Search Results
- IDNO:
- 041193
- Title:
- Abandoned Nazi Vehicles Fill Paris Courtyards, Paris, France
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- Information back of photo reads: "Looking down on some of the wrecked and abandoned Nazi equipment left in the courtyard of the City Hall in the 10th District of Paris after the French capital's liberation August 25, 1944. The Nazis used the building as a telephone center and fortress. Their resistance was strong here and many members of the Maquis were massacred and buried in the courtyard."
- IDNO:
- 041727
- Title:
- U.S. Army Troops Enter Cave; Biak, New Guinea
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- The Battle of Biak was a battle that took place during World War II in Biak, New Guinea from May 27 1944 to August 17 1944. It is famous for being the first time the Japanese allowed uncontested landings of U.S. troops so that they would run into a trap they had prepared inland. The capture of the island cost the U.S. 474 deaths and 2,428 injuries. The Japanese fought until the very end losing 6,100 men to death. The Japanese soldiers would use these caves as fortification and they would be stockpiled with enough ammunition, food, and water to last for months.
- IDNO:
- 042819
- Title:
- Kanawha Blvd. and Kanawha River, Showing United Carbon Building and Riverview Apartments; Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- Published by The S. Spencer Moore Co. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042864
- Title:
- State 4H Camp; Weston, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 043526
- Title:
- Safety Wall, Coopers Rock State Forest; near Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "Safety wall, Pinnacle Point, Cooper's Rock State Forest near Morgantown, W. Va., 2,100 ft. above sea level. A beauty spot of W. Va." See original for correspondence. Published by Photo Crafters Incorporated. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 043749
- Title:
- Methodist Church, Marlinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- See original for corresondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 043899
- Title:
- Raleigh County Bank and Courthouse, The Bright Spot of Beckley, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. Published by Beckley News Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 044326
- Title:
- Junction of Hughes and Little Kanawha River, Boundary Line of Wood and Wirt Counties, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 044350
- Title:
- Bird's Eye View of Ohio River and Bridges, Parkersburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- View showing the bridge connecting Belpre, Ohio and Parkersburg, W. Va. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 044860
- Title:
- The Homestead at Hot Springs, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- Postcard reads, "The Homestead at Virginia Hot Springs has been operated for more than a century and a half as a luxury resort for the first families of America. It is located in the lovely valley on the east side of the Alleghany mountains and has an elevation of 2,300 feet." See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)
- IDNO:
- 045953
- Title:
- Ed Turner of Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- Portrait of Turner in WWII uniform.
- IDNO:
- 046216
- Title:
- Robert R. Keller with Pet and Child, Bellepoint, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1944
- Description:
- Keller sits with a child on his lap at the 112 Greenbrier Drive home.
