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The first brick building built in South Charleston was built by Frank and Marie Henry as a confectionary store and newsstand.
Pearl S. Buck with her husband and step-daughter after their arrival in Stockholm, Sweden
Pearl Buck becomes the first American woman to win Nobel Prize for literature as she receives award from King Gustav of Sweden during ceremonies at Stockholm. She also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.
Executives of the Chevrolet Company gather around a table. In the background are Chevrolet advertisements.
A display put together by the Farm Women's Bureau.
A display put together by the Farm Women's Bureau for the 1938 Jubilee Celebration.
A display put together by the women of the Farm Women's Bureau.
A group of women watch as their instructor demonstrates how to finish furniture.
Children each hold a market lamb in preparation for the celebration.
Family members gather to honor the man seated with a child on his lap. Pictured to his left is his son, Oather Jones. Also seated is Mrs. Jones. To the far right is Clarice Roberts who stands in front of Charles Wood and beside a mine superintendent (wearing overcoat). To the far left is Mamie Spurlock, who is standing in front of a member of the Moonlight Strollers Band.
Lilly (left) and Dickison (right) are pictured in the courthouse parking lot.
Looking over the city from the hill top.
Pictured from left to right is Mr. Lilly, Mason Lilly, Fred Mize, and Charles Wood. The young men pose with their string instruments in front of an automobile.
Construction equipment and materials are scattered across the site. The construction began in order to enlarge the facility.
W. T. "Bill" Gwinn (sitting) and Juddy Meadows (standing) take a smoke break by the truck.
A group of six men harvest potatoes outside of the sanitarium. Subjects unidentified.
An unidentified man stands beside new steam construction equipment.
Looking at the entrance of the church building located in Forest Hill District outside of Hinton, W. Va.
Rozelda with father, Oral Meador, holding instruments.
Print number 934c.
Print number 505.
Print number 254b.
Men stand around car while filling it up with gasoline at Lewis Service Station in Grafton, West Virginia.
Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Crowning of the 'Cherry River Navy's Sweetheart' - 1938 during the Spud & Splinter Festival, Richwood, Nicholas County".
Finishing a float for the Spud and Splinter Parade in Richwood.
Inscribed on the back of the photo, "The good ship CLOTHESPIN at the 1938 maneuvers with Miss Jeanette Richards the Sweetheart and her Yoemanettes riding in the parade."
The Queen is 17 year old Louise Shaw of Kingwood. The King is not identified.
Promotional image for the 1st Annual Buckwheat Festival in Preston County, West Virginia.
This is a photo of the Mason County Potato Festival Queen on her potato throne. The queen is surrounded by her court. The Potato Festival began August 1, 1938 to promote agriculture. All persons are unidentified.
The first annual Mason County Potato Festival began on August 1, 1938. It was created to encourage agriculture. This photo depicts the Potato Queen and her court. All persons are unidentified.
Group photo of Storer College class of 1938 with Pres. McDonald in the middle.
Unidentified samll boy concentrates on sawing the uneven end of a shingled.
Bottom row, left to right: Parrish, Hawcock, Dr. Hoge, Dr. Wade; Bottom row, left to right: Otey (Pres.), Mr. Claugherty, Foland, Ensly, Cheney, Clagett, Shott and Hoge.
Photo possibly of "George S. Wallace".
From left to right:  Vicker Null - Team Captain, Wayne Ashcraft, Noel Riley, Johny Haskins, John Wilford Miles, Frank Hardman Sr., Roy Marts.
On this location stood the first house built in Harpers Ferry. Here Harper lived first.
A group photo from summer coaching school in 1938 taken in front of Wise Library.
Group of cadets pose for a camera on Old Clothes Day, while onlookers watch them.
Cadets and sponsors assemble in Drill Field on Old Clothes Day; many dressed for an occasion.
Cadets dressed for Old Clothes Day Parade gather in Drill Field
Cadets in costume for Old Clothes Day.
Two cadets with a gun on their shoulders sit in front of a pitched tent.
The cadets of company H sit on bleachers with officers for a group photo near Oglebay Hall.
The cadets of company G sit on bleachers with officers for a group portrait near Oglebay Hall.
The cadets of company E sit on bleachers with officers for a group portrait near Oglebay Hall.
The cadets of company D sit on bleachers with officers for a group photo near Oglebay Hall.
The cadets of company C sit on bleachers with officers for a group portrait near Oglebay Hall.
The cadets of company B sit on bleachers with officers for a group portrait in front of Oglebay Hall.
The cadets of company A sit on bleachers with officers for a group portrait near Oglebay Hall.
A sponsor dressed in costume made from grain bag.
The units march in Drill Field for a ceremonial assembly.
A cadet hugs a sponsor dressed in costume next to a classic highwheel bicycle.
Two men dressed as women also in the photograph.
Two cadets in costume pose with a uniformed cadet.
Cadets and band members dressed in costume; a saxophone player without a shirt  turns to pose for a photo.
Cadet with two balloons.
Cadets and sponsors dressed in costume; scores of onlookers watch the event from the embankment behind.
A cadet dressed in hula skirt for Old Clothes Parade poses with a R.O.T.C. flag in hand in Drill Field.
Cadets and sponsors pose for a photo shoot while onlookers watch the event from the embankment behind.
Four R.O.T.C. cadets participated in Old Clothes Parade pose with guns.
An assembly of R.O.T.C. cadets on a plaza (now Mountainlair Parking Area).  A row of cadets with different uniforms and sponsors are appeared to be receiving words.  In the background, Stewart Hall, Clark Hall and roofed stadium seats in where Mountainlair is located now are seen.
Members of WVU ROTC Band pose for a group photo as winners of Old Clothes Parade on a hillside.  A few sponsors are present among cadets.  Most of the male cadets wear costumes improvised from kitchen items to musical instruments etc.
ROTC Band playing as companies march on the old athletic field.
Class of 1938: 'Back row: Bruce Daniels, Hazel Brown, Mary Napper, Levi Allison, Vivian Rideoutt, Violet Green. Middle row: Cornelius Dawson, Harry J. McDonald, James Law, Herman Lytle, Pearl Abbott, Allen Anderson. Bottom row: Marion McClung, Margaret Wright, Prof. Saunder, Imogene Holley, Dr. McDonald, Dean McDonald, Mrs. Norma Moore, Charlotte Smith, Lillian Burns.
Group portrait of the 1938 West Virginia University Football Team. Standing first on left is Coach Glenn.
Winning team of Lester Hamrick and Clyde Hamrick at chopping and sawing contest.
'Miners, have you invented a gadget?'
'Miners, have you invented a gadget?'