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- IDNO:
- 052337
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia in Dry Dock
- Date:
- ca. 1920-1921
- Description:
- U.S.S. West Virginia in dry dock, likely in Newport News, Va. during construction. The keel was laid down in April 1920, and the ship was launched in November 1921.
- IDNO:
- 052338
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia in Dry Dock, Pearl Harbor, Hi.
- Date:
- 1943/05/25
- Description:
- "The W. Va. is shown as she was photographed at a dry dock in Pearl Harbor. The battleship was severely damaged in the Japanese raid Dec. 7, 1941. Damages to her sides are visible."
- IDNO:
- 052339
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Sunk in Pearl Harbor, Hi.
- Date:
- 1943/05/25
- Description:
- "This port quarter shot of the W. Va. taken from the capsized Oklahoma, shows a general view of the damage to the W. Va., sunk in the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941."The U.S.S. Tennessee is visible behind the sunken U.S.S. West Virginia. Part of the U.S.S. Oklahoma is visible in the foreground.
- IDNO:
- 052368
- Title:
- Rush and Helen Holt at West Virginia Republican State Convention
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- Rush Holt and his wife, Helen Holt, smile as they pet an elephant.
- IDNO:
- 052369
- Title:
- Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1936/04/01
- Description:
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 052393
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Landing Vehicle Headed for Okinawa Beaches
- Date:
- 1945/04
- Description:
- Troops loaded into landing vehicles head for the beaches of Okinawa as part of the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific theater during World War II. The U.S.S. West Virginia is pictured in the background.
- IDNO:
- 052394
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Anchored in Sagami Wan, Japan
- Date:
- 1945/08
- Description:
- The battleship is anchored in Sagami Wan, which is located just outside of Tokyo Bay. In the background is Mount Fuji.
- IDNO:
- 052410
- Title:
- Portrait of James Henry Drummond
- Date:
- 1867/12
- Description:
- Drummond was a Methodist Minister. On the back of the photo, an inscription reads, "Yours truly. Dec. 1867. J. Drummond."
- IDNO:
- 052412
- Title:
- Marshall Glenn Reaches for Football on WVU Practice Field, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1929
- Description:
- Glenn prepares to catch a football during football practice.
- IDNO:
- 052413
- Title:
- Louis Varney Prepares to Throw Football, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1928
- Description:
- Varney reaches back as he prepare to throw the ball.
- IDNO:
- 052414
- Title:
- WVU Football Players, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1930
- Description:
- Two unidentified players are pictured on the practice field.
- IDNO:
- 052415
- Title:
- View of Clark Hall from University Avenue, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Clark Hall was the Chemistry Building located on the corner of University Ave. and Prospect St. To the right of the building and out of view is now the location of the Downtown Campus Library.