Gallery: Do you remember? -- April 25, 2011

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Cox Landing Elementary in Lesage was established in 1939 as a small rural school. Building additions were added in the 1960s, '70s and 80s. Thanks to Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Cox Landing Elementary in Lesage was established in 1939 as a small rural school. Building additions were added in the 1960s, '70s and 80s. Thanks to Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Cox Landing Elementary in Lesage was established in 1939 as a small rural school. Building additions were added in the 1960s, '70s and 80s. Thanks to Richard McCoy for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Culloden School. Date is unknown. Thanks to Richard McCoy of Huntington for the identification.

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Johnston Elementary School, built in 1915 at 3rd Street West on West 7th Avenue. Date is unknown. Johnston, along with Monroe and Jefferson elementary schools, closed at the end of the 1998 school year. Those schools consolidated into Central City Elementary. Thanks to Richard McCoy of Huntington for identifying the photo.

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Lincoln Junior High School, 2400 block of 10th Avenue. Thanks to Richard McCoy of Huntington for identifying the photo. Date is unknown.

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Lincoln Junior High School, 2400 block of 10th Avenue. Thanks to Richard McCoy of Huntington for identifying the photo. Date is unknown.

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Exterior of a school building. Date is unknown.

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Meadows Elementary School at Washington Boulevard and 16th Street. Thanks to Richard McCoy of Huntington for identifying the photo. Date is unknown.

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Gym of Huntington East High School, located in the 2800 block of 5th Avenue. Date is unknown. Construction began on the school in 1939. It last housed students in the spring of 1996. In the fall of 1996, Huntington East merged with Huntington High to form the new Huntington High School. Since the summer of 1998, the Huntington East building has served as the headquarters for the Cabell County Board of Education.

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Auditorium of Huntington East High School, located in the 2800 block of 5th Avenue. Date is unknown. Construction began on the school in 1939. It last housed students in the spring of 1996. In the fall of 1996, Huntington East merged with Huntington High to form the new Huntington High School. Since the summer of 1998, the Huntington East building has served as the headquarters for the Cabell County Board of Education.

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Huntington East High School, located in the 2800 block of 5th Avenue. Date is unknown. Construction began on the school in 1939. It last housed students in the spring of 1996. In the fall of 1996, Huntington East merged with Huntington High to form the new Huntington High School. Since the summer of 1998, the Huntington East building has served as the headquarters for the Cabell County Board of Education.

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Huntington East High School, located in the 2800 block of 5th Avenue. Date is unknown. Construction began on the school in 1939. It last housed students in the spring of 1996. In the fall of 1996, Huntington East merged with Huntington High to form the new Huntington High School. Since the summer of 1998, the Huntington East building has served as the headquarters for the Cabell County Board of Education.

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Washington Elementary School stood where Central City Elementary is now in the 2100 of Washington Avenue. Thanks to Eldora McCoy for identifying the photo. Date is unknown.

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Washington Elementary School stood where Central City Elementary is now in the 2100 of Washington Avenue. Thanks to Eldora McCoy for identifying the photo. Date is unknown.

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Exterior of a school building. Date is unknown.

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Exterior of a school building. Date is unknown.

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Washington Elementary School stood where Central City Elementary is now in the 2100 of Washington Avenue. Thanks to Eldora McCoy for identifying the photo. Date is unknown.

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Gallaher School at Norway Avenue and Gallaher Street. Date is unknown. The school housed students until June 1991. In May 1992, it was razed. It is now the location of the Cabell County 911 emergency response center, which opened in September 2009. Thanks to Richard McCoy, Ken Reffeitt and Anita Farrell for identifying the photo.

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Island Creek coal tipple. Date is unknown.

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Eli Camden "Cam" Henderson was a senior at Glenville Normal High School in 1911. Thanks to Paul Fulks for the information.

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Sen. Harley Kilgore was was a United States Senator from West Virginia. He served from 1941 to his death in 1956. He is credited for organizing the West Virginia National Guard. Thanks to Ken Reffeitt for identifying the photo. Date is unknown.

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Herald-Dispatch photo archives - Joe Pease was an assistant coach to Cam Henderson at Marshall College. Thanks to Paul Fulks for identifying the photo.

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Herald-Dispatch photo archives - Joe Pease was an assistant coach to Cam Henderson at Marshall College. Thanks to Paul Fulks for identifying the photo.

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Roy L. Straight was a retired Huntington High School principal. He died Jan. 6, 1986, in St. Cloud, Fla. Straight was also a Marshall University assistant football coach from 1937 to 1949. A Mannington, W.Va., native, Straight began his teaching career in Harrison County in 1935 before coaching at Marshall. After a one year coaching sting at the University of North Carolina, he returned to Huntington and started his teaching career at Huntington East High School. From 1951 to 1953, he taught at Enslow Junior High School and returned the following school year to Huntington East High School. A year later, he became principal at West Junior High School and served there until his appointment at HHS in 1967. Straight, a World War II Navy veteran, also served as recreation director of the Huntington Park System during the summer of 1950. Photo is from 1950.

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Roy L. Straight was a retired Huntington High School principal. He died Jan. 6, 1986, in St. Cloud, Fla. Straight was also a Marshall University assistant football coach from 1937 to 1949. A Mannington, W.Va., native, Straight began his teaching career in Harrison County in 1935 before coaching at Marshall. After a one year coaching sting at the University of North Carolina, he returned to Huntington and started his teaching career at Huntington East High School. From 1951 to 1953, he taught at Enslow Junior High School and returned the following school year to Huntington East High School. A year later, he became principal at West Junior High School and served there until his appointment at HHS in 1967. Straight, a World War II Navy veteran, also served as recreation director of the Huntington Park System during the summer of 1950. Photo is from 1950.

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John Kerr Whitfield was an assistant coach to Cam Henderson at Marshall College. Thanks to Paul Fulks for identifying the photo.

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Fred Fitch taught physical education at Marshall College. Thanks to Paul Fulks for identifying the photo.

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Fred Fitch taught physical education at Marshall College. Thanks to Paul Fulks for identifying the photo.

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Matthew M. Neely is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the governor of West Virginia. He was active in politics from 1908 until his death in 1958. Thanks to Ken Reffeitt for the identification. Date is unknown.

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Eli Camden "Cam" Henderson, front row on the right, was a senior at Glenville Normal High School in 1911. Thanks to Paul Fulks for identifying the photo.

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