Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
1936/04/01
Description:
Holt was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1931-1954 and a senator from 1935-1941 on the Democratic ticket. By 1936, Holt emerged as a vocal conservative critic of the New Deal, attacking, for example, the Works Progress Administration as corrupt and inefficient. He switched to the Republican party in 1949.
Pep Society, Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1922
Description:
Banner on the door advertises a basketball game between Morgantown and Shinnston. Thirty one out of forty students are identified. See original for identification.
Unidentified Men Pose for Group Portrait in Adamsville, W. Va.
Date:
1890-1920
Description:
Group of unidentified men, a child, four horses, and a dog pose for a group portrait in front of Barrack & Son General Black-Smithing Store near Shinnston, W. Va.