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Shay No. 4 train engine pushing/pulling a lumber loading cart.

1. Shay No. 4 with Loader in Woods, Mower Lumber Co.

Picture of the guns of the U.S.S. West Virginia 'BB-48'. Credit Line, Navy Department, photo no. 80-G-3 39585.

2. Guns of the U.S.S. West Virginia

3. Piles of Coal at Windsor Dock, Empire Hanna Coal Company; Detroit Edison Plant in Background

Employees of the Silman Mfg. Co. in Arthurdale, West Virginia, are working with radio and telephone field sets.

4. Employees Building Radio and Telephone Field Sets at Silman Manufacturing Company, at Arthurdale, W. Va.

Employees of Silman Mfg. Co. in Arthurdale, West Virginia, are working with radio and telephone sets.

5. Employees Building Radio and Telephone Field Sets at Silman Manufacturing Company, at Arthurdale, W. Va.

Men and women at work in the Silman Manufacturing Company factory at Arthurdale, W. Va.

6. Workers at the Silman Manufacturing Company, Arthurdale, W. Va.

A view of the river and West Virginia University's main campus from Lorentz Avenue. The Morgantown/Westover Bridge is in the distance.

7. Monongahela River and West Virginia University Main Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.

Drawing of the Wheeling Hospital School of Nursing.  Architect L. D. Schmidt, Fairmont, W. Va.  Rev. Michael McInerney, O.S.B,  Architect Associate, Belmont, N. C.

8. Architect's Drawing of Wheeling Hospital School of Nursing, Wheeling, W. Va.

View of an Old Hagerstown trolley in Hardy County, W. Va.

9. Hagerstown Trolley. Hardy County, W. Va.

10. Inmates at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany

Male prisoners of Buchenwald standing by a rock pile.

11. Inmates at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany

12. Inmates at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany

13. Group of People in Front of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

Male prisoners standing on the steps of a building at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp.

14. Inmates at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany

15. Mass Grave at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

16. Group of Boys at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

17. Inmates at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

18. Crematorium at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

19. Dead Bodies at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

20. Dead Bodies at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

21. Crematorium at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

22. Inmate at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

23. Prisoners Leaving Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

24. Inmate Holding Art at Buchenwald Concentration, Weimer, Germany

25. Inmate of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

26. Three Inmates of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

27. Crematorium at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

28. Truck Loaded with Dead Bodies at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

29. Gallows in Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

30. Gallows in Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

31. Hitler Effigy Hanging from a Gallows at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

32. Buchenwald Concentration Camp Monument

Located near Weimer,Germany.

33. Buchenwald Concentration Camp Flagpost

Picture of a female fairy.

34. Art from Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

Various pieces of art created on scrap material.

35. Collection of Art from Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimer, Germany

Suhl, Germany

36. Cornelia Ladwig

Leo Bocage included this photograph in a paper he wrote as student at West Virginia University in 1946. The assignment was for veteran's to write about their experiences while in the military during World War II. The boys in the photograph are not identified.

37. Four Young Okinawans Enjoy Prank, Okinawa, Japan

West Virginia University student, Leo Bocage included this photograph in a paper he wrote in 1946 regarding his experiences while in the military during World War II. Fermenting sake was the Okinawa's largest industry.

38. Destroyed Sake Plant After Battle of Okinawa

Note the ships off the coast, on the horizon.

39. World War II United States Military Encampment at Okinawa, Japan

Ernie Pyle was an "embedded" reporter who wrote from the trenches, during world War II. His columns were popular because he focused on the GIs fighting the war. He was killed by Japanese machine gun fire on the island of Ie Shima, Okinawa.  The inscription on the memorial reads, " At This Spot The 77th Division Lost A Buddy, Ernie Pyle, 18 April 1945".

40. Memorial for World War II Correspondent Ernie Pyle, Ie Shima Island, Okinawa, Japan

Two players are labeled "TEKE's" in the photo which refers to their membership in the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

41. West Virginia University Varsity Football Team, Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, W. Va.

Taaken when Fannie was 83 years old.

42. Fanny Hurshman and Denver White

For names of people pictured: see original.

43. Hershel H. Rose Class of 1932, Fall Reunion 1945, Clarksburg, W. Va.

A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of the destroyed theater after the Allied attacks during World War II

44. Residence Theatre in Ruins, Munich, Germany

Dachau opened in March 1933, and was the first concentration camp established by the Nazis in Germany. It served as a prototype and model for other Nazi concentration camps that followed. The prisoners in the photograph were mostly likely killed before the camp was liberated.

45. Dead Prisoners in Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany

On April 29, 1945 Dachau was surrendered to the American Army by SS- Sturmscharfuhrer Heinrich Wicker. As U.S. troops neared the camp, they found more than 30 railroad cars filled with additional bodies brought to Dachau. Note the word "POLAK' is written on the chest of a dead Polish prisoner. Poles constituted the largest ethnic group in the Dachau camp during the war.

46. Pile of Dead Prisoners in Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany

The town of Dachau dates back to the Middle Ages and at one time was home to many of Germany's artists.

47. Dachau In Ruins Around Time of Liberation of Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany

Building in back cente and right, is still burning as people carry what belongings they have left with them in the streets.

