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1. Baptist Student Group at Jackson's Mill State 4-H Camp, Lewis County, W. Va.

Exterior view of the tobacco barn constructed by Mr. A. C. Curry in Lincoln County. 'Narrow Ventilation doors which were opened in the front of the barn for this picture are located on all four sides of the barn. The barn is 50 feet wide, 60 feet long and 41 feet to the roof at the center of the barn.'

2. Tobacco Barn in Lincoln County

3. Street Scene in Parkersburg, W. Va.

An scenic view of Franklin in Pendleton County.

4. Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

5. Aerial View of Webster Springs, Webster County, W. Va.

Picture of the Y.M.W. luncheon which took place at the Memorial Building in Kimball, McDowell County, Monday, March 27th, 1950 at 1 o'clock. The luncheon was free and the purpose of the meeting was to discuss plans for organizing Older Youth Groups. The age limits for YMW club membership was approximately 18 to 30. Married and unmarried young people are eligible. In every community there was a need for a program to bridge the gap between organized junior programs and the homemakers program and to include both men and women.

6. African-American Extension Workers at a Y.M.W. Luncheon in Kimball, McDowell County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Homeroom 311 Class (left to right)Griffin, Kinnan, Foisset, Kennedy, Huggins, Nixon, Huggins, Geiler, Jack, Meadows. ROW--2: Howell, Lemley, Himes, Graham, Ladd, Keaton, Norberg, Mrs. Deeds. ROW--3: Kramer, Lazzelle, McBee, Hinebaugh, McVey, Netz, Fulk, Gregary, Juzinar. ROW--4: Fitchett, Jackson, Holmes, Klein, McClain, Graham, Harner, Goudemond, Lovering

7. Students in Home Room 311, Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

A man is shoveling snow on the corner of Cleveland and Locust Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

8. Shoveling Snow at the Corner of Cleveland and Locust Avenue, Fairmont, W. Va.

9. Oglebay Hall, West Virginia University

'Earl Whisner-flag, Ted Hilling-banner, James (Dobie) Poole (deceased), Odell Henry-Umbrella'.

10. Parade, Morgantown, W. Va.

11. Back Fork Bridge, Webster Springs, W. Va.

A close-up view of a rectifier at the Williams River Mine in Webster County, W. Va.  Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va.

12. Rectifier at the Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.

Cars are parked along Monroe Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

13. Monroe Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

The view from Madison Street looking toward Jefferson Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm in 1950.

14. Snow Covered Madison Street Looking toward Jefferson, Fairmont, W. Va.

15. Phi Kappa Sigma House, West Virginia University

'Taken by Roy T. Emerson 1950 for Trinity Women's Auxiliary Yaar Book' Letter enclosed reads: ' July 1, 1959   To Whom it May Concern: Enclosed please find snapshot of Trinity Episcopal Church taken in 1950. This picture was used on  yearbook of Trinity Women's Auxiliary. In the year 1950. Trintiy was sold to a Church group, dismantled and moved board by board to their Church property near B--? W. Va. This over the forth or fifth move for this Church building. Trinity Church was purchased by first Vestry from the Baptist Church, before this time the Episcopal services were being read in old Rogers' home. The church stood at top of High Street before street was paved. With a great deal of effort it was finally moved to spot where New Farmers and Merchants Bank is now going up; however during move a rain storm hit and Church got bogged down in mud and stood in the middle of High Street for several weeks before ground was solid enough to prepare another attmept. The church was moved later, as shown in Post picture to spot next to Masonic temple and the place where Trinity Parking lot is now. This is the tale as told to me by Brad Laidley for most accurate account contact him. Sincerely, Monica Emerson, New Timer?'

16. Trinity Episcopal Church in Morgantown, W. Va.

17. Building Survey, Entrance to the Original Mountainlair, West Virginia University

18. Court Square and Well, Salt Sulphur Springs, Webster Springs, W. Va.

Two men are shoveling snow in Fairmont, West Virginia after the big snow storm of 1950.

19. Shoveling Snow After the Storm, Fairmont, W. Va.

Group portrait of homeroom 104 from the 1950 Morgantown High School yearbook.

20. Students in Homeroom 104, Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

People are walking on Monroe and Adams Streets in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

21. Monroe and Adams Streets, Fairmont, W. Va.

'ROTC Technical Training -- Radio relay and carrier communications is part of specialized training Signal Corps Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets receive in six weeks summer encampment at Fort Monmouth, N.J. The group operating AN/TRC equipment under the instruction of Sgt. Adrian Ulvog of Michigan State are, left to right, Kenneth Stoviak of Coraopolis, Robert Larimer, Pittsburgh, Orion Hoch, Canonsburg, Richard Lyman, Pittsburgh and Jack Eyring of Uniontown. All except Eyring, who is a student at West Virginia University, are undergraduates of Carnegie Tech.'

