Ms. Enslow was a Huntington, West Virginia journalist. Photographs and slides comprise a major portion of this collection. Many of the photographs were for use by the newspaper; there are also a great number of informal snapshots, family photographs, and photographs of Miss Enslow herself. Photographs of notable persons and old photographic portraits dating from the 19th century complete this part of the collection. The slides are primarily those which Miss Enslow took in Europe while she was tour director for the Huntington Publishing Company. Copies of many of her columns and articles are included, along with other items relating to her career as a newspaperwoman. Among her family and personal papers are family correspondence and family legal papers belonging to her father and grandfather. Books, personal mementos, and scrapbooks are also included. Correspondence from notable persons, from friends and family, and from her readers are a part of the papers, as well as correspondence relating to her newspaper and political activities.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Catherine Bliss Enslow Papers, 1890-1973. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Catherine Bliss Enslow Papers, 1890-1973.
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Catherine Enslow in 1916
Catherine Enslow in 1916, b&w Caption says it was a Sunday at "the Wilson's"
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Catherine Enslow (middle), Mag Hager(left) and Mary in 1916
Catherine Enslow, Mag (or Meg) Hager, and Mary in 1916, b&w Note under photo says Mag Hager, Cat, and Mary 1916.
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Catherine Enslow, Mr &Mrs. Rolla Campbell, Duke & Duchess of Windsor
Catherine Enslow,Mrs & Mrs. Rolla Campbell, Duke and Duchess of Windsor , Greenbrier Hotell, 1950, b&W notes on front point out Duke & Duchess of Windsor, Mr & Mrs Rolla Campbell Rolla Campbell was an executive in the Dingess Rum Coal Company in Logan County. This is the trip where Catherine Bliss Enslow followed the Duke & Duchess around and snapped photos.
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Catherine Enslow, Mrs. Rolla Campbell, Duke of Windsor, Greenbrier Hotel 1950
Catherine Enslow & Mrs. Rolla Campbell, Duke of Windsor standing in background, Greenbrier Hotell, 1950, b&W Note on back reads: Duke standing behind C.B.E. & Mrs. Rolla Campbell. This is the trip where Catherine Bliss Enslow followed the Duke & Duchess around and snapped photos.
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Catherine Enslow on girl's basketball team of 1916
Catherine Enslow on girl's basketball team of 1916, when they were W.Va. state champions, b&w This was probably Huntington High School team. Notes in scrapbook state it was the year they won the state championship. Caption stated she played forward position on the team.
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Clark Gable and Carole Lombard with horse "Dobbin"
Movie publicity shot, titled "A Day with the Gables," Clark Gable and Carole Lombard and horse "Dobbin" b&w Lombard married Gable in 1939, during filming of "Gone With the Wind." She died at the age of 33 in the crash of TWA Flight 3.
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Col. David Oliver Kelly, Catherine Enslow's maternal grandfather
Col. David Oliver Kelly, Catherine Enslow's maternal grandfather, col. Note on back states: Maternal grandfather, Col. David Oliver Kelly
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Col. Joseph Harvey Long
Col. Joseph Harvey Long, b&w since 1895 he was editor and publisher of the Huntington Advertiser, Long was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1863, and is a son of Edward C. and Sarah (Roe- buck) Long.
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Col. Joseph Harvey Long at his desk, at the Herald-Dispatch
Col. Joseph Harvey Long, at his desk at the newspaper, b&w since 1895 Long was editor and publisher of the Huntington Advertiser, Long was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1863, and is a son of Edward C. and Sarah (Roebuck) Long.
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Col. Joseph Harvey Long in front of HUPCO Bldg.
Col. Joseph Harvey Long, and Mr. Wallenburg in front of the Huntington Pub. Co. Bldg., Huntington, W.Va.b&w since 1895 Long was editor and publisher of the Huntington Advertiser, Long was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1863, and is a son of Edward C. and Sarah (Roebuck) Long. Medallion over doorway reads "Golden Anniversery"
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Col. Kable
Col. Kable with unidentified child, b&w mounted on cardboard Kable married one of the Enslow women.
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Columbia House, warehouse and barn, Branchland, W.Va.
Columbia House, warehouse and barn, Branchland, W.Va., b&w Note on back reads: Columbia House, warehouse and barn, at Branchland
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Connie Kelly
Connie Kelly, b&w mounted on cardboard words "Connie Kelly" faint in pencil on back. Her scarf appears to be hand-colorized
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Constance and Catherine Enslow at the Chicago World's Fair, 1933
Constance and Catherine Enslow at the Chicago World's Fair (Century of Progress) 1933, b&w Catherine on Left, Constance on right.
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Constance Enslow at the Chicago World's Fair, 1933
Constance Enslow at the Chicago World's Fair (Century of Progress) 1933, b&w
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Cowboy star Gene Autry and horse "Champion"
Cowboy star Gene Autry, and his horse "Champion", b&w His horse's name was "Champion" His full name was Orvon Gene Autry.
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C. W. Seabright
C. W. Seabright, b&w mounted on cardboard Back reads: "Complements of C. W. Seabright" therefore photo is assumed to be of him.
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Dance floor, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, 1933
Dance floor, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, May 1933, b&w written on back: Vanity fair marathon dance, March-May 1933
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Delos W. Emmons and wife on porch
Delos W. Emmons and wife on porch, b&w Picture was used in Wallace's "Cabell Annals and Families" (See "related")
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Dorothy Louise Enslow
Dorothy Louise Enslow, col. Printed on back: (backprint?) "Diploma awarded at the world's fair for artistic retouching 1893, Medal awarded at the Photographers Association of America New York, 1899" Dorothy Enslow later married Leslie Combs, II.
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Duke & Duchess of Windsor, at Greenbrier Hotel 1950
Duke & Duchess of Windsor at Greenbrier Hotel, 1950, b&W Note on back reads: They were jabbering & as they stopped I walked up & snapped this & she said "Oh" This is the trip where Catherine Bliss Enslow followed the Duke & Duchess around and snapped photos.
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Duke & Duchess of Windsor, at White Sulphur Springs train station, 1950
Duke & Duchess of Windsor (center), 1950, at White Sulphur Springs train station, b&W This is the trip where Catherine Bliss Enslow traveled with the Duke & Duchess and "followed them around " the Greenbrier Hotel.
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E. B. Enslow home, 3rd Ave & 13th St, viewed from 13th St.
E. B. Enslow home, 3rd Ave & 13th St., as seen from 13th St., Huntington, b&w Note on back states: E. B. Enslow house as seen from 13th St.
