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.
Senators Robert Byrd and Jennings Randolph of West Virginia
Date:
ca.1982
Description:
Photograph probably taken at the dedication of Pipestem State Park in Summers and Mercer County, West Virginia. Information on the back: "01/01/02 from Lino DiMarchi to Stephen Trail"
Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph at the MESA Dedication, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Senator Byrd, left, and Randolph, right, are pictured together, looking away from the camera, at the dedication ceremony for the new Mining School with the Mine Enforcement and Safety Administration, or MESA.
Visit by Senator Robert C. Byrd to Construction Site of National Mine Academy near Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1974/09/30
Description:
Pictured from left to right is unidentified, MESA administrator James Day, Raleigh County Airport Authority Paul Hutchinson, Senator Byrd, and unidentified. In the background turned away from the photo is Raleigh Country Airport Authority Charles Lewis. The construction site is located on Airport Road.