32. West Virginia Farmhouse Exterior

Image of home which received numerous improvements.  See ID # 053342, 053343, 053344, 053345, 053347, and 053348.

33. West Virginia Farmhouse Exterior

34. 4-H Club Canning, Upshur County, W. Va.

Tree conservation project displayed by Richard Johnson.

35. 4-H Club Conservation Project

Marjorie Given from Webster County, W. Va., demonstrates preparing a clothing dye.

36. 4-H Club Clothing Demonstration

Left: June Helmick, right: Betty Miller.

37. Webster County 4-H Club Dairy Production Demonstration

Clockwise from top left: milk delivery truck, screening and processing milk, washing hands, sterilizing equipment.

38. Dairy Production Photo Collage

During World War II, war prisoners were housed at this camp on the head-waters of Little Clear Creek in Greenbrier County. The prisoners were employed to lay railroad track into a large stand of virgin timber. The operator stated that the German prisoners were the finest type of labor and did an excellent job.

39. World War II POW Camp; Greenbrier County, W. Va.

40. West Virginia Farm Women, Rural Electrification School

41. Enclosed Deck of Unidentified Home

42. Home Interior, Bedroom

43. Home Interior, Dining Room

44. Home Interior, Living Room

45. Braxton County 4-H Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

46. Gilmer County Cottage Under Construction, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

47. Gilmer County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Delauder's home before renovations.

48. Home Renovation, Hunter's Fork, W. Va.

Delauder's Home after ronovations. caption reads: "They Sodded bare spots, built walks, planted shrubs, built a fence and enclosed foundation of the house."

49. Home Renovation, Hunter's Fork, W. Va.

Cross' home before renovations.

50. Home Renovation, Hunter's Fork, W. Va.

Cross' home after renovations. Caption reads: "They improved the foundation of their home."

51. Home Renovation, Hunter's Fork, W. Va.

Sign reads: "Pasture, West Virginia's Main Crop Needs Improvement, For Details See Your County Agent."

52. West Virginia Pasture Display Advocating Use of Crop Treatment

Top left: pasture; bottom left: farmhouse; right: farmer holding some of his crop.

53. Collage Featuring Man With Farmhouse and Pasture

54. McWhorter Cabin, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

The women are weaving baskets.

55. Women at Regional J. W. Camp, Headsville, W. Va.

Cabin builders pose in front of building.

56. Randolph County Log Cabin, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Students participating in class in Woodburn Hall.

57. Woodburn Hall, WVU, Morgantown, W. Va.

58. Community Home, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

59. White Sulphur Springs Home, Greenbrier County W. Va.

"1st dining room and kitchen down by the creek. Mill at right of building."

60. First 4-H Camp, Jacskon's Mill, W. Va.

A row of tents in a field.

61. First 4-H Camp, Jacskon's Mill, W. Va.

Building at left is the old mill.

62. First 4-H Camp, Jacskon's Mill, W. Va.

63. First 4-H Camp, Jacskon's Mill, W. Va.

Campers gathered under trees.

64. First 4-H Camp, Jacskon's Mill, W. Va.

"First assembly room under the Chestnut Trees."

65. First 4-H Camp, Jacskon's Mill, W. Va.

W. A. Lawson fertilizes potato crop through funnel.

66. Fertilizing Potato Demonstration; Kanawha County, W. Va.

"Raymond Taylor, a Corn Club boy of Clay County selecting seed corn. He is here removing the tassels from poor stalk."

67. Corn Club Boy, Clay County, W. Va.

68. Wheat Harvesting, Kanawha County, W. Va.

Two women show the others a scheme for removing jars from a canning boiler.

69. "Colored Church" in Mingo County, W. Va.

African American Women and children leaving the demonstration, books in hand.

70. 4-H Club Demonstration, Cinderella, W. Va.

Back of photo reads: "Bus Garage at Henlawson, Logan County, in which the superintendent of the mine set up a gas stove so that I might demonstrate there."

71. Bus Garage, Henlawson, Logan County W. Va.

Members perch on a horse-drawn wagon

72. Boys and Girls Club, Kanawha County, W. Va.

Agricultural Spraying machine mounted on buggy demonstrated for farmers.

73. Spraying Demonstration, Kanawha County W. Va.

County Champions holding their winning products.

74. Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs, Pleasants County W. Va.

"A small group of club girls start work in canning."

75. 4-H Club Girls, W. Va.

"Century of Progress" buildings were displayed as part of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. West Virginia was represented at the fair.

76. Century of Progress Building

Young woman pictured with display of 4-H Club items, holding flag that reads "Demonstration Girls Club."

