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A group of men salute the American flag at a ceremony honoring World War II veterans and the U.S.S. West Virginia battleship.

1. Ceremony Honoring the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia In Front of the Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
001497
Title:
Ceremony Honoring the Mast of the U.S.S. West Virginia In Front of the Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A group of men salute the American flag at a ceremony honoring World War II veterans and the U.S.S. West Virginia battleship.

2. Charleston, W. Va. From the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot, Lock Seven

IDNO:
005442
Title:
Charleston, W. Va. From the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot, Lock Seven
Date:
1908

3. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
005453
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1910/03/01
View of Charleston, West Virginia with bridge over river on right.

4. Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
005458
Title:
Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
View of Charleston, West Virginia with bridge over river on right.
"The Charleston skyline as it appeared at the time the Kanawha Banking [and] Trust Company began business-in 1901. Note the old capitol in the center background and the ferry landing before the C [and] O bridge was built"; In the bottom picture, "modern Charleston as it appears today. Front street has become Kanawha Boulevard and towering skyscrapers fill the landscape. The Kanawha Banking [and] Trust Company building appears at the left beyond the Union building."

5. Charleston Skyline in 1901 (Top) and 1951 (Bottom,) Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
005474
Title:
Charleston Skyline in 1901 (Top) and 1951 (Bottom,) Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1901, 1951
Description:
"The Charleston skyline as it appeared at the time the Kanawha Banking [and] Trust Company began business-in 1901. Note the old capitol in the center background and the ferry landing before the C [and] O bridge was built"; In the bottom picture, "modern Charleston as it appears today. Front street has become Kanawha Boulevard and towering skyscrapers fill the landscape. The Kanawha Banking [and] Trust Company building appears at the left beyond the Union building."
"Photograph property of Curt Teich [and] Co. Inc., Chicago."

6. Libby Owens Glass Factory, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
005501
Title:
Libby Owens Glass Factory, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
"Photograph property of Curt Teich [and] Co. Inc., Chicago."
"W. Va. Indus. [and] Pub. Comm."

7. State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
005524
Title:
State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
"W. Va. Indus. [and] Pub. Comm."

8. Bridge Across the Kanawha River at Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
005583
Title:
Bridge Across the Kanawha River at Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900

9. Steamboats at Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
017147
Title:
Steamboats at Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1896

10. Aerial View of the Kanawha River and Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
034442
Title:
Aerial View of the Kanawha River and Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1907-1958

11. View of River and Buildings, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
036470
Title:
View of River and Buildings, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880-1900
Ed Cabbell riding a horse during the John Henry Folk Festival in Charleston, W.Va.

12. Ed Cabbell at 1977 John Henry Folk Festival, Camp Virgil Tate, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
038003
Title:
Ed Cabbell at 1977 John Henry Folk Festival, Camp Virgil Tate, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1977
Description:
Ed Cabbell riding a horse during the John Henry Folk Festival in Charleston, W.Va.
Post card print

13. View of Charleston, W. Va. From C & O Depot

IDNO:
038270
Title:
View of Charleston, W. Va. From C & O Depot
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
Post card print
Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in West Virginia (1955-1956). She is also well known for her later political efforts in vastly improving housing and long term health care for the elderly.

14. Helen Holt Outside West Virginia State Capital; Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
041669
Title:
Helen Holt Outside West Virginia State Capital; Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Helen Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in West Virginia (1955-1956). She is also well known for her later political efforts in vastly improving housing and long term health care for the elderly.

15. Fruit and Produce Co. Wholesale Fruit and Vegetables Warehouse, Likely Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047039
Title:
Fruit and Produce Co. Wholesale Fruit and Vegetables Warehouse, Likely Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated

16. Group Photo at Lions and Lambs Annual Banquet, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047051
Title:
Group Photo at Lions and Lambs Annual Banquet, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1933/12/21

17. Smiling Boy Receives Jacket at Lions and Lambs Annual Banquet, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047052
Title:
Smiling Boy Receives Jacket at Lions and Lambs Annual Banquet, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1933/12/21

18. Three Hundred Ton Hydroelectric Forging Crane, Naval and Plants, South Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047053
Title:
Three Hundred Ton Hydroelectric Forging Crane, Naval and Plants, South Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
"You be the judge."

19. Maud Muller Candy Store, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047054
Title:
Maud Muller Candy Store, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1946/01/22
Description:
"You be the judge."

