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Located inside 4-H Club cottage. West Penn Public Service Co.

1. Electrical Apparatus, Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053300
Title:
Electrical Apparatus, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Located inside 4-H Club cottage. West Penn Public Service Co.
Signs on cottage read: "Electric kitchens; Electric Laundries."

2. Kanawha County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

IDNO:
053298
Title:
Kanawha County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Signs on cottage read: "Electric kitchens; Electric Laundries."
American president Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the Pacific Fleet, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.

3. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Boards Cruiser Houston, San Francisco Bay, CA

IDNO:
052000
Title:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt Boards Cruiser Houston, San Francisco Bay, CA
Date:
1939
Description:
American president Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the Pacific Fleet, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.
Portrait of Maryat Lee and her family at Christmas. Pictured left to right are her father, Dewitt Collins Lee, her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee holding hands with Maryat, and her oldest brother John Lee holding hands with her mother Grace Dyer Lee.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.

4. Family Portrait of Maryat Lee and her Family at Christmas

IDNO:
049904
Title:
Family Portrait of Maryat Lee and her Family at Christmas
Date:
1939
Description:
Portrait of Maryat Lee and her family at Christmas. Pictured left to right are her father, Dewitt Collins Lee, her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee holding hands with Maryat, and her oldest brother John Lee holding hands with her mother Grace Dyer Lee.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.
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.

5. 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.
Col. Ted McDowell pictured in the front row between men wearing light collars.

6. 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.
Dalf Lowry (left), Fred McDaniels (middle), and Joe Mann (right) pictured at Willowood Football Field, near Greenbrier River Bridge abutment.

7. 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.
J. C. Lane pictured beside the railroad tracks.

8. 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.
Print number 1763. Man lays on ground dressed in Santa suit, while others hold various displays.

9. 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.
Print number 1523.

10. 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.
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.

11. 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.
Schools girls potraying robins are leading the parade. Director Carl Beer may be seen in the foreground, all other persons are unidentified.

12. 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.
Mary Lou Thorn, Queen of the festival sits with her court.

13. 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.
In this picture boys from the State Industrial School at Pruntytown are shown marching.

14. 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.

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

IDNO:
039615
Title:
Getting the Clothespin in Trim, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Preparing for the Spud and Splinter Festival.

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

IDNO:
039614
Title:
Getting the Clothespin in Trim, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Preparing for the Spud and Splinter Festival.
Preparation for the Spud and Splinter parade and festival.

17. Scrubbing Up the Deck for 1939 Manuevers, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039613
Title:
Scrubbing Up the Deck for 1939 Manuevers, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Preparation for the Spud and Splinter parade and festival.
Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Jeannette Richards, last years sweetheart cleans the battleship for the 1939 maneuvers."

18. Jeannette Richards, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039612
Title:
Jeannette Richards, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Jeannette Richards, last years sweetheart cleans the battleship for the 1939 maneuvers."
Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Steele Wallace Corporation largest Clothespin Factory in the World."

19. Clothespin Factory, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039610
Title:
Clothespin Factory, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1939
Description:
Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Steele Wallace Corporation largest Clothespin Factory in the World."
Back row: Maxel Given, Jim Given, Mary Austin. Middle row: Ernest Given, John Given. Front row: Kenneth Gail given, Junior Gregory, Sean Austin, Doris Gregory, Marie Gemas.

20. Clinton Furnace, Monongalia County

IDNO:
038290
Title:
Clinton Furnace, Monongalia County
Date:
1939
Description:
Back row: Maxel Given, Jim Given, Mary Austin. Middle row: Ernest Given, John Given. Front row: Kenneth Gail given, Junior Gregory, Sean Austin, Doris Gregory, Marie Gemas.

21. View from Above of Mine No. 14, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:
036027
Title:
View from Above of Mine No. 14, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1939

22. Civilian Conservation Corps Baseball Team

IDNO:
031795
Title:
Civilian Conservation Corps Baseball Team
Date:
1939

23. East Side of Interwoven Mills at Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
030844
Title:
East Side of Interwoven Mills at Martinsburg, W. Va.
Date:
1939

24. View of New River Gorge from Hawks Nest

IDNO:
025606
Title:
View of New River Gorge from Hawks Nest
Date:
1939