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On the left, Western Union Simplex Printer and right, AT&T Company Teletype. The workers seated at each machine are not identified.

37. C.H. Mead Coal Company Sales Department, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039041
Title:
C.H. Mead Coal Company Sales Department, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
On the left, Western Union Simplex Printer and right, AT&T Company Teletype. The workers seated at each machine are not identified.
Beckley Hospital, used by employees of the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.

38. Beckley Hospital, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039042
Title:
Beckley Hospital, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Beckley Hospital, used by employees of the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.
Inscribed on the bottom of the postcard: "Two or three days of a miner's work pays his monthly fixed charges. Can you do as well?" See the original image for the list of charges. The advertisement was used by the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.

39. Miner's Rental House With Rates Listed, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039043
Title:
Miner's Rental House With Rates Listed, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Inscribed on the bottom of the postcard: "Two or three days of a miner's work pays his monthly fixed charges. Can you do as well?" See the original image for the list of charges. The advertisement was used by the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.
Promo vehicles, one displaying Miller Tire Service and the other Seiberling All Treads also parked outside of the store front.

40. Workers at Miller Tire Service and Seiberling All Treads Outside of Store; Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
042494
Title:
Workers at Miller Tire Service and Seiberling All Treads Outside of Store; Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Promo vehicles, one displaying Miller Tire Service and the other Seiberling All Treads also parked outside of the store front.
Print number 237.

41. Miller Warming Up, Member of West Virginia University Track Team

IDNO:
045540
Title:
Miller Warming Up, Member of West Virginia University Track Team
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Print number 237.
Print number 242a.

42. Unidentified Member of West Virginia University Track Team

IDNO:
045542
Title:
Unidentified Member of West Virginia University Track Team
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Print number 242a.
Print number 448b.

43. Johnson High School Basketball Team

IDNO:
045669
Title:
Johnson High School Basketball Team
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Print number 448b.
Print number 464.

44. Blacksville Basketball Team, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
045678
Title:
Blacksville Basketball Team, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Print number 464.
Print number 472a.

45. Masontown Valley High School Football Team

IDNO:
045711
Title:
Masontown Valley High School Football Team
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Print number 472a.
Print number 1046.

46. Soap Box Derby on Sabraton Avenue, Norwood Addition, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
046051
Title:
Soap Box Derby on Sabraton Avenue, Norwood Addition, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Print number 1046.
Print number 1111.

47. Safety Parade on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
046068
Title:
Safety Parade on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Print number 1111.
Group Portrait of Maryat Lee's family. Left to right: Maryat's father, Dewitt Collins Lee, her Robert E. "Buzz" Lee, her Mother Grace Dyer Lee, Maryat, and her oldest brother, John Lee.Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.

48. Family Portrait of Lee Family at Home of D.C. Lee, Emerson Road

IDNO:
049799
Title:
Family Portrait of Lee Family at Home of D.C. Lee, Emerson Road
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Group Portrait of Maryat Lee's family. Left to right: Maryat's father, Dewitt Collins Lee, her Robert E. "Buzz" Lee, her Mother Grace Dyer Lee, Maryat, and her oldest brother, John Lee.Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.