Search Results
- IDNO:
- 052249
- Title:
- Mrs. Annetta Howard Cooking in Howard Hotel Kitchen, Rowlesburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1975
- Description:
- Mrs. Howard prepares a meal for guests at the hotel.
- IDNO:
- 052250
- Title:
- Junior Deputies on Good Neighbor Day, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1975
- Description:
- Six boys sport their junior deputy badges during the Good Neighbor Day event.
- IDNO:
- 052251
- Title:
- Jessie Davis, Sinclair Ridge, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1976
- Description:
- Davis was a corespondent for the Preston County News.
- IDNO:
- 052252
- Title:
- Stella Elliott, Albright, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1976/06
- Description:
- Albright is pictured sitting on a porch's rocking bench.
- IDNO:
- 052253
- Title:
- Jessie Fern Mayfield Calvert, Rodamer, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1976/11
- Description:
- Mrs. Calvert dumps water into pails. She was living without running water.
- IDNO:
- 052254
- Title:
- Terra Alta Elementary School Artists, Terra Alta, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1981/02
- Description:
- A young boy and girl stand beside their Valentine's Day art.
- IDNO:
- 052255
- Title:
- Terry Hall and Frankie Wolfe at Newburg Teen Center, Newburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1982/02
- Description:
- The two boys are holding billiard sticks and are leaning against the pool table.
- IDNO:
- 052256
- Title:
- Evan's Curve on West Virginia Route 7, Terra Alta, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1985
- Description:
- Piles of snow line the highway after a heavy storm.
- IDNO:
- 052257
- Title:
- Aftermath of Flood on West Virginia Route 72, Rowlesburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1985/11
- Description:
- Two people observe the damage around them.
- IDNO:
- 052258
- Title:
- Fern Evans in West Coast Aircraft Plant
- Date:
- 1942/05
- Description:
- Fern Evan's husband, GM3e Woodrow W. Evans was killed aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, leaving Fern to support herself and their 20 month old son. Subsequently, Mrs. Evans was employed at a West Coast aircraft plant. She's shown here working on a radio bracket for a bomber.
- IDNO:
- 052259
- Title:
- USN Captain Mervyn S. Bennion, U.S.S. West Virginia
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- Captain Bennion was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. As he laid mortally wounded on the West Virginia's command bridge, Bennion refused to be removed from his burning ship. He continued to give orders, directing his crew's actions. Bennion's last order to his men before he died was to leave him and "abandon ship." Captain Bennion was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
- IDNO:
- 052260
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Sailors Hoist Their Glasses at Monkey Bar, Pearl Harbor, HI
- Date:
- 1941/12/06
- Description:
- L to R: Jack Miller, Frank Kosa, Clifford Olds.Olds and 2 other crew members , Ronald Endicott and Louis Costin were trapped in a sealed compartment in the West Virginia's bow after it sank on December 7th. Any rescue attempt meant certain death. The 3 stayed alive until December 24th according to a marked calendar found with their bodies which were recovered after the ship was raised from the harbor bottom in May, 1942.
