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From reverse: "This is a small unpainted home in Harrison County, W. Va. but isn't it an attractive little nest? These people could not afford to build a better home when this house was built but Mrs. N. said she wanted her children to remember such 1."

1. Small Unpainted Home, Harrison County, W. Va.

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.

2. Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.

3. Oil Drilling Rig, likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

A young man prepares to strike the wooden froe, which is lodged into the log, with a maul.

4. Splitting Wood with Wooden Froe and Maul likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

Three unidentified coal miners are pictured inside a mine with shovels and an oil lamp.

5. Coal Mining likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

A man sits while a barber combs and styles his hair.

6. Man Receiving Haircut, likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

A young, unidentified girl and her cat pose on a home porch.

7. Girl and Cat likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

A group of men are pictured loitering outside of the Lost Creek Station Western Union Telegraph Office. In the background is an advertisement for United States Express Company Money Orders.

8. Train Station, Lost Creek, W. Va.

Street view of the church, pictured on the left, and the parsonage, pictured on the right.

9. West Milford Methodist Church and Parsonage, West Milford, W. Va.

A sign hanging on the back wall reads, "School motto; 'Move forward,'" indicating that the church also serves as a school.

10. Inside West Milford Methodist Church, West Milford, W. Va.

Nine unidentified individuals pose in costume. Three of them sit on horses. Five of them  stand on a carriage drawn by those horses, two of which wear large pots against their bellies. The man in the forefront, dressed in two, vertical striped colors, holds what appears to be a jousting rod.

11. A Performance Group in Costume likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

A man on a horse sits on top of a hill, where below there are stonemasons cutting into the rock.

12. Cutting Stone, likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

An unidentified man sits in front of a hanging quilt. The ribbon fastened to his jacket collar indicates he is the 153rd Good Hope Council member for the Junior Order of the United American Mechanics, an American fraternal order. It began as a youth affiliation of the Order of United American Mechanics, but seceded to become its own organization and eventually absorbed its parent order. Originally, it was an Anti-Catholic, Nativist group, but eventually abandoned this position and became a general fraternal benefit society open to people regardless of creed, race or sex.

13. Junior Order of the United American Mechanics Good Hope Council Member No. 153, Good Hope, W. Va.

A young boy is pictured holding four opossums.

14. Boy Covered by Opossums likely, in Harrison County, W. Va.

Two unidentified men pose beside the stone they are cutting large blocks out of. A long, chiseling tool rests against the rock.

15. Two Men Cutting Stone, likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

A group of men are picture beside a sawmill and furnace. The sawmill is located in the Good Hope area, which crosses over into Harrison County. Subjects unidentified.

16. Saw Mill Crew Possibly in Jane Lew, Lewis County, W. Va.

View of a cave from the outside which holds Native American cave writings.

17. Outside View of Cave in Harrison County, W. Va.

An unidentified man looks into a cave that contains Native American cave writings.

18. Man Studying Cave in Harrison County, W. Va.

Photo of Native American inscriptions inside of a cave.

19. Native American Cave Writings, Harrison County, W. Va.

Photo of Native American inscriptions inside of a cave.

20. Native American Cave Writings, Harrison County, W. Va.

Photo of Native American inscriptions inside of a cave.

21. Native American Cave Writings, Harrison County, W. Va.

A group of unidentified girls sit behind sewing machines as they work through their class activity.

22. Girls in Sewing Room at Harrison County 4-H Camp, Harrison County, W. Va.

A girl tries on a hand-made belt while her companions weave threads together. Subjects unidentified.

23. Belt and Bracelet Making during Class Activity at 4-H Camp in Harrison County, W. Va.

A group of female campers produce trays during their class activity. Subjects unidentified.

24. Tray Making at 4-H Camp in Harrison County, W. Va.