48. German Citizens After U.S. Occupation of City, Germany

Information included with the photograph,"Overall view showing the damage done by the RAF and the U.S. Eighth Air Force to the Deutsche Dunlop A.G. Tire and rubber factory at Hanau. The widespread destruction in this plant severely cut part of the German tire production for motor vehicles. This part of the plant ceased to produce after the last air attack that left it the mass of twisted girders and rubble shown." See the back of the original photograph for more information.

49. Deutsche Dunlop A.G. Tire and Rubber Factory In Ruins, Hanau, Germany

50. Elevated View of Huntington, W. Va.

51. Portrait of Evelyn Villers, Fairmont, W. Va.

Print number 1330.

52. James Thomas, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 1506. See original for complete listing of personnel.

53. Morgantown Ordnance Works Personnel

Jack Dillon, left, and Al Morgan,right, pose with their coach in front of the bleachers.

54. Hinton High School Football Co-Captains with Coach Stanley Huffman, Hinton, W. Va.

F. G. "Happy" Elmore, pensioned in 1945 and later died in 1954, is pictured holding his little girl.

55. Allegheny Conductor and Daughter, Summers County, W. Va.

Denver and Benny Cook are pictured together in front of a wire fence.

56. Cook Brothers on Surveyor's Branch, Summers County, W. Va.

Front row is Murvel and Juanita Lilly. Back row, from left to right, is Nancy Lilly, Virgie Lilly, Denver Cook and Lula Cook.

57. Members of Lilly and Cook Family at Surveyor's Branch, Summers County, W. Va.

Murvel "Jack" Lilly, Juanita E. Lilly, and Nancy L. Lilly pose together for a picture. To the right, in the background, is their grandmother, Lula M. Cook.

58. Lilly Children at Surveyor Branch, Summers County, W. Va.

Tommy Smith Trail poses on the bridge's pedestrian walkway.

59. Woman on Old Toll Bridge, Hinton, W. Va.

Tommy Smith Trail and Edith Jeffries Adkins stand outside a building drinking from straws.

60. Women Sipping Drinks on Temple Street, Hinton, W. Va.

The couple is pictured in front of a stone wall that borders a shaded home.

61. William S. Norris and Ruth Smith Norris on Summers Street, Hinton, W. Va.

A crowd lines along the sidewalk as they eagerly await the procession.

62. Spectators at Veterans Day Parade, Hinton, W. Va.

A marching band makes their way down a street lined with spectators.

63. Veterans Day Parade, Avis, W. Va.

Young girls run around the maypole decorated in streamers. Subjects unidentified.

64. Maypole Ceremony at Veterans Day Celebration, Hinton, W. Va.

A small dog rests his head out the window of an automobile.

65. An Empty Temple Street during Veterans Day Celebration, Hinton, W. Va.

Jeeps filled with boy scouts head down Ballengee Street to participate in the parade. To the left is Carnagie Library.

66. Boy Scouts in Veterans Day Parade, Hinton, W. Va.

Marching band gets in position on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Ballengee Street. Ann Harvey Gore's parents home pictured on the far right.

67. Veterans Day Parade, Hinton, W. Va.

A woman walks alone passing empty stores on Temple Street.

68. Streets Emptied for Veterans Day Celebration, Hinton, W. Va.

A marching band and parade spectators move past the courthouse and Memorial Building, pictured on the left of the photo.

69. Veterans Day Parade Moving through Streets of Hinton, W. Va.

Thomas Lilly (born June 11, 1885) stands next to Grace Blanche Lilly Meador Hatcher (born in 1919) and a young Robert Cecil Meador (born 1942).

70. Thomas W. Lilly and Family, Summers County, W. Va.

Pictured is Minnie, Stella (Charles P. Wood's mother), Grace, Elsie, and Lola. The mann brothers are Cyrus W., Arvel, and Henry "Oather".

71. Mann Siblings in Jumping Branch, Summers County, W. Va.

Family members prepare plates from a buffet.

72. Mann Family Reunion in Jumping Branch, Summers County, W. Va.

Family members gather around the buffet table.

73. Preparing Plates at Mann Family Reunion, Jumping Branch, Summers County, W. Va.

Family members gathered for a family reunion at Alfred Henderson Mann's home. Ezra Lilly is pictured in the center wearing a white shirt and tie. His wife is beside him in the print dress holding a child.

74. Mann Family Portrait, Jumping Branch, Summers County, W. Va.

The photo's description reads, "Christmas Cart." An unidentified man stands by the gate, perhaps to close it. Fresh cart tracks are seen in the snow on the road.

75. Winter Scene at the Jackson's Mill Gate, Lewis County, W. Va.

A view from the hilltop overlooks the grounds of the historic site.

76. View of Jackson's Mill and Camp Grounds, Lewis County, W. Va.

Front of the Morgantown Flour and Feed Co. building on Clay Street.  Large mural for Gold Medal Flour is also on the front of the building.  Photographs taken for the West Virginia Geological Survey.

77. Morgantown Flour and Feed Co.

Rear of the Morgantown Flour & Feed Co., which is alongside the railroad tracks.

78. Morgantown Flour & Feed Co.

"Hanging primed leaves on stick in Mason County. This grower primed about 600 sticks from 1 1/2 acres in 1945."

79. Tobacco Farm, Mason County, W. Va.

Primed leaves hanging in barn for curing. This grower in Cabell County primed 500 sticks from 1.3 acres of crop.

80. Tobacco Curing, Cabell County, W. Va.