20. Morris Harvey College Choir Group, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047056
Title:
Morris Harvey College Choir Group, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1954/02/19

21. Morris Harvey College Choir Group at City Auditorium, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047057
Title:
Morris Harvey College Choir Group at City Auditorium, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1953/12/13

22. Morton Cadillac Company Cars, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047059
Title:
Morton Cadillac Company Cars, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated

23. Moyer Bros Construction Co. Building Montrose Elementary School, South Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047067
Title:
Moyer Bros Construction Co. Building Montrose Elementary School, South Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1949/12/29

24. Patterson Montgomery National Bank of Commerce Building, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047075
Title:
Patterson Montgomery National Bank of Commerce Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1945/12/28

25. Southern Bottlers Co. Machine Bottling Hatcher's Top Rock Beverages, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047095
Title:
Southern Bottlers Co. Machine Bottling Hatcher's Top Rock Beverages, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1945/01/23

26. Special Convention W. Va. State Federation of Labor, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047367
Title:
Special Convention W. Va. State Federation of Labor, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1938/03/10-1938/03/12

27. Students in Jr. Academy For Science Club, Stonewall Jackson High School Chapter, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047513
Title:
Students in Jr. Academy For Science Club, Stonewall Jackson High School Chapter, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1946/10/02

28. Waitresses Inside of Swiss Restaurant, Possibly in Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047514
Title:
Waitresses Inside of Swiss Restaurant, Possibly in Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated

29. Thomas Fields Banquet at Daniel Boone Hotel, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047517
Title:
Thomas Fields Banquet at Daniel Boone Hotel, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1948-03-24

30. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Football Team, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047518
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Football Team, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1935/11/06

31. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Marching Band on Sidewalk in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047532
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Marching Band on Sidewalk in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated

32. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Teachers in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047533
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Teachers in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1930

33. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Band Holding Their Instruments in Front of School, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047534
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Band Holding Their Instruments in Front of School, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1930

34. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Football Team in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047535
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Football Team in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated

35. Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Trojans Marching Band on Sidewalk in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047536
Title:
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Trojans Marching Band on Sidewalk in Front of School Building, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.

36. Group of People Looking at New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047542
Title:
Group of People Looking at New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1949/01/20
Description:
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.

37. Interior of New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047543
Title:
Interior of New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1948/03/07
Description:
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.

38. Interior of New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047544
Title:
Interior of New Superior Coach Hearse, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1948/03/07
Description:
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.

39. Two New Superior Coach Co. Hearses on Show Floor, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047545
Title:
Two New Superior Coach Co. Hearses on Show Floor, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1948/03/07
Description:
Company originally built school buses, but later switched to making hearses, as seen in this photograph.

40. War Assets Administration Government Surplus Office, Likely in Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047570
Title:
War Assets Administration Government Surplus Office, Likely in Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1947/06/16

41. West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboat, F.M. Staunton, Out of River, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047571
Title:
West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboat, F.M. Staunton, Out of River, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1938/04/11

42. West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboat, F.M. Staunton, on Kanawha River, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047572
Title:
West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboat, F.M. Staunton, on Kanawha River, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1938/04/01
Front of Creighton is submerged under water.

43. West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboats, F.M. Staunton, James Sutherland, and Creighton, Docked on Kanawha River, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047573
Title:
West Virginia Sand and Gravel Co. Owned Steamboats, F.M. Staunton, James Sutherland, and Creighton, Docked on Kanawha River, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1938/04/01
Description:
Front of Creighton is submerged under water.

44. West Virginia Sand and Gravel Company Operations, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047574
Title:
West Virginia Sand and Gravel Company Operations, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1938/04/01

45. Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047600
Title:
Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925

46. Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047601
Title:
Construction Work on New Capitol Building Grounds, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925

47. Esso Standard Oil Co. Sign at Kanawha City Bridge, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047602
Title:
Esso Standard Oil Co. Sign at Kanawha City Bridge, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Guards for the synthetic rubber plant built on old Wertz Field in Charleston, West Virginia. The factory required so many guards because of it's high importance to the nation during war time. Rubber was one of the most important commodities during the war and because most of our supplies of it had been cut off we had to build our own synthetic rubber plants, which needed lots of protection.

48. Ford, Bacon, and Davis Inc. Guard Department Institute, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047603
Title:
Ford, Bacon, and Davis Inc. Guard Department Institute, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1942/11
Description:
Guards for the synthetic rubber plant built on old Wertz Field in Charleston, West Virginia. The factory required so many guards because of it's high importance to the nation during war time. Rubber was one of the most important commodities during the war and because most of our supplies of it had been cut off we had to build our own synthetic rubber plants, which needed lots of protection.