Gallery: Do you remember? -- May 31, 2011

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Dreamland Pool, first opened in 1926, was once the largest swimming pool in the United States east of the Mississippi River, measuring 250 feet by 125 feet. The original construction, seen here, included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool. The top floor of the pavilion included a dance floor, where many notable Big Bands played though the 1930s and 1940s and attracted big names such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. A June 29, 1973, fire destroyed the pavilion, but the rest of the facility survived. The pool was conveyed to the City of Kenova in 1973. Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility. About the size of a football field, Dreamland sports two cement floats equidistant from each other in the middle of the pool to allow swimmers a place to rest. Date is unknown.

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Dreamland Pool, first opened in 1926, was once the largest swimming pool in the United States east of the Mississippi River, measuring 250 feet by 125 feet. The original construction, seen here, included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool. The top floor of the pavilion included a dance floor, where many notable Big Bands played though the 1930s and 1940s and attracted big names such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. A fire on June 29, 1973, destroyed the pavilion, but the rest of the facility survived. The pool was conveyed to the City of Kenova in 1973. Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility. About the size of a football field, Dreamland sports two cement floats equidistant from each other in the middle of the pool to allow swimmers a place to rest. Date is unknown.

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Dreamland Pool, first opened in 1926, was once the largest swimming pool in the United States east of the Mississippi River, measuring 250 feet by 125 feet. The original construction, seen here, included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool. The top floor of the pavilion included a dance floor, where many notable Big Bands played though the 1930s and 1940s and attracted big names such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. A fire on June 29, 1973, destroyed the pavilion, but the rest of the facility survived. The pool was conveyed to the City of Kenova in 1973. Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility. About the size of a football field, Dreamland sports two cement floats equidistant from each other in the middle of the pool to allow swimmers a place to rest. Date is unknown.

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Dreamland Pool, first opened in 1926, was once the largest swimming pool in the United States east of the Mississippi River, measuring 250 feet by 125 feet. The original construction, seen here, included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool. The top floor of the pavilion included a dance floor, where many notable Big Bands played though the 1930s and 1940s and attracted big names such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. A June 29, 1973, fire destroyed the pavilion, but the rest of the facility survived. The pool was conveyed to the City of Kenova in 1973. Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility. About the size of a football field, Dreamland sports two cement floats equidistant from each other in the middle of the pool to allow swimmers a place to rest. Date is unknown.

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Dreamland Pool, first opened in 1926, was once the largest swimming pool in the United States east of the Mississippi River, measuring 250 feet by 125 feet. The original construction, seen here, included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool. The top floor of the pavilion included a dance floor, where many notable Big Bands played though the 1930s and 1940s and attracted big names such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. A June 29, 1973, fire destroyed the pavilion, but the rest of the facility survived. The pool was conveyed to the City of Kenova in 1973. Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility. About the size of a football field, Dreamland sports two cement floats equidistant from each other in the middle of the pool to allow swimmers a place to rest. Date is unknown.

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Dreamland Pool, first opened in 1926, was once the largest swimming pool in the United States east of the Mississippi River, measuring 250 feet by 125 feet. The original construction, seen here, included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool. The top floor of the pavilion included a dance floor, where many notable Big Bands played though the 1930s and 1940s and attracted big names such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. A June 29, 1973, fire destroyed the pavilion, but the rest of the facility survived. The pool was conveyed to the City of Kenova in 1973. Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility. About the size of a football field, Dreamland sports two cement floats equidistant from each other in the middle of the pool to allow swimmers a place to rest. Date is unknown.

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Chuck Bell, left, soaks up some sun at Dreamland Pool . He thinks the photo is from 1948 or 1949. "Koki Booth was a friend of mine. He lived in Kenova, and his uncle was the builder/owner of Dreamland, so my friends and I used to get in free. I grew up in Huntington. My grandfather was Dr. Samuel E. Langfitt, a dentist. My father, Shirley Bell, was night editor of the Herald Dispatch and had a music critic column called The Music Box," he writes. Dreamland Pool, first opened in 1926, was once the largest swimming pool in the United States east of the Mississippi River, measuring 250 feet by 125 feet. The original construction, seen here, included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool. The top floor of the pavilion included a dance floor, where many notable Big Bands played though the 1930s and 1940s and attracted big names such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. A June 29, 1973, fire destroyed the pavilion, but the rest of the facility survived. The pool was conveyed to the City of Kenova in 1973. Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility. About the size of a football field, Dreamland sports two cement floats equidistant from each other in the middle of the pool to allow swimmers a place to rest. Date is unknown.

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Dreamland Pool, first opened in 1926, was once the largest swimming pool in the United States east of the Mississippi River, measuring 250 feet by 125 feet. The original construction, seen here, included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool. The top floor of the pavilion included a dance floor, where many notable Big Bands played though the 1930s and 1940s and attracted big names such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. A June 29, 1973, fire destroyed the pavilion, but the rest of the facility survived. The pool was conveyed to the City of Kenova in 1973. Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility. About the size of a football field, Dreamland sports two cement floats equidistant from each other in the middle of the pool to allow swimmers a place to rest. Date is unknown.

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Dreamland Pool, first opened in 1926, was once the largest swimming pool in the United States east of the Mississippi River, measuring 250 feet by 125 feet. The original construction, seen here, included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool. The top floor of the pavilion included a dance floor, where many notable Big Bands played though the 1930s and 1940s and attracted big names such as Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. A June 29, 1973, fire destroyed the pavilion, but the rest of the facility survived. The pool was conveyed to the City of Kenova in 1973. Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility. About the size of a football field, Dreamland sports two cement floats equidistant from each other in the middle of the pool to allow swimmers a place to rest. Date is unknown.

