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- IDNO:
- 048528
- Title:
- 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast Musicians Playing at National Cornhusking Championship, Marshall, MO
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- The group of musicians is likely the Rhythm Rangers. These musicians, like all employees of the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast, were either employees or family members of employees of the Wheeling Steel Corporation. This radio broadcast was company advertising executive John L. Grimes idea to promote both the company's product and its employees. It began broadcasting in 1936 and ended in 1944.
- IDNO:
- 048532
- Title:
- 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast Musicians
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- Group is likely the Rhythm Rangers and it appears they are playing inside of a hotel, possibly in Marshall, Missouri during their stay for the National Cornhusking Championship, or somewhere else along the route from Wheeling, West Virginia to the competition. These musicians, like all who worked on the radio broadcast, were employees or immediate family members of the Wheeling Steel Corporation.
- IDNO:
- 048535
- Title:
- Wheeling Corrugating Co. Show Train at Dennison, OH Station, En Route to National Cornhusking Contest, Marshall, MO
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- Wheeling Corrugating Co. is a Wheeling Steel Corp. owned company of which produced their own radio broadcast called "It's Wheeling Steel" from 1936 to 1944. This broadcast was ran and operate exclusively by Wheeling Steel Corp. employees and family members, the first radio program to ever do such a thing. Wheeling Corrugating Co. brought their products to the National Cornhusking Competition to show to attending farmers. They also traveled with employee musicians to play for the crowd to help spread the word of the radio broadcast to a larger audience.
- IDNO:
- 048540
- Title:
- 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast Musicians Playing at Dennison, OH Train Station, to or From National Cornusking Championship, Marshall, MO
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- The group of musicians is likely the Rhythm Rangers. These musicians, like all employees of the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast, were either employees or family members of employees of the Wheeling Steel Corporation. This radio broadcast was company advertising executive John L. Grimes idea to promote both the company's product and its employees. It began broadcasting in 1936 and ended in 1944.
- IDNO:
- 048636
- Title:
- Waiting in Line to Audition For "It's Wheeling Steel" Radio Program
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 048665
- Title:
- William Griffiths, Second Tenor of the Millmen Quartette Works on the Flying Shears, Yorkville, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- The Millmen Quartette were a barbershop quartette that performed regularly on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast from 1936 to 1943.
- IDNO:
- 048779
- Title:
- Steel Sisters Walk Down Aisle at Great Lakes Naval Station, Chicago, IL
- Date:
- ca. 1943
- Description:
- The Steel Sisters were popular performers on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast.
- IDNO:
- 048793
- Title:
- Two of the Evans Sisters, Singers on 'It's Wheeling Steel'
- Date:
- ca. 1939
- IDNO:
- 048795
- Title:
- Musical Steelmakers Informal Rehearsal, Part of Band for 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Caption accompanying photograph reads: "Rough and ready war workers on week days, polished network musicians on Sundays are these "Musical Steelmakers", pictured here during an informal rehearsal. They are Russ Anderson at the bass, Tony Biacco with the accordion, Verdi Howells the goggled sax man, Jimmy Snodgrass on the drums, and Dayton Powell at the piano."