22. ROTC Signal Corp at Summer Camp at Fort Monmouth, N. J.

'West Virginia U. cadets -- Undergraduates of West Virginia University, attending Signal Corps' ROTC encampment at Fort Monmouth, N.J., assemble with college's vice president C.T. Neff, Jr., during his three-day visit of camp activities. Left to Right (kneeling): William Long, John Heckert, Albert Lewis, James Heatherly, Richer Csamer, and John Leachman.  Standing: Kenneth Skidmore, Davide McWhorter, Gerald Swecker, William Lodge, Robert Kay, Arthur Sites, Vice President C. T. Neff, Jr., Robert Borke, Lt. Col. B. Cooper, James McDonald, Elmer Clear, Robert Calligan, and Donald Richardson.'

23. West Virginia University ROTC Cadets at Signal Corps Encampment, Fort Monmoth, N. J.

24. Upshur County Four-H Members' Demonstration of Use of Mattock at State Camp

25. Upshur County Four-H Member Demonstration of Preservation at State Camp

26. Cabell County 4-H Camp Recreational Classes at Work

'Good Teeth' King and Queen, Dean Stump and Janet Stump, Russett 4-H Club.

27. Good Teeth King and Queen, Calhoun County 4-H Camp

28. Three Male African-American 4-H Members with Birdhouses, Kanawha County, W. Va.

29. 4-H Older County Campers and Counselors, Cabell County, W. Va.

4-H Club members piecing the blocks.

30. Quilt Made by Mrs. Ann McDonald, Taylor County, W. Va.

31. 4-H Members Learning about the United Nations Flag, Lincoln School, Taylor County, W. Va.

32. Lincoln School 4-H Members Play a Game Learned at Camp, Taylor County, W. Va.

33. Portrait of Senator Harry P. Cain of Washington Signed for Rush D. Holt

She won first prize at Costume Ball for Allied Artists in W. Va..

34. Grace Martin Taylor in Costume

35. Bird's Eye View of Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, W. Va.

A photograph of Governor Patteson (seated) signing a piece of paper, with Eugene Carter (left), President of the West Virginia Federation of Labor, and another man standing behind him.

36. Governor Okey Patteson and Labor Leaders

From left to right 1) Unknown 2) Harold Stassen 3) Unknown 4) President Irvin Stewart.

37. Conferring a Degree, West Virginia University

"Early Oil Wells--To the south, birthplace of West Virginia's oil industry.  On Hughes River oil was found in gravel beds in 1810.  As "bank oil," a medicine,  Bushrod Creel sold 100 barrels of it per year in 1836.  Volcano was one of first boom oil towns."

38. Early Oil Wells Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 in Ritchie County, W. Va.

"Tollgate--The Northwestern Turnpike, a favorite project of George Washington, opened in 1838.  Such highways were called "turnpikes" from the gates at which tolls were collected.  This town is named for the toll gate which stood here."

39. Tollgate Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 in Ritchie County, W. Va.

The Place of Fashion is located on Rt. 50; the fire department is to the left.  The building was once Town Hall and also housed Fitzhugh building and Knights of Pythias.

40. Barber Shop and Place of Fashion Clothing Store, Bridgeport, W. Va.

Cairo Illinois or Mound City, Illinois or Kentucky.  The marker reads: The Prince of the French Explorers--Commissioned by Louis XIV of France the Sieur Robert De La Salle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his Flotilla of canoes stopped in 1882 at this place.  In his quest for the mouth of the Mississippi and an outlet for the French fur trade.  This river called Ohio by the Iroquois and Quabache (Wabash) by the Algonquins was proclaimed by La Salle on April 9, 1882 to be the Northern watershed of the New Province of Louisiana of the French Colonial Empire.

41. Prince of the French Explorers Historic Marker

A great snow fall during the week of Thanksgiving in 1950, Clarksburg, W. Va.

42. Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Three men shoveling snow in front of Wayne Feeds on the corner of School Avenue and Hewes Street near Kaiser Fraser Auto shop in Clarksburg.

43. Wayne Feeds Store after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Two men stand on the sidewalk, Hewes Street behind piled snow.

44. Hewes Street after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

A car completely blanketed with snow on Main Street near Empire Bank, a Tampa, Florida number plate peeks through.

45. Main Street after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

A snow covered Hewes Avenue looking toward North East, beyond the pile of snow Central School's tower peeks through, Clarksburg, W. Va.

46. Hewes Avenue after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

A view of Crosby's Jewelers' storefront during the Great Thanksgiving Snow in 1950; the store is on the south Third Street behind what would be New City in 1990.

47. Crosby's Jewelers after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

A view of snow covered 4th street, Clarksburg, W. Va.

48. 4th Street after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.