77. Rivesville Woman with West Virginia 4-H Club Display

Children in front of poultry exhibit, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

78. Poultry Exhibit at Pocahontas County Fair

Room with chalk board and desks set up for Woman's Club meetings.

79. Woman's Club Meeting Room, Harpers Ferry District

Woman's Club Meeting Room, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

80. Woman's Club Meeting Room, Harpers Ferry District, W. Va.

Several tobacco farmers displaying the success of root-rot resistant tobacco plants. Men are standing in front of root-rot resistance variety plants, with smaller, recently transplanted tobacco plants in foreground.

81. Tobacco Farm in Mason County, W. Va.

A field of "Kentucky 16" tobacco in Cabell County. This crop was primed and around 500 sticks were taken from crop of 1.3 acres. Average number of leaves on stalk at time of harvest, after priming, was 16 leaves.

82. Tobacco Farm in Cabell County, W. Va.

Curing barn in Cabell County, W. Va.

83. Tobacco Curing, Cabell County, W. Va.

A field of Kentucky 41A tobacco in Mason County, W. Va. This tobacco was primed and permitted to stand in the field until thoroughly ripe even in extreme dry weather.

84. Tobacco Farm in Mason County, W. Va.

Williams family having dinner in their Doddridge County, W. Va. home.

85. Doddridge County Family Dinner

"Members of the Charleston Salvation Army (right) distribute food to the needy, made available under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's increased food distribution plan. Canned pork and gravy, dried beans, dried eggs, and peanut butter have been added to the other abundant foods being distributed in areas where needs are pressing, particularly in areas of high unemployment." USDA office of information photograph.

86. Salvation Army Food Distribution, Charleston, W. Va.

"Katie Doonan shown at her studio where she announced the dates that abundant agricultural commodities would be distributed to the needy in the Charleston area. The stepped-up distribution of food was caused by President Kennedy's Executive Order Number 1, which added protein foods to the list of commodities being distributed." United States Department of Agriculture Office of Information.

87. "Katie's Kitchen" Radio Program, Charleston, W. Va.

"Empty coal cars and boarded-up and abandoned houses symbolize the idleness that has come upon this community following a decrease in coal production in the area. Other parts of the country are also affected by high unemployment. President Kennedy's Executive Order Number 1, calling for stepped-up distribution of abundant agricultural commodities, will aid areas of pressing need such as this." USDA Office of Information.

88. Abandoned Coal Town, Ethel, W. Va.

"Cartons of butter being loaded onto supply truck as part of revamped food distribution program emphasized by President Kennedy under Executive Order Number 1. Butter will be taken to distribution center and given to needy persons."

89. Salvation Army Supply Truck Being Loaded at Warehouse, Charleston, W. Va.

"Bud McDonald, right, unemployed, and Richard Love, boy belonging to another family in the community, eat a dinner comprised completely of agricultural commodities made available under the stepped-up food distribution program emphasized by President Kennedy. Various members of community were assembled to illustrate use of distributed foods. Ethel, W. Va."

90. Staged Photo Promoting Food Distribution Program

"Bud McDonald, one of the many persons now unemployed by the decrease in coal production in the area, reads a newspaper announcing President Kennedy's Executive Order Number 1, which made abundant agricultural commodities available to agencies for welfare distribution in areas of pressing need around the country, particularly those of high unemployment. Newspaper is dated January 22, 1961. With McDonald are Zelma Farmer and Jamie Deskin, both of Ethel, W. Va."

91. Charleston Gazette-Mail Newspaper Announcing President Kennedy's Executive Order Number One

"A "Family" composed of members of community to represent typical family in this area, is shown eating a meal prepared completely from food distributed under President Kennedy's Executive Order Number 1. Clockwise, starting with man are: Bud McDonald; Patty Farmer; her mother, Mrs. Farmer; Billy Privet; and Jimmy and Richard Love."

92. Community Members Gathered For Meal Prepared with Distributed Food, Ethel, W. Va.

93. W. Va. State Boys 4-H Camp

Welcome sign advertising the "Famous Smoke Hole Caverns" in Petersburg, West Virginia.  Petersburg tannery building in background.

94. Welcome Sign, Petersburg, W. Va.

95. 4-H Club Farm and Home Management

Front left to right: Guy Farmer of Lincoln County, Electric winner; Miss Margaret Adele Bigelow of Wood County, Alumni recognition; Kenneth Kissel of Marshall County, forestry winner.Standing left to right: Aleta Rae Strader ofUpshur County, Canning winner; Sally Ann Ours of Grant County, Achievement winner; Ralph Izard of Boone County, recreation winner; Dwaine Hornbeck of Upshur County, beautification of home grounds winner, and Joan Lee of Kanawha County, leadership winner.

96. National 4-H Award Winners From W. Va.