Search Results
- IDNO:
- 009501
- Title:
- World War I Slide Show--Royal Flying Corps Biplane Taking Off
- Date:
- ca. 1917-1918
- Description:
- World War I Lantern Slide Show. In group of originally numbered slides. (Number label is lost.) Royal Flying Corps biplane taking off (negative no. 26-10943 is inscribed on slide)
- IDNO:
- 009502
- Title:
- World War I Slide Show--Airplane in the Sky
- Date:
- ca. 1917-1918
- Description:
- World War I Lantern Slide Show. In group of originally numbered slides. (Number label is lost.) Airplane in the sky.
- IDNO:
- 031378
- Title:
- West Virginia National Guard During World War I
- Description:
- "Sergeant Clinton T. Manear 2nd from left kneeling with hand on knee."
- IDNO:
- 033070
- Title:
- World War I Trainees in Drafting Class, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1918
- Description:
- Print number 397d.
- IDNO:
- 033071
- Title:
- Unidentified World War I Soldier
- IDNO:
- 038975
- Title:
- Lieutenant Jason Clark Easton, United States Army
- Date:
- ca. 1918
- Description:
- A portrait of Lieutenant Easton who served in the 77th Division during World War I (1917-1918) and on General Pershing's staff during the Paris Peace Conference (1918-1919). Easton was a Professor of History at West Virginia University, 1938 to 1972.
- IDNO:
- 038976
- Title:
- Jason Clark Easton, United States Army
- Date:
- ca.1918
- Description:
- Jason Clark Easton first served in the Seventy Seventh (77th) Division as a non-commissioned officer (sergeant) because of his compromised eyesight. He was eventually commissioned a lieutenant and assigned to General Pershing's staff during the Paris Peace talks. In 1938 Easton began a thirty five year career on the West Virginia University faculty as a Professor of History.
- IDNO:
- 049376
- Title:
- Hume K. Nowlan of Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1965
- Description:
- Portrait of the prominent citizen who lived in the city of Hinton. Nowlan served as a master electrician in the United States Army Air Service during World War I. By 1927, Nowlan was the city manager of Hinton all the way through 1935. In World War II, he managed overseas and continental district organizations in the Office of Censorship. In 1945, he developed a 200-acre wildlife sanctuary at "Split Rock" overlooking Greenbrier River near Alderson, W. Va. During the Korean War, he served as the budget administrator for the United States Air Force. Finally, in 1960, Nowlan became the financial secretary for the Summers County Board of Education.
- IDNO:
- 049688
- Title:
- Celebration for WWI Veterans Outside of Courthouse Square on 2nd Avenue, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1919
- Description:
- A crowd gathers outside of the park to celebrate soldiers who fought in World War I. In the background, Miller Hotel is pictured to the right.
- IDNO:
- 049691
- Title:
- Automobile Decorated for WWI Parade in Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1919
- Description:
- A family crowds inside the car decorated for the event on Temple Street. Subjects unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 049693
- Title:
- Group of Soldiers Participating in WWI Parade, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1919
- Description:
- Children walk beside the troop as they pass Rose's Drug Store and the National Bank of Summers on Temple Street. Subjects unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 049694
- Title:
- Float in WWI Victory Parade, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1919
- Description:
- A Palace Clothing Co. parade float decorated in American flags is drawn by two horses.
