While we no longer have very many photos from those early years, we do have a stash of negatives from the 1950s and early 1960s. Our dated, organized negative archives begin in April 1966.

Since December 2010, we have been scanning boxes of old negatives and posting them here at www.herald-dispatch.com/historicalphotos. We add what caption information we know, and readers have been helping to fill in the gaps.

If you can add caption information to any of the photos (or correct a caption we already have), email online editor Andrea Copley-Smith at acopley@herald-dispatch.com. Be sure to include the title of the gallery, details of the photo, your name and phone number.

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Activities at the YMCA, 935 10th Ave. The sign says "Visit Teen Town each Saturday."

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Activities at the YMCA, 935 10th Ave.

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Activities at the YMCA, 935 10th Ave.

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Activities at the YMCA, 935 10th Ave. At left is Charly Lauer, director at the YMCA for several years. Thanks to Jim Daniels for the identification. The other man in the photo is “Tickle” Reed. Thanks to Jack Dennis for the identification.

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Activities at the YMCA, 935 10th Ave.

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Activities at the YMCA, 935 10th Ave.

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Activities at the YMCA, 935 10th Ave.

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Long ago, Herald-Dispatch news photographers also took photos for advertisements. This was for a real estate ad.

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This three-story brick apartment building is the Roxen Apartments at 1001 11th Ave. Thanks to Jim Mitchell for the identification.

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This three-story brick apartment building is the Roxen Apartments at 1001 11th Ave. Thanks to Jim Mitchell for the identification.

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This is 13th Street between Washington Boulevard and Huntington Avenue, according to Timothy Clagg. "My family home is the first full house shown on the right side of the street (1336 13th St.) with our 1954 Ford in the driveway, he said. "The photo has to be before 1961, when my father bought another car. The house stayed in our family until my mother passed away in 2002."

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Long ago, Herald-Dispatch news photographers also took photos for advertisements. This was for a real estate ad.

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This is the Marshall University President's Home at 1040 13th Ave. According to Marshall, it was completed in 1923 as the Campbell-Staats Home. Designed by architects Robert and Sydney Day, it was purchased in 1971 by the West Virginia Board of Regents for $95,000. An additional $54,000 was put into remodeling the house from 1971 to 1972. It became the Marshall University President's Home in 1972.

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This home, at 1120 13th Ave., is where Huntington Mayor Kim Wolfe lives. Thanks to Richard McCoy for the information.

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The Park Terrace Apartments, currently owned by Carol Miller. Thanks to Marc Williams for the information.

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The Park Terrace Apartments, currently owned by Carol Miller. Thanks to Marc Williams for the information.

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Long ago, Herald-Dispatch news photographers also took photos for advertisements. This was for a real estate ad.

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Long ago, Herald-Dispatch news photographers also took photos for advertisements. This was for a real estate ad.

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These homes are at 1219 and 1221 10th St. Thanks to Sam Januszkiewicz for the information.

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Long ago, Herald-Dispatch news photographers also took photos for advertisements. This was for a real estate ad.

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