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Mountain State Forest Festival: The First Fifty Years

The Forest Festival exhibit was on display in the Archives and History Photo Gallery between September and December 2011.


Photograph, Queen Silvia I, Margaret Straley, being crowned by Governor William G. Conley, 1930. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia I, Margaret Straley, and her royal court, 1930. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia II, Kathryn Montgomery, being crowned by Governor William G. Conley, 1931. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia III, Emily Frances Maxwell, and her royal court, 1932. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia III, Emily Francis Maxwell, 1932. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Performers presenting the "Course of Empire" pageant, 1935. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia VI, Sarah Katheryn Thompson, just after being crowned by Governor Herman Guy Kump, 1935. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Gimbel's Department Store float in the Forest Festival parade, 1935. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, West Virginia Highlanders bagpipe band, 1936. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaking at the Queen's Coronation, 1936. Seated front row center (in light-colored jacket); Governor Herman G. Kump, and, to his left, member of the House of Representatives Jennings Randolph. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Parade entry displaying a large section of a tree trunk, 1937. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Maid of Honor Clara Margaret Cross; Queen Silvia IX, Mary Watson Koontz; and Maid of Honor Ruth Graves Morrison, 1938. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Governor Homer Holt rehearsing the crowning of Queen Silvia X, Betty Jane Millsop, 1939. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia X, Betty Jane Millsop and her royal court, 1939. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Forestry exhibits, 1940. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia XII, Margaret Stubblefield and her royal court look on as one of the princesses demonstrates cross-cut sawing skills, 1941. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia XIV, Penelope Spurr, 1950. Frank Wilkin Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Fort Hill Farm truck carrying champion Angus cattle in the Forest Festival parade, 1951. Mary Alice Hanah Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia XVI, Jane Dieckmann, waves to her subjects, 1952. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Maid Silvia XVI, Jane Dieckmann, poses with the Elkins High School majorettes in front of their school, 1952. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Maids of Honor Grace Davis Lee and Betsey Scott Towler ride with Director-General Phil K. Harness in the Fireman's Parade, 1954. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Forest Festival coronation or parade participants gathered at the YMCA, early 1950s. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Forest Festival parade, Chesterfield cigarettes float, early 1950s. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia XIX, Mary Ann Power, being crowned by Governor William C. Marland, 1955. Photo: Dave Cruise. DNR Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Adlai Stevenson greeting Queen Silvia XX, Ann Lyon Alexander, 1956. Photo: Frank Wilkin, Charleston Gazette. Frank Wilkin Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia XX, Ann Lyon Alexander, 1956. Clarksburg Exponent Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Governor Cecil H. Underwood crowning Queen Silvia XXII, Betty May Tompkins, 1958. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Senator Jennings and Mary Babb Randolph at the Forest Festival parade, 1958. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, A Knight of the South Branch Valley and his steed pierce the ring at the Forest Festival competition, 1962. Photo: Hal Dillon. DNR Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Governor William Wallace Barron and former President Harry S Truman at the coronation of Queen Silvia XXVI, 1962. DNR Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, DNR employee Oren Withers and Lucky, the official Centennial bear, greet Queen Silvia XXVII, Ann Clayton Bradt, 1963. DNR Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Member of the royal court firing a muzzle-loader, 1960s. West Virginia Photo Company Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey and Governor Hulett Smith lead a procession at the coronation of Silvia XXX, 1966. Photo: Arnout Hyde Jr. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia XXXII, Kaaren Janssen, being crowned by Governor Hulett C. Smith, 1968. Hulett C. Smith Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia XXXIII, Charlotte N. Buzzard, being crowned by Governor Arch Moore, 1969. Clarksburg Exponent Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia XXXIII, Charlotte N. Buzzard, 1969. Photo: Meadows. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, First man to walk on the Moon and honorary parade marshal Neil Armstrong and Representative Harley Staggers meet with Davis & Elkins College yearbook staff members Ron Davies and Charlene Brunt, 1970. Clarksburg Exponent Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Maid of Honor Rosemary Goots; Queen Silvia XXXV, Catherine Grace Sparacino; and Maid of Honor Jenneth Ann Hammer look on with amusement as President Richard Nixon steps over the Queen's train, 1971. Her Majesty ordered that he be beheaded. Much later, he was. Photo: Frank Wilkin, Charleston Gazette. Frank Wilkin Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Playground, Draft horse competition at the Forest Festival, 1973. Photo: Tom Evans. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Unicycle unit participating in the Grand Feature Parade at the Forest Festival, 1973. Photo: R.L. Hughes. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Crosscut sawing competition at the Forest Festival, 1973, Photo: Gerald Ratliff. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Katherine Anne Huffman, Queen Silvia XXXVII, 1973. Photo: Gerald Ratliff. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Forest Festival wood-chopping competition, 1973. Photo: Gerald Ratliff. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Downtown carnival at Forest Festival, 1974. Photo: R.L. Hughes. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia XXXVIII, Jane Carle Richardson, 1974. Clarksburg Exponent Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Honorary parade marshal Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, making remarks at the Forest Festival, with U.S. Representative Harley Staggers standing behind, 1975. Photo: Gerald Ratliff. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Silvia XXXIX, Lynette Evans, 1975. Photo: Gerald Ratliff. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Governor John Davisson Rockefeller IV crowning Queen Silvia XLI, Mary Elizabeth Poindexter, 1977. Clarksburg Exponent Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Queen Sylvia XLIII, Grace Ann Gainer being crowned by Governor John Davisson Rockefeller IV, 1979. Photo: Gerald Ratliff or Ron Snow. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Axe-throwing competitor at a rainy Forest Festival, 1980. Photo: Ron Snow. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives
Photograph, Muzzle-loader competing at the Forest Festival, 1980. Photo: Ron Snow. Commerce Collection, West Virginia State Archives


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