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Group portrait of members of the Mt. Zion Farm Women's Club, in Pocahontas County, who prepared the exhibit 'Lines to Lighten Labor' for the 1947 County Fair.

1. Mt. Zion Farm Women's Club in Pocahontas County

IDNO:
001570
Title:
Mt. Zion Farm Women's Club in Pocahontas County
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Group portrait of members of the Mt. Zion Farm Women's Club, in Pocahontas County, who prepared the exhibit 'Lines to Lighten Labor' for the 1947 County Fair.

2. Coal Loading at Winding Gulf CollieriesTipple

IDNO:
002064
Title:
Coal Loading at Winding Gulf CollieriesTipple
Date:
ca. 1947

3. Coal Filled Hoppers, Winding Gulf Collieries

IDNO:
002067
Title:
Coal Filled Hoppers, Winding Gulf Collieries
Date:
ca. 1947
Miners ready to go to work in mine cars.

4. Miners about to Enter Mine in Mine Cars, Possibly Winding Gulf Collieries

IDNO:
002086
Title:
Miners about to Enter Mine in Mine Cars, Possibly Winding Gulf Collieries
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Miners ready to go to work in mine cars.
Family saying prayer at the dinner table. From Book: A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry, a report of the coal mine administration. 'Washington: 1947.'

5. West Virginia Mining Family at the Dinner Table

IDNO:
002826
Title:
West Virginia Mining Family at the Dinner Table
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Family saying prayer at the dinner table. From Book: A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry, a report of the coal mine administration. 'Washington: 1947.'
A crowd of the people attending the Kile Reunion at Judy Church in Pendleton County, W. Va.

6. Kile Reunion at Judy Church, Pendleton County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014509
Title:
Kile Reunion at Judy Church, Pendleton County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
A crowd of the people attending the Kile Reunion at Judy Church in Pendleton County, W. Va.
View of U. S. 50 three miles west of Macomber, W. Va.

7. Curves on U. S. 50, East Side of Laurel Mountain, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
015577
Title:
Curves on U. S. 50, East Side of Laurel Mountain, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
View of U. S. 50 three miles west of Macomber, W. Va.
Walter Reuther to speak at the Municipal Auditorium in Charleston. Prizes, including this Frazier Sedan are to be given away. Sponsored by the Kanawha Valley Industrial Union Council, C. I. O.

8. Advertising a C.I.O. P.A.C. Day Event on Feb 21st, Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017179
Title:
Advertising a C.I.O. P.A.C. Day Event on Feb 21st, Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Walter Reuther to speak at the Municipal Auditorium in Charleston. Prizes, including this Frazier Sedan are to be given away. Sponsored by the Kanawha Valley Industrial Union Council, C. I. O.
African-American student, Marion Virginia Johnson Reeler, holding sheet music and singing.

9. Marion Virginia Johnson Reeler, Class of 1947, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
022444
Title:
Marion Virginia Johnson Reeler, Class of 1947, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
African-American student, Marion Virginia Johnson Reeler, holding sheet music and singing.
Credit if published: Courtesy Norfolk and Virginia Railway

10. View of Bridge Crossing New River

IDNO:
025605
Title:
View of Bridge Crossing New River
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Credit if published: Courtesy Norfolk and Virginia Railway
See original for description of Summers County 4-H activities relating to Achievement Day, Health, and Exhibits.

11. 4-H Group with Canned Foods and Vegetables, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
026854
Title:
4-H Group with Canned Foods and Vegetables, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
See original for description of Summers County 4-H activities relating to Achievement Day, Health, and Exhibits.

12. Reverend John J. Swint, Bishop of Wheeling

IDNO:
029978
Title:
Reverend John J. Swint, Bishop of Wheeling
Date:
ca. 1947

13. John Dean and E. A. Carter, Stonewall Jackson High School

IDNO:
030106
Title:
John Dean and E. A. Carter, Stonewall Jackson High School
Date:
ca. 1947
'Federations prize essayist meets President Truman--John Dean, 16, Charleston's Stonewall Jackson high school student who submitted prize-winning composition in the federation's 1947 essay contest, visits President Harry Truman at the White House in company with President E. A. Carter (left) and West Virginia Senator Harley M. Kilgore (right).

14. West Virginia Federation of Labor Essay Contest Winner, John Dean, with President Truman

IDNO:
030124
Title:
West Virginia Federation of Labor Essay Contest Winner, John Dean, with President Truman
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
'Federations prize essayist meets President Truman--John Dean, 16, Charleston's Stonewall Jackson high school student who submitted prize-winning composition in the federation's 1947 essay contest, visits President Harry Truman at the White House in company with President E. A. Carter (left) and West Virginia Senator Harley M. Kilgore (right).
Back row on the further left: E. A. Carter, President W. Va. State Federation of Labor, second from the right on the back row is John Dean--winner of the Essay contest. Also included State Superintendent of Schools Dr. W. W. Trent, County Superintendent of Schools, Virgil L. Flinn; Principal of Stonewall Jackson High School Professor Horner. Ronald Bowley, David McClure, Dane Bogges and Theodore Smith are runner ups.

