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Phillip Murray giving speech in podium decorated in stars and stripes.

1. Murray, Phillip Giving a Speech

John L. Lewis standing on a platform decorated in stars and stripes.

2. Lewis, John L. Giving a Speech

Senator Rush D. Holt speaking before a labor convention in Charleston, Sept. 30.

3. Holt, Senator Rush D. Speaking at a Labor Convention, Charleston, W. Va.

Senator Rush D. Holt speaking at the podium below an image of President Franklin Roosevelt.

4. Holt, Senator Rush D. Making a Speech

A crowd assembles on the lawn to hear a speaker. Subjects unidentified.

5. Courthouse Square, Hinton, W. Va.

Kennedy speaks to a crowd gathered around the podium. To Kennedy's right is brother, Ted (Edward) Kennedy, and West Virginia political figure, A. James Manchin.

6. Senator John F. Kennedy Campaigning during Presidential Election in Hinton, West Virginia

Davis, from Clarksburg, W. Va., is pictured front and center standing on a train car and addressing the large crowd gathered before him. On the far left, also on the train with Davis, is James Rushford. Remaining subjects are unidentified.

7. Most Likely the Presidential Campaign for Democratic Party Candidate John W. Davis in Summers County, W. Va.

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.

8. Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.

Two American Legion members are on the stage with Louis A. Johnson, who was the national commander of the American Legion in 1932.

9. Louis A. Johnson Makes a Speech

Franklin D. Roosevelt pictured standing at podium on Baltimore and Ohio train car.

10. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Speaking From Train Car; Morgantown, W. Va.

11. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Aboard Baltimore and Ohio Train Car; Morgantown, W. Va.

12. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Aboard Baltimore and Ohio Train Car; Morgantown, W. Va.