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- IDNO:
- 052369
- Title:
- Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1936/04/01
- Description:
- Holt was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1931-1954 and a senator from 1935-1941 on the Democratic ticket. By 1936, Holt emerged as a vocal conservative critic of the New Deal, attacking, for example, the Works Progress Administration as corrupt and inefficient. He switched to the Republican party in 1949.
- IDNO:
- 052393
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Landing Vehicle Headed for Okinawa Beaches
- Date:
- 1945/04
- Description:
- Troops loaded into landing vehicles head for the beaches of Okinawa as part of the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific theater during World War II. The U.S.S. West Virginia is pictured in the background.
- IDNO:
- 052394
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Anchored in Sagami Wan, Japan
- Date:
- 1945/08
- Description:
- The battleship is anchored in Sagami Wan, which is located just outside of Tokyo Bay. In the background is Mount Fuji.
- IDNO:
- 052410
- Title:
- Portrait of James Henry Drummond
- Date:
- 1867/12
- Description:
- Drummond was a Methodist Minister. On the back of the photo, an inscription reads, "Yours truly. Dec. 1867. J. Drummond."
- IDNO:
- 052412
- Title:
- Marshall Glenn Reaches for Football on WVU Practice Field, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1929
- Description:
- Glenn prepares to catch a football during football practice.
- IDNO:
- 052413
- Title:
- Louis Varney Prepares to Throw Football, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1928
- Description:
- Varney reaches back as he prepare to throw the ball.
- IDNO:
- 052414
- Title:
- WVU Football Players, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1930
- Description:
- Two unidentified players are pictured on the practice field.
- IDNO:
- 052415
- Title:
- View of Clark Hall from University Avenue, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Clark Hall was the Chemistry Building located on the corner of University Ave. and Prospect St. To the right of the building and out of view is now the location of the Downtown Campus Library.
- IDNO:
- 052418
- Title:
- Engineering Class in Front of Mechanical Hall, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1932/02/23
- Description:
- R. P. Davis's engineering class poses outside of the university building.
- IDNO:
- 052419
- Title:
- Commencement Procession Entering Field House, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1920
- Description:
- ROTC students form a line as they salute the professors walking down the field.
- IDNO:
- 052420
- Title:
- Kappa Sigma Fraternity, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Members of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity WVU Chapter take a group photo outside of the fraternity house.
- IDNO:
- 052421
- Title:
- WVU President Turner Inauguration Ceremony, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1928
- Description:
- Turner, center, is pictured with two unidentified associates outside of a WVU building the day of his inauguration.
