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Group portrait of the 1938 West Virginia University Football Team. Standing first on left is Coach Glenn.

1. WVU Football Team

'Miners, have you invented a gadget?'

2. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

View of camp facilities and cars parked nearby.

3. Camp Buckeye

A view of the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit held in Mercer County, West Virginia. 'Notice: Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that each reproduction shall hear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.'

4. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

A scene from the 5th Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit in Mercer County.

5. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

'White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Honorable H.G. Kump, Governor of  the State of West Virginia introduced by Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University, unveiled the bust of General Lee, which was modeled by Sculptor J.C. Motto of Cleveland, and Rome, at an impressive ceremony at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on Monday evening the 27th. The unveiling climaxed the Annual Children's Fancy Dress Ball, which took place in the Grand Ballroom. Sculptor Motto is standing beside the Bust.'

6. Unveiling of the Bust of General Lee at the Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

7. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

First class in 1938, Logan County, Omar, W. Va. Employees of W. Va. Coal and Coke Co., Sydnor supt. Before becoming certified, miners must pass state examination. Shown here is a group taking the examination at the state capitol, which may certify them as Mine Foremen. U.G. Carter, instructor on the left in the back. Marvin Kesler, state mine examiner on right in back.

8. Miners Taking State Mine Examination

The first mining class being taught by U.G. Carter in Logan County, 1938.

9. First Mining Class, Instructor U. G. Carter, Logan County

Group photo of the Shepherd College Choir in robes. Only identified member is Melvin Tracy Snyder, top row, 6th from the left.

10. Shepherd College Choir, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

11. Boys Pose In Old Fire Watch Tower on Spruce Knob, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Participants and audience for the first annual Greenbrier Music Festival held on the North Lawn of the Greenbrier Hotel.

12. First Annual Greenbrier Music Festival, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

'Miners, have you invented a gadget?'

13. Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, Mercer County, W. Va.

Group portrait of the Arthurdale Band in 1938.

14. Arthurdale Band, Arthurdale, W. Va.

'Lee Monument Ball 1938 at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The Riley Dance.'

15. Lee Monument Ball at the Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

A group portrait of the First Consitutional Convention, PMWA District 5, Madisonville, KY.

16. First Consitutional Convention, P.M.W.A. District 5, Madisonville, Ky.

Winning team of Lester Hamrick and Clyde Hamrick at chopping and sawing contest.

17. Chopping and Sawing Contest, Webster County, W. Va.

People fill the streets for the 100 Anniverary Celebration. 'Copyrighted 1955, All Rights Reserved By Harlow Warren, 320 North Kanawha St., Beckley, W. Va.'

18. 100th Anniversary Festivities, Beckley, W. Va.

19. Grafton Basketball Player Lobis, Guard

Group portrait of anthracite organizers of the P.M.W.A.  'Org- Dist - 9 - Pa. - Shamokin, Pa.'  From left to right, Fisher, O'Gara, Director Donohue, Koble.

20. Progressive Mine Workers of America Anthracite Organizers, District 9, Shamokin, Pa.

21. Journalism Students at the Morgantown Post, West Virginia University

Class of 1938: 'Back row: Bruce Daniels, Hazel Brown, Mary Napper, Levi Allison, Vivian Rideoutt, Violet Green. Middle row: Cornelius Dawson, Harry J. McDonald, James Law, Herman Lytle, Pearl Abbott, Allen Anderson. Bottom row: Marion McClung, Margaret Wright, Prof. Saunder, Imogene Holley, Dr. McDonald, Dean McDonald, Mrs. Norma Moore, Charlotte Smith, Lillian Burns.

22. Graduating Class in Cap and Gown, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

ROTC Band playing as companies march on the old athletic field.

23. ROTC Muster in front of the Armory, West Virginia University

Members of WVU ROTC Band pose for a group photo as winners of Old Clothes Parade on a hillside.  A few sponsors are present among cadets.  Most of the male cadets wear costumes improvised from kitchen items to musical instruments etc.

24. ROTC Old Clothes Parade Winners, West Virginia University

An assembly of R.O.T.C. cadets on a plaza (now Mountainlair Parking Area).  A row of cadets with different uniforms and sponsors are appeared to be receiving words.  In the background, Stewart Hall, Clark Hall and roofed stadium seats in where Mountainlair is located now are seen.

25. ROTC Cadets Assembled for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

Four R.O.T.C. cadets participated in Old Clothes Parade pose with guns.

26. ROTC Cadets Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

27. ROTC Cadets Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

28. ROTC Cadets in the Archway of the Armory Building, West Virginia University

29. ROTC Band, West Virginia University

30. ROTC Cadets Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

31. ROTC Cadets Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

32. ROTC Cadets Muster on Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Cadets and sponsors pose for a photo shoot while onlookers watch the event from the embankment behind.

33. ROTC Cadets Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

A cadet dressed in hula skirt for Old Clothes Parade poses with a R.O.T.C. flag in hand in Drill Field.

34. ROTC Cadet Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

Cadets and sponsors dressed in costume; scores of onlookers watch the event from the embankment behind.

35. ROTC Cadets and Sponsors Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

Cadet with two balloons.

36. ROTC Cadets Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

Cadets and band members dressed in costume; a saxophone player without a shirt  turns to pose for a photo.

37. ROTC Cadets Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

Two cadets in costume pose with a uniformed cadet.

38. ROTC Cadets Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

39. ROTC Sponsors in Costume for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

Two men dressed as women also in the photograph.

40. ROTC Sponsors in Costume for the Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

A cadet hugs a sponsor dressed in costume next to a classic highwheel bicycle.

41. ROTC Cadet and Sponsor Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

The units march in Drill Field for a ceremonial assembly.

42. ROTC Exercise on Athletic Field, West Virginia University

A sponsor dressed in costume made from grain bag.

43. ROTC Sponsor Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

The cadets of company A sit on bleachers with officers for a group portrait near Oglebay Hall.

44. ROTC Company A, West Virginia University

The cadets of company B sit on bleachers with officers for a group portrait in front of Oglebay Hall.

45. ROTC Company B, West Virginia University

The cadets of company C sit on bleachers with officers for a group portrait near Oglebay Hall.

46. ROTC Company C, West Virginia University

The cadets of company D sit on bleachers with officers for a group photo near Oglebay Hall.

47. ROTC Company D, West Virginia University

The cadets of company E sit on bleachers with officers for a group portrait near Oglebay Hall.

48. ROTC Company E, West Virginia University