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Left to Right - Joseph Allen Overton, Jr., a Parkersburg lawyer at U.S. Dept. of Commerce under Eisenhower administration, Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. and Louis S. Rothschild under the Secretary of Commerce for Transportation. Overton later became a president of the American Mining Congress. They may well have been met to discuss the routing of West Virginia's first interstate.

1. Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. and Others

IDNO:
030135
Title:
Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. and Others
Date:
1958
Description:
Left to Right - Joseph Allen Overton, Jr., a Parkersburg lawyer at U.S. Dept. of Commerce under Eisenhower administration, Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. and Louis S. Rothschild under the Secretary of Commerce for Transportation. Overton later became a president of the American Mining Congress. They may well have been met to discuss the routing of West Virginia's first interstate.
A photograph of Louis Rothschild (left) and Senator Hoblitzell, Jr. (right).

2. Louis S. Rothschild and Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr.

IDNO:
030138
Title:
Louis S. Rothschild and Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr.
Date:
ca. 1958
Description:
A photograph of Louis Rothschild (left) and Senator Hoblitzell, Jr. (right).

3. Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. and Louis S. Rothschild

IDNO:
030148
Title:
Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. and Louis S. Rothschild
Date:
ca. 1958
'Interstate Highway Hearings Get Under Way -- Senator Chapman Revercomb (R - WVA), seated extreme right, questions Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks, at head of table, as hearings got under way this week by the Senate Roads Subcommittee on progress of the Interstate Highway System. Department of Commerce officials present for the initial session (seated clockwise) are Louis Rothschild (back to camera), under secretary for transportation; Secretary Weeks; Bradley Nash, deputy under secretary for transportation; and Bertram D. Tallamy, federal highways administrator. Reporters covering the hearing are shown in background.'

4. Senator Chapman Revercomb at a Congressional Hearing

IDNO:
030194
Title:
Senator Chapman Revercomb at a Congressional Hearing
Date:
1960-1970
Description:
'Interstate Highway Hearings Get Under Way -- Senator Chapman Revercomb (R - WVA), seated extreme right, questions Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks, at head of table, as hearings got under way this week by the Senate Roads Subcommittee on progress of the Interstate Highway System. Department of Commerce officials present for the initial session (seated clockwise) are Louis Rothschild (back to camera), under secretary for transportation; Secretary Weeks; Bradley Nash, deputy under secretary for transportation; and Bertram D. Tallamy, federal highways administrator. Reporters covering the hearing are shown in background.'