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Three men operate a tractor through a cornfield spreading insectisides with two other men walking alongside it. Text above photograph 'Corn Borer damage on sweet corn planted the last week of April and up to the first half of May has been increasing each year. Marketable sweet corn cannot be produced through that period without insecticides and each year it takes greater coverage to do the job. They started with 3 and now are satisfied with 5 applications.' Photograph taken in Hancock County

1. Spreading Insecticides by Tractor in the Cornfield

IDNO:
001139
Title:
Spreading Insecticides by Tractor in the Cornfield
Date:
1949
Description:
Three men operate a tractor through a cornfield spreading insectisides with two other men walking alongside it. Text above photograph 'Corn Borer damage on sweet corn planted the last week of April and up to the first half of May has been increasing each year. Marketable sweet corn cannot be produced through that period without insecticides and each year it takes greater coverage to do the job. They started with 3 and now are satisfied with 5 applications.' Photograph taken in Hancock County
Man standing next to a tractor with a belt attached to it in Hancock County.

2. Farmer With His Tractor, Hancock County

IDNO:
001564
Title:
Farmer With His Tractor, Hancock County
Date:
1949
Description:
Man standing next to a tractor with a belt attached to it in Hancock County.
Candid portrait of C.C. Herron, the conservation farmer of the year 1949, in his Hancock County cornfield.

3. Herron, C. C., Conservation Farmer of the Year Standing in His Cornfield in Hancock County

IDNO:
001567
Title:
Herron, C. C., Conservation Farmer of the Year Standing in His Cornfield in Hancock County
Date:
1949
Description:
Candid portrait of C.C. Herron, the conservation farmer of the year 1949, in his Hancock County cornfield.
View of the C.C. Herron Farm in Hancock County.

4. Herron, C. C.'s Farm in Hancock County

IDNO:
001568
Title:
Herron, C. C.'s Farm in Hancock County
Date:
1949
Description:
View of the C.C. Herron Farm in Hancock County.
Farm pond on the A.H. Hillyard farm with a man casting his fishing line. Caption reads, 'Farm ponds are still increasing. This one on the A. H. Hillyard Farm not only provides excellent fishing but water supply for irrigating vegetables as well. (Benton Hazellat, Chairman North Panhandle Soil Conservation District)'

5. Hillyard's Farm Pond in Hancock County

IDNO:
001569
Title:
Hillyard's Farm Pond in Hancock County
Date:
1949
Description:
Farm pond on the A.H. Hillyard farm with a man casting his fishing line. Caption reads, 'Farm ponds are still increasing. This one on the A. H. Hillyard Farm not only provides excellent fishing but water supply for irrigating vegetables as well. (Benton Hazellat, Chairman North Panhandle Soil Conservation District)'
A close-up view of a rectifier in the Williams River Mine in Webster County, W. Va. Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va. 'Taken by mechanization' written on the front of the photograph.

6. Rectifier at Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004526
Title:
Rectifier at Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
1949
Description:
A close-up view of a rectifier in the Williams River Mine in Webster County, W. Va. Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va. 'Taken by mechanization' written on the front of the photograph.
Miners walk along a road with their lunch pails at the Williams River Mine in Webster County. Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va. 'Taken in mechanization' written on the front of the photograph.

7. Miners at the Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004534
Title:
Miners at the Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
1949
Description:
Miners walk along a road with their lunch pails at the Williams River Mine in Webster County. Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va. 'Taken in mechanization' written on the front of the photograph.
A close-up view of rectrifier in Williams River Mine (Webster County), W. Va. Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va. 'Taken by mechanization' written on the front of the photograph.

8. Rectifier at Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004535
Title:
Rectifier at Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
1949
Description:
A close-up view of rectrifier in Williams River Mine (Webster County), W. Va. Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va. 'Taken by mechanization' written on the front of the photograph.

9. View of the New River and Bridge from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
012503
Title:
View of the New River and Bridge from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1949

10. View of Dam and Reservoir from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
012504
Title:
View of Dam and Reservoir from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1949
People enjoying the scenic view of the mountains and the river from Hawk's Nest in Fayette County.

11. View from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
012505
Title:
View from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1949
Description:
People enjoying the scenic view of the mountains and the river from Hawk's Nest in Fayette County.
A view of the New River and rapids from Hawk's Nest in Fayette County.

12. Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
012506
Title:
Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1949
Description:
A view of the New River and rapids from Hawk's Nest in Fayette County.