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Located inside 4-H Club cottage. West Penn Public Service Co.

1. Electrical Apparatus, Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053300
Title:
Electrical Apparatus, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Located inside 4-H Club cottage. West Penn Public Service Co.
Signs on cottage read: "Electric kitchens; Electric Laundries."

2. Kanawha County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

IDNO:
053298
Title:
Kanawha County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Signs on cottage read: "Electric kitchens; Electric Laundries."
In the front row, from left to right, are Dove Hunohrey, Wallace Craft, Leon Jarvis, and Cris Thompson.Standing, from left to right, are William Craft, Pete Radzue, Eddie Jarvis, Theodore Dixon, Buss Royer, and Virgil Dillon.The "bat-boys" in the forefront of the photograph are Dyke Janeski and Edgar Foster.

3. White Oak Baseball Team, White Oak, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
052092
Title:
White Oak Baseball Team, White Oak, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
In the front row, from left to right, are Dove Hunohrey, Wallace Craft, Leon Jarvis, and Cris Thompson.Standing, from left to right, are William Craft, Pete Radzue, Eddie Jarvis, Theodore Dixon, Buss Royer, and Virgil Dillon.The "bat-boys" in the forefront of the photograph are Dyke Janeski and Edgar Foster.
American president Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the Pacific Fleet, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.

4. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Boards Cruiser Houston, San Francisco Bay, CA

IDNO:
052000
Title:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt Boards Cruiser Houston, San Francisco Bay, CA
Date:
1939
Description:
American president Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the Pacific Fleet, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.
An unidentified boy is pictured beside the machinery.

5. Electrical Apparatus at MWPP Service Company Cottage, Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:
051536
Title:
Electrical Apparatus at MWPP Service Company Cottage, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
An unidentified boy is pictured beside the machinery.
An interior look inside the cottage which holds the electrical apparatus machinery.

6. Electrical Apparatus at the MWPP Service Company Cottage, Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:
051535
Title:
Electrical Apparatus at the MWPP Service Company Cottage, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
An interior look inside the cottage which holds the electrical apparatus machinery.
Participants in the fashion show gather along the stairs. Subjects unidentified.

7. Style Show at Women's 4-H Camp in Unidentified Location

IDNO:
051348
Title:
Style Show at Women's 4-H Camp in Unidentified Location
Date:
1939
Description:
Participants in the fashion show gather along the stairs. Subjects unidentified.
A group of campers sit on a lawn outside of a log cabin while listening to a speaker.

8. Vesper Service at State Boys' 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

IDNO:
051329
Title:
Vesper Service at State Boys' 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
A group of campers sit on a lawn outside of a log cabin while listening to a speaker.
Portrait of Maryat Lee and her family at Christmas. Pictured left to right are her father, Dewitt Collins Lee, her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee holding hands with Maryat, and her oldest brother John Lee holding hands with her mother Grace Dyer Lee.Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.

9. Family Portrait of Maryat Lee and her Family at Christmas

IDNO:
049904
Title:
Family Portrait of Maryat Lee and her Family at Christmas
Date:
1939
Description:
Portrait of Maryat Lee and her family at Christmas. Pictured left to right are her father, Dewitt Collins Lee, her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee holding hands with Maryat, and her oldest brother John Lee holding hands with her mother Grace Dyer Lee.Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.
Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.

10. Maryat Lee and her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee at Christmas

IDNO:
049803
Title:
Maryat Lee and her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee at Christmas
Date:
1939
Description:
Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.
Col. Ted McDowell pictured in the front row between men wearing light collars.

11. Group Portrait at Moose Lodge, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
049533
Title:
Group Portrait at Moose Lodge, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Col. Ted McDowell pictured in the front row between men wearing light collars.
Dalf Lowry (left), Fred McDaniels (middle), and Joe Mann (right) pictured at Willowood Football Field, near Greenbrier River Bridge abutment.

12. Talcott High School Football Players, Talcott, W. Va.

IDNO:
049491
Title:
Talcott High School Football Players, Talcott, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Dalf Lowry (left), Fred McDaniels (middle), and Joe Mann (right) pictured at Willowood Football Field, near Greenbrier River Bridge abutment.