Search Results
- IDNO:
- 030535
- Title:
- Unidentified Group at a Christmas Party
- IDNO:
- 047397
- Title:
- Cub Scouts Reconditioning Toys, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- Cub Scout boys help fix toys for the less fortunate in time for Christmas with the Hinton Fire Department. Subjects unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 047398
- Title:
- Hinton Fire Department Reconditioning Christmas Gifts, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- A man on the left repaints a sled while his colleague on the right put together a chair. The department had fixed toys and other items for less fortunate children during the holiday season. Subjects unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 047445
- Title:
- Y.M.C.A. Christmas Float, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- The sign on the side of the float reads, "Journey to the Inn, A. A., Y. M. C. A.". Unidentified man dressed as Joseph stands in the truck with palm trees and animals.
- IDNO:
- 047523
- Title:
- Christmastime in Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- A group of kids ranging in age pose in front of a Christmas tree.
- IDNO:
- 048197
- Title:
- Christmas Parade Float, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1960
- Description:
- Three unidentified men dress up as the Three Wisemen.
- IDNO:
- 048199
- Title:
- Blood Drive Christmas Parade Truck, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1960
- Description:
- A sign on the side of the car reads, "Give a Pint--Save a Life". A hospital bed is set up on the truck.
- IDNO:
- 049685
- Title:
- Christmas Parade Advancing down Ballengee Street, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1960
- Description:
- A crowd watches at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Ballengee Street as a parade float disguised as a train drives by.
- IDNO:
- 049686
- Title:
- Streets Decorated for Christmas, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1955
- Description:
- View from the corner of Temple Street and 2nd Avenue, streamers zig-zag across the streets.
- IDNO:
- 049687
- Title:
- Christmas Decorations in Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1955
- Description:
- Looking at the corner of Temple Street and 2nd Avenue, streamers zig-zag across the streets. A sign reading, "Greetings" hovers above the road.
- IDNO:
- 049904
- Title:
- Family Portrait of Maryat Lee and her Family at Christmas
- Date:
- 1939
- Description:
- Portrait of Maryat Lee and her family at Christmas. Pictured left to right are her father, Dewitt Collins Lee, her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee holding hands with Maryat, and her oldest brother John Lee holding hands with her mother Grace Dyer 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.
- IDNO:
- 052031
- Title:
- Miners Given Christmas Hams and Presents from the Federal Consolidated Coal Company
- Date:
- 1954/12/24
- Description:
- Miners of the Zephyr Mine are gathered around a Christmas tree. The man standing on the right side of the tree with a hat and suit is Rush Meadows, a mining engineer and operator from Charleston, W. Va.