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The Sunday School Building of Enslow Park Presbyterian Church, 1338 Enslow Blvd., in 1952.

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The Sunday School Building of Enslow Park Presbyterian Church, 1338 Enslow Blvd., in 1952.

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Tucker Memorial Baptist Church, 2014 Adams Ave., in Huntington. Date is unknown.

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The Mud River falls, which is close to the old Kiwanivista Park, was a popular swimming hole in the 1940s and ’50s, according to Steve Perry. Date is unknown.

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The Mud River falls, which is close to the old Kiwanivista Park, was a popular swimming hole in the 1940s and ’50s, according to Steve Perry. Date is unknown.

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The Huntington Police Department recreation facility, known as the Police Farm, is in Wayne County along Route 152 between Huntington and Wayne. The facility, which is owned by the Fraternal Order of Police, is near Twelve-Pole Creek. It is home to the annual Wayne County Fair. Several readers identified the photo, including Ken Reffeitt, Robert Grant, Gary Short, Robin Chandler Wilks, Richard McCoy and Ralph Turner. Date is unknown.

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The Huntington Police Department recreation facility, known as the Police Farm, is in Wayne County along Route 152 between Huntington and Wayne. The facility, which is owned by the Fraternal Order of Police, is near Twelve-Pole Creek. It is home to the annual Wayne County Fair. Several readers identified the photo, including Ken Reffeitt, Robert Grant, Gary Short, Robin Chandler Wilks, Richard McCoy and Ralph Turner. Date is unknown.

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The Huntington Police Department recreation facility, known as the Police Farm, is in Wayne County along Route 152 between Huntington and Wayne. The facility, which is owned by the Fraternal Order of Police, is near Twelve-Pole Creek. It is home to the annual Wayne County Fair. Several readers identified the photo, including Ken Reffeitt, Robert Grant, Gary Short, Robin Chandler Wilks, Richard McCoy and Ralph Turner. Date is unknown.

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Kiwanivista Park was located along Route 60 in Ona. In 1947, the Cabell County Court, as the commission was known then, bought the Kiwanivista parcel. Part of it was developed by the State Road Commission — later the West Virginia Division of Highways — and the Kiwanis Club of Huntington as a roadside park. Later, the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District took over the park's maintenance. In August 2003, the Cabell County Commission sold Kiwanivista Park to American Trust Inc. in submitted a bid of $385,000 for the 86-acre parcel. The company planned to turn the property into retail space and upscale homes. The property was leveled, but no development has happened yet, according to Eric Vititoe. Several readers identified the photo, including Ken Reffeitt, Marsha Owens, Robert Grant, George Smith and Ralph Turner. Date is unknown.

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From left, actor Tyrone Power, Marshall College President Stewart H. Smith (president from 1946 to 1968), actress Judith Anderson and actor Raymond Massey. The actors were possibly in town to perform in "John Brown's Body" for the Marshall Artists Series. Col. Robert Hanger said he thinks this photo is from 1957. “He was in town for a stage show at the Keith-Albee. During that week, I met him at Martin's Restaurant (new) and next door to the original studios of WHTN-TV at "Radio Center," 625 4th Ave. Movie star Powers appeared on an interview show with hostess Jane Gallagher, and they all dined in Martin's new restaurant next door to the original studios of Ch. 13. I had earlier hosted the grand-opening and ribbon-cutting for that restaurant, along with Mr. Martin, but do not recall the exact date in 1957. However, I have retained the 8X10 photo of that event in my archives.”

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Leonard Samworth was a former president of the Ohio Valley Bus Co. and a civic leader. He was a founder and served as director of the Huntington Galleries, now the Huntington Museum of Art, and the Boys Club of Huntington. He also served as a past president of the Huntington Symphony Association, among other groups. In 1964, Samworth, a former president of the MU Alumni Association, suggested Marshall University's nickname be the Rams with "Sam the Ram" as a mascot. In 1965, the student body overwhelmingly chose the Thundering Herd as the nickname, above the Rams and the Big Green. Date is unknown.

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The "new" Vinson High School opened in 1952 or 1953 along Piedmont Road. Students moved to the new building from the old high school building along Hughes Street, a few blocks east and one street south. This building served as Vinson High School until the school consolidated with Ceredo-Kenova and Buffalo high schools to form Spring Valley High School in 1998. This building is now serving as Vinson Middle School. Thanks to Ralph Turner, Richard McCoy and Tony Barbour for the information.

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The "new" Vinson High School opened in 1952 or 1953 along Piedmont Road. Students moved to the new building from the old high school building along Hughes Street, a few blocks east and one street south. This building served as Vinson High School until the school consolidated with Ceredo-Kenova and Buffalo high schools to form Spring Valley High School in 1998. This building is now serving as Vinson Middle School. Thanks to Ralph Turner, Richard McCoy and Tony Barbour for the information.

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The Abbott Theater, 420 14th St. W., was built in 1938. According to Richard McCoy of Huntington, after the Abbott closed as a movie house, it became the home of local theatrical group the Community Players and continued to function as such until it was demolished in December 1994. Date is unknown.

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The Abbott Theater, 420 14th St. W., was built in 1938. According to Richard McCoy of Huntington, after the Abbott closed as a movie house, it became the home of local theatrical group the Community Players and continued to function as such until it was demolished in December 1994. Date is unknown.