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Picture 2: During 1957 Flood
Picture 3: Lee Etta Howard

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This news clipping is from the May 26, 1955 issue of the Floyd County Times.

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Items 1-2: Shave Permit and Cosmetic Permit. Participants were required to pay $1 for a permit to shave or wear makeup in the county.

Item 3: Newspaper clipping from the July 5, 1950 Courier-Journal.

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Includes participants from schools in McDowell, Martin, Wayland, Wheelwright, Prestonsburg, Maytown, and Betsy Layne.

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The May Day Parade and Festival were big doings in Prestonsburg during the 1950s and early 1960s. These photographs belonged to Kathryn Frazier.

Picture 1: 1951 May Day Queen and her court

Picture 2: May Day participants on the Prestonsburg…

Sesquicentennial.pdf
Written by Henry Preston Scalf. Includes essays concerning the history of Floyd County, photograph reproductions, tributes, and advertisements.

Local Union 5895.pdf
Twentieth Anniversary of Local Union 5895 United Mine Workers of America 1933-1953. Wayland, Kentucky. Originally printed June 20, 1953. Reprinted May 2005.

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140. Jack and Roger Moore 1952 Stampers Branch.jpg
Jack and Roger Moore
Stampers Branch in Wayland, KY

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117. Phyllis Burnett Honshell and Cecil Edwards 1953.jpg
Phyllis Burnett Honshell and Cecil Edwards

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