Corner of 11th and Market Streets, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
This photograph shows the old Market Auditorium which is now a pedestrian plaza. The building with the Raus Drugs sign is still standing. It's address is 1107 Market Street - the Alfred Egeter Building (ca. 1895) a Neo-Classical Revival/Romanesque stone commercial structure (Franzheim, Giesey & Faris, Architechts).
Looking South on 9th Street from 3rd Avenue; Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
Trolley travels down middle of road underneath lighted archways as people go about their day. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Camden Park was first established in 1902 as a picnic spot by the Camden Interstate Railway Company, named after former West Virginia Senator Johnson N. Camden. In 1903 a carousel was added to the park. Overtime more amusement park rides were added to the park. It is West Virginia's only amusement park. Published for H.G. Hoffman. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Rock Spring Park was opened in 1897 and was closed in 1970 after the death of the park's final owner Robert Hand. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)