Nina Corbett Brooks Collection

Title

Nina Corbett Brooks Collection

Date

1900 - 1975

Description

Nina Gertrude Corbett was born September 13, 1916 in Dunmore, West Virginia. Her parents were James Omer Corbett and Anna Mae McLaughlin. She married Andrew Bayne Brooks on December 21, 1935 and they were the parents of two sons. Nina Corbett died on April 8, 2007 at the age of 90 and is buried in Dunmore, W.Va. The collection is donated by her son Harold Brooks. Many of the photographs are not identified.

Place

Dunmore, W.Va.

Collection Items

Portrait of Charles Arling McLaughlin, US Navy, World War II, in Uniform
Portrait of Charles Arling McLaughlin of Dunmore, W.Va., US Navy, World War II, in Uniform. Born in Dunmore, West Virginia on 20 Sep 1916 to Charles Austin McLaughlin and Margaret Lee (Hannah) McLaughlin. Charles Arling McLaughlin passed away on Sep…

School Band Portrait of Patsy Hall in Green Bank High School Band Uniform
School band portrait of Patsy Hall in Green Bank High School band concert uniform, holding a baritone horn.

Patsy Hall at Green Bank High School in Marching Band Uniform
Patsy Hall in the lawn at Green Bank High School dressed in marching band uniform.

Oval Portrait of Elmer David McLaughlin of Dunmore, W.Va.
Oval portrait of Elmer David McLaughlin. When Elmer David Mclaughlin was born on 30 December 1888, in Dunmore, Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States, his father, Robert McLaughlin, was 50 and his mother, Mary Lydia Virginia Rusmisel, was 32. He…

Portrait of Oran McLaughlin at age 3 in Dunmore, W.Va.
Portrait of Oran McLaughlin at age 3 in Dunmore, W.Va.

Ms. Piper, the Home Economics Teacher at Green Bank High School
Ms. Piper, the Home Economics Teacher at Green Bank High School 1930-31

Aerial Photo of CCC Camp Seneca near Huntersville, W.Va.
Aerial Photo of CCC Camp Seneca near Huntersville, W.Va. Camp Seneca (S 51), built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, was located in Seneca State Forest near the present forest headquarters between Huntersville and Dunmore. The camp was established…

Young Man with Three Women in Horse Drawn Buggy
Young Man with Three Women in Horse Drawn Buggy, probably near Dunmore, W.Va. on the Fourth of July

Unknown Man in Front of the Dunmore Service Station
Unknown man dressed in a dark suit with his car in front of the Dunmore Service Station. Shows gas pumps and men standing in the doorway.

Unknown Couple in Front of Pritchard's Store in Dunmore, W.Va.
Unknown couple standing in front of Pritchard's Store in Dunmore, W.Va.

Fruit Stand with Gas Pumps at Unknown Location
Carol--- Fruit Stand with gas pumps at the right. Log building in the background.

Omer Corbett with a Group of Loggers near Dunmore, W.Va.
James Omer Corbett, front second from right, with a group of loggers near Dunmore. Father of Nina Gertrude Corbett Brooks.

Winter Mountain Scene in Pocahontas County, W.Va.
Aerial view of a winter mountain scene in Pocahontas County

300 Foot Telescope at National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank
The 300-foot telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, W.Va.

1934 Senior Class at Green Bank High School
Senior class of 1934 at Green Bank High School. Taken on the steps in front of the school.

Green Bank School Side Entrance
Side entrance at Green Bank High School

Claude Cresong and Walter Stanton at Dunmore Springs
Claude Cresong and Walter Stanton at Dunmore Springs. Picnic shelter in the background.

Children at the Brooks Family Trailer at Dunmore Springs
The Brooks Family camping trailer at Dunmore Springs in Dunmore, W.Va. Small boy standing the doorway, baby sitting on the ground.

Couple with Baby Camping at Dunmore Springs
Couple with baby standing in front of their trailer while camping at Dunmore Springs
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