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Ruth Smith Norris (left) and Eula Mae Garten (right) pose in Christmas sweaters. The Ruffner Hotel and the Union Building can be seen in the background.

1. Two Women on South Side Bridge, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:: 049462
Title:: Two Women on South Side Bridge, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1939
Description:: Ruth Smith Norris (left) and Eula Mae Garten (right) pose in Christmas sweaters. The Ruffner Hotel and the Union Building can be seen in the background.

Four women pose outside of a house. Two of the are in bathing suits. Subjects unidentified.

2. Four Women, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:: 052377
Title:: Four Women, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: undated
Description:: Four women pose outside of a house. Two of the are in bathing suits. Subjects unidentified.

Duesenberry speaks to the horse as she walks it along a trail.

3. Mrs. Duesenberry and Horse, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:: 052380
Title:: Mrs. Duesenberry and Horse, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: undated
Description:: Duesenberry speaks to the horse as she walks it along a trail.

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

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

IDNO:: 052404
Title:: Diamond Brothers Clothing Store, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: undated
Description:: Dresses and winter coats, among other clothing articles, are displayed in the window by the entrance.

"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."

5. 63rd Annual Session Improved Order of Red Men; 32nd Annual Session Degree of Pocohontas, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:: 052408
Title:: 63rd Annual Session Improved Order of Red Men; 32nd Annual Session Degree of Pocohontas, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: 1934/05/22-1934/05/23
Description:: "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."