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Primed leaves hanging in barn for curing. This grower in Cabell County primed 500 sticks from 1.3 acres of crop.

53185. Tobacco Curing, Cabell County, W. Va.

Text on the back reads, "Ready to go aboard the Sikorsky 'Sky Pullman' Yorktown on a sight-seeing flight over New York City. Misses Jean Roy, Noel Pridgeon and Katherine McCoy with a World reporter "top off" the summer session at Columbia in a modern manner." C. B. Allen is pictured with the students.

53186. Carl B. Allen with Students, New York, N. Y.

A field of "Kentucky 16" tobacco in Cabell County. This crop was primed and around 500 sticks were taken from crop of 1.3 acres. Average number of leaves on stalk at time of harvest, after priming, was 16 leaves.

53187. Tobacco Farm in Cabell County, W. Va.

Curing barn in Cabell County, W. Va.

53188. Tobacco Curing, Cabell County, W. Va.

C. B. Allen and nine other reporters in the interior of the Sikorsky Aerial Pullman "Yorktown," piloted by Chas G. Collyer.  C. B. Allen is pictured in the rear, fifth from the left.

53189. C. B. Allen with Other Reporters

A field of Kentucky 41A tobacco in Mason County, W. Va. This tobacco was primed and permitted to stand in the field until thoroughly ripe even in extreme dry weather.

53190. Tobacco Farm in Mason County, W. Va.

Williams family having dinner in their Doddridge County, W. Va. home.

53191. Doddridge County Family Dinner

"Looks as if we would have nice weather this afternoon. Not feeling so well today."

53192. View of White Rocks, Near Uniontown, Pa.

A view of the interior of a grocery store. The clerk may be Rush Holt Sr., an alumnus of WVU and later a senator.

53193. Grocery Store, W. Va.

Text on the back reads, "Two men who in turn ruled the destinies of the  American Legion are pictured enjoying a pre-convention chat at Cleveland, where the legion opens its annual convention today, Sept. 21. At left is Hanford McNider, who was national commander in 1922, and at right, Louis A. Johnson, who held that high office in  1932. He hails from Clarksburg, W. Va., and is chairman of the Veterans' Committee in the Democratic Party."

53194. Ex-Commanders at American Legion Pow-wow, Cleveland, Ohio

Two American Legion members are on the stage with Louis A. Johnson, who was the national commander of the American Legion in 1932.

53195. Louis A. Johnson Makes a Speech

General Omar N. Bradley, Admiral Edward C. Ewen, and Secretary of War Louis A. Johnson discuss the military crisis in Korea around a steam kettle in Guam.

53196. Discussing the Pre-Korean Crisis, Guam