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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.

53533. Portrait of Pearl S. Buck

IDNO:
053537
Title:
Portrait of Pearl S. Buck
Date:
ca. 1965
Description:
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.
Pearl Buck is reads to children at Welcome House, the adoption agency for Asian-American children she founded in 1949.

53534. Pearl Buck Reading to Children

IDNO:
053538
Title:
Pearl Buck Reading to Children
Date:
undated
Description:
Pearl Buck is reads to children at Welcome House, the adoption agency for Asian-American children she founded in 1949.
Pearl Buck is pictured working in her study at her farm in Perkasie, P. A.

53535. Pearl Buck In Her Study

IDNO:
053539
Title:
Pearl Buck In Her Study
Date:
undated
Description:
Pearl Buck is pictured working in her study at her farm in Perkasie, P. A.

53536. Pearl S. Buck at her Home in Danby, V. T.

IDNO:
053540
Title:
Pearl S. Buck at her Home in Danby, V. T.
Date:
undated
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."

53537. U. S. Soldiers in Training at Seneca Rocks, W. Va.

IDNO:
053541
Title:
U. S. Soldiers in Training at Seneca Rocks, W. Va.
Date:
1943/08/23
Description:
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."
Photograph taken 8 miles west of New Creek, W. Va. on US Route 50. Elevation 2725 feet.

53538. Allegheny Front and New Creek Mountains, W. Va.

IDNO:
053542
Title:
Allegheny Front and New Creek Mountains, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Photograph taken 8 miles west of New Creek, W. Va. on US Route 50. Elevation 2725 feet.

53539. USS West Virginia (ACR-5)

IDNO:
053543
Title:
USS West Virginia (ACR-5)
Date:
ca. 1915
A naval band welcomes Vice Admiral Henry A. Wiley aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia, a super-dreadnought in commission during WWII.

53540. Vice Admiral Henry A. Wiley Boards the U.S.S. West Virginia

IDNO:
053544
Title:
Vice Admiral Henry A. Wiley Boards the U.S.S. West Virginia
Date:
ca. 1938
Description:
A naval band welcomes Vice Admiral Henry A. Wiley aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia, a super-dreadnought in commission during WWII.
Caption reads, "Captain Thomas J. Senn, U. S. N., who has been placed in command of the new battleship U. S. S. West Virginia, the largest ship of itS kind in the U. S. or any other navy. The ship was placed in commission at the Norfolk Navy Yard, December 1."

53541. Captain Thomas J. Senn of the U. S. S. West Virginia

IDNO:
053545
Title:
Captain Thomas J. Senn of the U. S. S. West Virginia
Date:
1923
Description:
Caption reads, "Captain Thomas J. Senn, U. S. N., who has been placed in command of the new battleship U. S. S. West Virginia, the largest ship of itS kind in the U. S. or any other navy. The ship was placed in commission at the Norfolk Navy Yard, December 1."
Caption reads, "Pearl Buck, the only woman ever to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes in literature, poses with her four adopted daughters at her home in Perkasie, Pa. They are, from left, Cheico, 16; Johanna, 15; Henriette, 18; and Theresa, 17. Henriette is of German-American origin, the other three of Japanese-American origin. The thing closest to the 73-year-old author's heart is the foundation named after her. Its purpose is to raise $10 million to care for some 300,000 unwanted children fathered by American soldiers."

53542. Pearl S. Buck with Adopted Daughters, Perkasie, P. A.

IDNO:
053546
Title:
Pearl S. Buck with Adopted Daughters, Perkasie, P. A.
Date:
1965/03/02
Description:
Caption reads, "Pearl Buck, the only woman ever to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes in literature, poses with her four adopted daughters at her home in Perkasie, Pa. They are, from left, Cheico, 16; Johanna, 15; Henriette, 18; and Theresa, 17. Henriette is of German-American origin, the other three of Japanese-American origin. The thing closest to the 73-year-old author's heart is the foundation named after her. Its purpose is to raise $10 million to care for some 300,000 unwanted children fathered by American soldiers."
Joe Parisi, a suspected member of the mafia group Blackhand Society, sits with a child on his lap.

53543. Joe Parisi, Alias Joe Parrish

IDNO:
053547
Title:
Joe Parisi, Alias Joe Parrish
Date:
ca. 1915
Description:
Joe Parisi, a suspected member of the mafia group Blackhand Society, sits with a child on his lap.
Mugshot of Blackhand group member Tony Fiarenteona.The back of the photo reads:Department of PoliceThomas Leyland, ChiefWheeling, W. VaName - Tony FiarenteonaAlias -Crime - Black HanderAge - 31Born - ItalyTrade -Read - Write - Married -Height- 5ft 7inWeight - 160Hair - BlackEyes - Brown, CrossedBuilt - StoutFace -Complexion - Mid DarkOfficer - ClancyDate of Arrest - Oct 25-15, Bellaire ORemarks -

53544. Tony Fiarenteona, Wheeling, W.Va

IDNO:
053548
Title:
Tony Fiarenteona, Wheeling, W.Va
Date:
1915/10/25
Description:
Mugshot of Blackhand group member Tony Fiarenteona.The back of the photo reads:Department of PoliceThomas Leyland, ChiefWheeling, W. VaName - Tony FiarenteonaAlias -Crime - Black HanderAge - 31Born - ItalyTrade -Read - Write - Married -Height- 5ft 7inWeight - 160Hair - BlackEyes - Brown, CrossedBuilt - StoutFace -Complexion - Mid DarkOfficer - ClancyDate of Arrest - Oct 25-15, Bellaire ORemarks -