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Picture of the Y.M.W. luncheon which took place at the Memorial Building in Kimball, McDowell County, Monday, March 27th, 1950 at 1 o'clock. The luncheon was free and the purpose of the meeting was to discuss plans for organizing Older Youth Groups. The age limits for YMW club membership was approximately 18 to 30. Married and unmarried young people are eligible. In every community there was a need for a program to bridge the gap between organized junior programs and the homemakers program and to include both men and women.

1. African-American Extension Workers at a Y.M.W. Luncheon in Kimball, McDowell County, W. Va.

Exterior view of the tobacco barn constructed by Mr. A. C. Curry in Lincoln County. 'Narrow Ventilation doors which were opened in the front of the barn for this picture are located on all four sides of the barn. The barn is 50 feet wide, 60 feet long and 41 feet to the roof at the center of the barn.'

2. Tobacco Barn in Lincoln County

A close-up view of a rectifier at the Williams River Mine in Webster County, W. Va.  Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va.

3. Rectifier at the Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.

A man is shoveling snow on the corner of Cleveland and Locust Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

4. Shoveling Snow at the Corner of Cleveland and Locust Avenue, Fairmont, W. Va.

The view from Madison Street looking toward Jefferson Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm in 1950.

5. Snow Covered Madison Street Looking toward Jefferson, Fairmont, W. Va.

Two men are shoveling snow in Fairmont, West Virginia after the big snow storm of 1950.

6. Shoveling Snow After the Storm, Fairmont, W. Va.