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Men in military uniforms and women in nurses uniforms sit on the truck bed of a vehicle sporting the Red Cross logo.

1. Red Cross Parade Vehicle, Charleston, W. Va.

"The Improved Order of Red Men is one of the nation's oldest patriotic fraternal organizations, established in 1834. Their rituals are modeled after those assumed to be used by Native Americans. The organization claimed a membership of about half a million in 1935, but has declined to a little more than 15,000. The Order's female auxiliary is the Degree of Pocahontas, which dates back to the 1880s."

2. 63rd Annual Session Improved Order of Red Men; 32nd Annual Session Degree of Pocohontas, Charleston, W. Va.

A man operates a Michigan loading shovel behind a building reading, "... Caterpillar Service."

3. West Virginia Tractor and Equipment Company Michigan Shovel, Charleston, W. Va.

A group of men stand outside of the theater where advertisements of the film, "Daughters of the Night" are displayed. Daughters of the Night came out in 1924.

4. "Daughters of the Night" at Kearse Theatre, Charleston, W. Va.

Scene at Hawks Nest State Park.

5. Hawks Nest Overlook, Fayette County, W. Va.

Dresses and winter coats, among other clothing articles, are displayed in the window by the entrance.

6. Diamond Brothers Clothing Store, Charleston, W. Va.

Employees of the Kroger stand behind a stand of fruits and vegetables.

7. Produce in Window of Kroger, likely Charleston, W. Va.

A variety of women's shoes are displayed in the windows by the entrance to the shop.

8. Lincoln Boot Shop, Charleston, W. Va.

Street view of the ivy covered building. "The capitol annex sat at the corner of Lee and Hale Streets and housed the offices of the auditor, treasurer, the Supreme Court, the state law library, the adjutant general, and the Department of Archives and History until the new capitol was completed in 1932. The building later housed the Kanawha County Public Library from 1926 to 1966 and Morris Harvey College from 1935 to 1947. The building was demolished in 1967."

9. Capitol Annex Building, Charleston, W. Va.

A large crowd is gathered outside of the state building, likely for an inauguration of some sort.

10. Crowd Gathered Outside Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

Conlon Bakery, home of Butter-Krust Bread, is an example of Art Deco design and was, at one point, the "world's most modern bakery."

11. Conlon Bakery, Charleston, W. Va.

The church was constructed in 1914 at the intersection of Birch Street and Bigley Avenue. The building was torn down from 2012-2013 and replaced by a Family Dollar store.

12. Central United Methodist Church, Charleston, W. Va.

Photograph of the fort's exterior. It was built in 1848 as a guard and fire engine house for the federal Harpers Ferry Armory in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, then a part of Virginia. Storer College was a historically black college. The fort was on the campus of Storer College from 1909 to 1968.

13. John Brown's Fort on Storer College Campus, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Envelope containing film negative reads, "Triple State Electric Company; Bartlett's Undertaking Est."

14. Triple State Electric Company Employee Beside "Bartlett" Cars

"The Weston State Hospital, also known as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, was constructed in the late 1800s and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. It is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America, and is purportedly the second largest in the world, next to the Kremlin. The original hospital, designed to house 250 souls, was open to patients in 1864 and reached its peak in the 1950s with 2,400 patients in overcrowded and generally poor conditions. Changes in the treatment of mental illness and the physical deterioration of the facility forced its closure in 1994 inflicting a devastating effect on the local economy, from which it has yet to recover. Today, the hospital is open to historical tours and ghost tours."

15. Weston State Hospital, Weston, W. Va.

Three men work prepare cans of Elk Motor Oil. The man on the left puts cans onto a conveyor belt, while the man in the middle holds a can under a machines, perhaps to be sealed, and the man on the right begins to package the cans in a box.

16. Preparing Cans of Elk Motor Oil for Shipment

Street view of Sanitary Meats, a butcher shop selling a variety of meats.

17. Sanitary Meats Butcher Shop, Charleston, W. Va.

Street view of the store's entrance. The store sells home decor items, appliances, and tools.

18. Home Goods Store S. & H. Greenstamps, Charleston, W. Va.

Interior of a store selling home goods such as decorative items, appliances, and tools.

19. S. & H. Greenstamps Store, Charleston, W. Va.

View of the building from the runway.

20. Kanawha Airport Administration Building and Control Tower, Charleston, W. Va.

A woman stands on a rock as she observe the scenery. In the background is a waterfall.

21. Blackwater Falls near Davis, W. Va.

A bus supplied by Mountain State Equipment Company is used for "Mack's Bus Line" in an unidentified location.

22. Mountain State Equipment Company Bus

Street view of the Freemason building.

23. Masonic Lodge and Masonic Temple Shrine Mosque, Charleston, W. Va.

The Knights Building hosts a variety of businesses, including Carson's Millinery, Household Finance Loans, Richman Bros. Clothes, The Baby Shop, The Loop Restaurant, and Capital Plan Loans.

24. Knights Building, Charleston, W. Va.