First Production of 'Anvil', Charles Town, W. Va.

Identifier:

037348

Collection Number:

A&M 2963

Title:

First Production of 'Anvil', Charles Town, W. Va.

Date:

Undated

Description:

Gathering for the first production of "Anvil" in Charles Town, W. Va. for the West Virginia Centennial. Identified in the photograph: left Seated, Erma Ora Byrd and Robert C. Byrd; far right seated, Julia Davis Adams. "The Anvil" was a play written by Julia Davis about the John Brown Raid for the Civil War Centennial. Her grandparents were from Charles Town where Brown was tried and hanged. Her grandfather witnessed the execution.

Subjects:

Portraits--D.

Personal Names:

Brown, John, 1800-1859--Drama., Byrd, Erma Ora., Davis, Julia, 1900-1993., Byrd, Robert C.

Acquisition Source:

Adams, Julia Davis

Acquisition Method:

Gift

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView