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The workers and caboose belong to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company.

53533. Railroad Workers in front of a Caboose

A view of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company's yard on Coal Siding Run near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

53534. Lumber Mill and Yard, Curtin, W. Va.

A view of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company's mill and yard on the Cherry River near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

53535. Lumber Mill and Yard, Curtin, W. Va.

Pearl S. Buck appears as guest on Spotlight, Saturday, April 15th at 2:00 p.m., discussing 'What is America's Role in Asia?', and the formation of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to aid American children in Asia.

53536. Pearl Buck on "Spotlight"

The back of the photo includes a newspaper caption that reads:Pearl S. Buck writes lovingly of "The Good Earth," saying it is the key to human life and world peace.

53537. Portrait of Pearl S. Buck

Pearl Buck is reads to children at Welcome House, the adoption agency for Asian-American children she founded in 1949.

53538. Pearl Buck Reading to Children

Pearl Buck is pictured working in her study at her farm in Perkasie, P. A.

53539. Pearl Buck In Her Study

53540. Pearl S. Buck at her Home in Danby, V. T.

A group of soldiers are trained in mountain climbing at Seneca Rocks during WWII.The back of the photo reads:"Some of Uncle Sam's soldiers will be able to vie with the best of the Swiss mountain climbers. A new phase of strenuous ground training for combat units really gives our fighting men something to sweat about. High up in West Virginia's mountains, men of the U.S. Army get a short tough course on how to overcome obstacles no matter how high. When the men complete the short period of training they're tops in their field. Under the best tutors and instructors in the art of scaling walls of sheer rock, they learn all there is to know about cliffs and mountains- except yodeling.PHOTO SHOWS: The going gets tougher and tougher the higher they get. Here a group of soldiers leave the thicket to begin the hard climb over sheer rock to reach the peak of Seneca Rock."

53541. U. S. Soldiers in Training at Seneca Rocks, W. Va.

Photograph taken 8 miles west of New Creek, W. Va. on US Route 50. Elevation 2725 feet.

53542. Allegheny Front and New Creek Mountains, W. Va.

53543. USS West Virginia (ACR-5)

A naval band welcomes Vice Admiral Henry A. Wiley aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia, a super-dreadnought in commission during WWII.

53544. Vice Admiral Henry A. Wiley Boards the U.S.S. West Virginia