15. Winner of Essay Contest and Members of State Federation of Labor

IDNO:
030125
Title:
Winner of Essay Contest and Members of State Federation of Labor
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Back row on the further left: E. A. Carter, President W. Va. State Federation of Labor, second from the right on the back row is John Dean--winner of the Essay contest. Also included State Superintendent of Schools Dr. W. W. Trent, County Superintendent of Schools, Virgil L. Flinn; Principal of Stonewall Jackson High School Professor Horner. Ronald Bowley, David McClure, Dane Bogges and Theodore Smith are runner ups.
Coughlin was WVU's Mountaineer Mascot during the 1946-1947 school year.

16. Mountaineer Mascot, James G. Coughlin Leading Parade Down High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
040697
Title:
Mountaineer Mascot, James G. Coughlin Leading Parade Down High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Coughlin was WVU's Mountaineer Mascot during the 1946-1947 school year.
Seized by John Brown and later 'successively' held by Federal and Confederate Armies. Caption on back of postcard reads: "Of the many places that were in a constant state of siege during the Civil War, Harper's Ferry suffered most heavily. The Government arsenal and armories located there were destroyed by Federal Troops to prevent their capture by the Confederates. These buildings were erected sometime after the Revolutionary War, and it was there that many of the old flint lock rifles were made that were used in the War of 1812." Published by John Myerly Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

17. U.S. Armory Buildings at Time of Civil War; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
042635
Title:
U.S. Armory Buildings at Time of Civil War; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Seized by John Brown and later 'successively' held by Federal and Confederate Armies. Caption on back of postcard reads: "Of the many places that were in a constant state of siege during the Civil War, Harper's Ferry suffered most heavily. The Government arsenal and armories located there were destroyed by Federal Troops to prevent their capture by the Confederates. These buildings were erected sometime after the Revolutionary War, and it was there that many of the old flint lock rifles were made that were used in the War of 1812." Published by John Myerly Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by The A. W. Smith News Agency. See original for correspondence and further information about the Rock Lake swimming pool provided by the postcard. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

18. Rock Lake Swimming Pool, Stop 12, St. Albans Line; Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
042816
Title:
Rock Lake Swimming Pool, Stop 12, St. Albans Line; Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Published by The A. W. Smith News Agency. See original for correspondence and further information about the Rock Lake swimming pool provided by the postcard. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
(From postcard collection legacy system.)

19. U. S. Post Office; St. Marys, W. Va.

IDNO:
043714
Title:
U. S. Post Office; St. Marys, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system.)
(From postcard collection legacy system.)

20. Pleasants County Court House; St. Marys, W. Va.

IDNO:
043716
Title:
Pleasants County Court House; St. Marys, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. Published by Colourpicture Publication. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

21. Suspension Bridge, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
044438
Title:
Suspension Bridge, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
See original for correspondence. Published by Colourpicture Publication. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

22. People Waiting to Board Cable Car Traveling Line of Weston to Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
045359
Title:
People Waiting to Board Cable Car Traveling Line of Weston to Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Aerial view of the construction site.

23. Bluestone Dam Under Construction, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045648
Title:
Bluestone Dam Under Construction, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Aerial view of the construction site.
In the front row is Joe Sowers; Frankie Martin; Robert E. Via, Jr.; Bill Comer; Eddie Huston.In the second row is Martin loudermilk; Kay Bartgis; Edward "Chubby" Halloran; Bobby "Bo" Joe Gill; Tom Akers.In the third row is Frank "Junior" Buckland; Jim Bragg; Elmer Schaffer; Benny Dillon.The coach (unpictured) is "Buck" Porterfield.

24. Talcott High School Basketball Team Portrait, Talcott, W. Va.

IDNO:
049496
Title:
Talcott High School Basketball Team Portrait, Talcott, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
In the front row is Joe Sowers; Frankie Martin; Robert E. Via, Jr.; Bill Comer; Eddie Huston.In the second row is Martin loudermilk; Kay Bartgis; Edward "Chubby" Halloran; Bobby "Bo" Joe Gill; Tom Akers.In the third row is Frank "Junior" Buckland; Jim Bragg; Elmer Schaffer; Benny Dillon.The coach (unpictured) is "Buck" Porterfield.
Photo of the schoolhouse.

25. Lockbridge School, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
050054
Title:
Lockbridge School, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
Photo of the schoolhouse.
The 1947 football team of Morgantown High pictured for a team portrait.

26. Morgantown High's Team of 1947, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
050573
Title:
Morgantown High's Team of 1947, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1947
Description:
The 1947 football team of Morgantown High pictured for a team portrait.