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An African-American man sits with his legs crossed on a chair in a home garden. Subject unidentified.

52357. Man in Garden, Valley Point, W. Va.

IDNO:
052361
Title:
Man in Garden, Valley Point, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
An African-American man sits with his legs crossed on a chair in a home garden. Subject unidentified.
View overlooking the town of Dawson, Pennsylvania.

52358. Birds Eye View of Dawson, Pa.

IDNO:
052362
Title:
Birds Eye View of Dawson, Pa.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
View overlooking the town of Dawson, Pennsylvania.
Horse-drawn vehicles are parked outside of the race track. In the background, a crowd fills the stands overlooking the track.

52359. Grand Stand at Race Track, Dawson, Pa.

IDNO:
052363
Title:
Grand Stand at Race Track, Dawson, Pa.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
Horse-drawn vehicles are parked outside of the race track. In the background, a crowd fills the stands overlooking the track.
Ruea May Gribble (b. 02/09/1884; d. 04/25/1911) lays in an open casket.

52360. Ruea May Gribble Funeral, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.

IDNO:
052364
Title:
Ruea May Gribble Funeral, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.
Date:
1911
Description:
Ruea May Gribble (b. 02/09/1884; d. 04/25/1911) lays in an open casket.
A decorated Christmas tree stands in the corner of the house with presents sorted beneath it. The home likely belongs to Orvis Zacheus "Oz" Gibson, a brother of the photographer, Scott Gibson.

52361. Christmas at O. Z. Gibson Residence, Valley Point, W. Va.

IDNO:
052365
Title:
Christmas at O. Z. Gibson Residence, Valley Point, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
A decorated Christmas tree stands in the corner of the house with presents sorted beneath it. The home likely belongs to Orvis Zacheus "Oz" Gibson, a brother of the photographer, Scott Gibson.
On the left is a Geiser Manufacturing Company steam tractor engine, also known as road locomotives, which likely pulled these farmers ploughs behind them. In the center is likely a threshing machine for the separation of grain from stalks and husks. On the right, a group of men sit with tightly bound bags, likely holding the grain seed.

52362. Farmers Harvesting Grain, Waynesboro, Pa.

IDNO:
052366
Title:
Farmers Harvesting Grain, Waynesboro, Pa.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
On the left is a Geiser Manufacturing Company steam tractor engine, also known as road locomotives, which likely pulled these farmers ploughs behind them. In the center is likely a threshing machine for the separation of grain from stalks and husks. On the right, a group of men sit with tightly bound bags, likely holding the grain seed.
A man looks affectionately at the woman standing as he holds her hand and appears to ask for her hand in marriage.

52363. Man Kneeling Next to Woman, likely Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
052367
Title:
Man Kneeling Next to Woman, likely Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
A man looks affectionately at the woman standing as he holds her hand and appears to ask for her hand in marriage.
Rush Holt and his wife, Helen Holt, smile as they pet an elephant.

52364. Rush and Helen Holt at West Virginia Republican State Convention

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.
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.

52365. Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.

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.
The Silling-Ziler wedding party gathers for a group portrait in the Gravely and Moore Photography Studio.

52366. Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Ziler at Silling-Ziler Wedding Party, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
052370
Title:
Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Ziler at Silling-Ziler Wedding Party, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1926/10/19
Description:
The Silling-Ziler wedding party gathers for a group portrait in the Gravely and Moore Photography Studio.
The nurses in the forefront hold flower bouquets. Behind them, physicians and staff are dressed in suits.

52367. Staff, Nurses, and Physicians of Mountain State Memorial Hospital, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
052371
Title:
Staff, Nurses, and Physicians of Mountain State Memorial Hospital, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1949/02
Description:
The nurses in the forefront hold flower bouquets. Behind them, physicians and staff are dressed in suits.
Roessing, pictured at age 17, poses for a portrait in his ROTC uniform. He was likely part of the ROTC at his high school or at West Virginia University, where he studied until 1935. He transferred to West Virginia Wesleyan in 1935 and graduated in 1937.

52368. Charles Roessing in ROTC Uniform, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
052372
Title:
Charles Roessing in ROTC Uniform, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Roessing, pictured at age 17, poses for a portrait in his ROTC uniform. He was likely part of the ROTC at his high school or at West Virginia University, where he studied until 1935. He transferred to West Virginia Wesleyan in 1935 and graduated in 1937.