The 1960s were a tumultuous time for a lot of places. And West Virginia has sure changed a lot since then. How many of the places in these pictures from the 1960s do you recognize?
Somewhere in West Virginia in 1963.
This was taken at the 1962 C&O / B&O Annual Staff Meeting and Christmas Party at The GreenbrierDecember 13, 1962 at The Greenbrier in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. The Crystal Room.
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- Here’s another photo from inside the Greenbrier in the 1960s.
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- And another shot of the Greenbrier in the 1960s. This is from a post card.
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- This was taken in the West Virginia Mountains in February 1963.
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- This is a shot of the state capitol in 1965.
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- This milkman delivers milk and bread in Garden Farms, Huntington, West Virginia. May 1960.
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- This was Penny’s Drive In in Logan during the 1960s.
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- Ranger Joe Tekel gives directions to a family at the Smokehole Recreation Area, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia in 1966.
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- This a 1961 yearbook shot from Chester High School.
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- This is the 1961 Chester High School basketball team.
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- This one of a boy feeding chickens was taken in 1963.
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- This is a woman getting coal in West Virginia in November 1963.
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- A man and a horse pose in this 1963 picture.
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- This is a picture of a farmhouse and car taken in 1963.
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What do you think of these pictures? Do you have a favorite?
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