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121. Getting the Clothespin in Trim, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039615
Title:
Getting the Clothespin in Trim, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
In this picture boys from the State Industrial School at Pruntytown are shown marching.

122. West Virginia Strawberry Festival Parade, Buckhannon, W. Va.

IDNO:
039942
Title:
West Virginia Strawberry Festival Parade, Buckhannon, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
In this picture boys from the State Industrial School at Pruntytown are shown marching.
Mary Lou Thorn, Queen of the festival sits with her court.

123. Crowning Queen of West Virginia Strawberry Festival Buckhannon, W. Va.

IDNO:
039943
Title:
Crowning Queen of West Virginia Strawberry Festival Buckhannon, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Mary Lou Thorn, Queen of the festival sits with her court.
Schools girls potraying robins are leading the parade. Director Carl Beer may be seen in the foreground, all other persons are unidentified.

124. West Virginia Strawberry Festival School Children's Parade, Buckhannon, W. Va.

IDNO:
039944
Title:
West Virginia Strawberry Festival School Children's Parade, Buckhannon, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Schools girls potraying robins are leading the parade. Director Carl Beer may be seen in the foreground, all other persons are unidentified.
Bakery to the right of the theater. Poster outside of the movie theater displays "The Firefly" starring Allan Jones and Warren William.

125. Movie Theatre, Romney, W. Va.

IDNO:
045144
Title:
Movie Theatre, Romney, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Bakery to the right of the theater. Poster outside of the movie theater displays "The Firefly" starring Allan Jones and Warren William.
From left to right: Front row: Joe Czajka, Ed Ossoski, Sam Mundich, Pete Antolini, Albert Baisi, and Dick Dolly. Back row: Don McCann, Tony Rapaswick, john Carliss, and Jerry Clark. Print number 205.

126. West Virginia University Football Players

IDNO:
045480
Title:
West Virginia University Football Players
Date:
1939
Description:
From left to right: Front row: Joe Czajka, Ed Ossoski, Sam Mundich, Pete Antolini, Albert Baisi, and Dick Dolly. Back row: Don McCann, Tony Rapaswick, john Carliss, and Jerry Clark. Print number 205.
Print number 1523.

127. Presbyterian Young People's League at Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

IDNO:
046343
Title:
Presbyterian Young People's League at Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Print number 1523.
Print number 1763. Man lays on ground dressed in Santa suit, while others hold various displays.

128. St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church, Westover, W. Va.

IDNO:
046384
Title:
St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church, Westover, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Print number 1763. Man lays on ground dressed in Santa suit, while others hold various displays.
J. C. Lane pictured beside the railroad tracks.

129. Allegheny Conductor at HX Depot, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048606
Title:
Allegheny Conductor at HX Depot, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
J. C. Lane pictured beside the railroad tracks.
Dalf Lowry (left), Fred McDaniels (middle), and Joe Mann (right) pictured at Willowood Football Field, near Greenbrier River Bridge abutment.

130. Talcott High School Football Players, Talcott, W. Va.

IDNO:
049491
Title:
Talcott High School Football Players, Talcott, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Dalf Lowry (left), Fred McDaniels (middle), and Joe Mann (right) pictured at Willowood Football Field, near Greenbrier River Bridge abutment.
Col. Ted McDowell pictured in the front row between men wearing light collars.

131. Group Portrait at Moose Lodge, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
049533
Title:
Group Portrait at Moose Lodge, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Col. Ted McDowell pictured in the front row between men wearing light collars.
Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.

132. Maryat Lee and her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee at Christmas

IDNO:
049803
Title:
Maryat Lee and her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee at Christmas
Date:
1939
Description:
Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.