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Holt bond with an image of Rush D. Holt in the center.  Around the picture text reading "In the purchase of this bond I pledge myself to labor with all diligence to elect Honorable Rush D. Holt to the United States Senate."

997. Holt Bond

Portrait of Senator Rush D. Holt holding a paper.

998. Holt, Senator Rush D.

Senator Rush D. Holt speaking before a labor convention in Charleston, Sept. 30.

999. Holt, Senator Rush D. Speaking at a Labor Convention, Charleston, W. Va.

Senator Rush D. Holt speaking at the podium below an image of President Franklin Roosevelt.

1000. Holt, Senator Rush D. Making a Speech

A young boy leans against the outside of a fix-it shop in Ohio County.

1001. Unidentified Boy Outside Matt's Repair Shop, Triadelphia, W. Va.

Group of boys in the Grafton Baseball Club.

1002. Grafton Baseball Team

The backside of the Tygart River Dam near Grafton in Taylor County. A boat rests on the shore in the foreground.

1003. Tygart River Dam, Grafton, W. Va.

Senator Rush D. Holt and his wife, Helen, are reading the Charleston Daily Mail.

1004. Holt, Senator Rush D. and His Wife Reading the Newspaper

'The present site of John Brown's Fort as it now stands in a field overlooking the Shenandoah River in Va., a few miles from where it originally stood at Harpers Ferry.  It was placed here at the suggestion of Kate Field of Washington, after it had been exhibited at the Worlds Fair in Chicago.'  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 7514 for more information.

1005. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

'In 1859 John Brown, Kansas Abolitionist, and a part of followers seized this little engine house which was at the time serving as a government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.  The fort was dismantled in 1892 and shipped to the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Ill.  It was later returned to Harpers Ferry, where it is now being used as a museum on the campus of Storer College. This picture is an opposite side view of John Brown's Fort.'  After this description was written and Storer College closed, the fort was moved back to the lower town near its original site.

1006. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

'In 1859 John Brown, Kansas Abolitionist, and a part of followers seized this little engine house which was at the time serving as a government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.  The fort was dismanteled in 1892 and shipped to the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Ill.  It was laterreturned to Harpers Ferry, where it is now being used as a museum on the compus of Storer College. This picture is an opposite side view of John Brown's Fort.' 'From the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission, State Capitol, Charleston 5, W. Va.'

1007. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

The front view of Adam Stephens' house in Jefferson County.

1008. Home of Adam Stephens, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.