A photo of the 1963 Lovings First Ward Little League baseball team. Named individuals in the photo include Dick Pill (coach) and David Pill (player, seated).
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Morgan District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
The church assembled in community members' homes before a building was built. In 1900 the community erected the frame church. It has since been replaced with a newer building.
New Bethel Methodist Church, Good Hope, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
New Bethel Methodist Church was organized between 1784 and 1786. The church burned in 1942. The church then met in the community hall until August 1948. Money was raised and the present stone church was dedicated in 1948.
Participants in the West Virginia Centennial Celebration Parade, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
A young boy and girl pose in front of two older women in the middle of the street. They are dressed in old-fashioned attire to reflect the style of 1863. Spectators watch from the sidewalks. Subjects unidentified.
West Virginia Centennial Celebration Parade Float, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
Parade participants dressed in old-fashioned clothing sit on top of a wagon. Attached is a sign that reads, "How Firm a Foundation." Behind the cart, a Boy Scout troop is pictured with an American flag. Subjects unidentified.
Parade Participants in the Centennial Celebration Parade, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
People dressed in old fashioned clothing are pulled down the street in a wagon by two horses. Signs on the cart read, "Health", "Home Improvement", and "Education." Subjects unidentified.
"Parade Queen" at Centennial Celebration, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
Unidentified parade queen (separate from the Centennial Queen) with female associates Lena Jane Bush (seated left) and Sissy O'Neal (seated right) make their way down Temple Street as part of the Centennial Parade.
Iron Outlet of Henry Clay Furnace, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
Information with the photograph, "... molten iron flowed through this opening and was hammered into 'blooms' at the adjoining forge located on the bank of Clay Run. Note the two iron bars supporting the stone in the opening."
Memorial to Karl Myers, First Poet Laureate of West Virginia, Moore Cemetery, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
Myers was West Virginia Poet Laureate from 1927 to 1937. His remains are actually buried in an unknown grave near Elkins. The people of Tucker County raised the money to erect this monument to honor Karl Myers.
Memorial to Karl Myers, First Poet Laureate of West Virginia, Moore Cemetery, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
Myers was West Virginia Poet Laureate from 1927 to 1937. His remains are buried in an unknown grave in an IOOF cemetery near Elkins. The people of Tucker County, determined to honor Myers, raised money to place this monument near the Myers family graves in Moore Cemetery. A bucket of dirt from the immediate area of where Karl Myers is thought to be buried was placed in his plot with the monument.
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams
Date:
1963
Description:
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams, West Virginia Daughter of the year, 1963. Byrd papers duplicate. Original at the R. C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University.
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams
Date:
1963
Description:
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams, West Virginia Daughter of the Year, 1963. Byrd papers duplicate. Original at the R. C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University.
Portrait of John Lesher, member of the West Virginia University Basketball Team. 'Taylor Publishing Company, Job Number 07206, Picture Number 1, Page Number 223. Copyright 1963 by Laughead Photographers, Dallas, Texas. Reproduction permitted by all processes except photography.'