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Caption on back of photograph reads: "For headlining appearances, auditions for mill workers and members of their immediate families are held every few weeks at the studios of WWVA. Of course, due to the standard set for our program, all that are auditioned can not be presented. The standard set is inferred to be that of the broadcasting station's, thereby relieving the corporation of discrimination."

61. Several People Waiting to Audition for 'It's Wheeling Steel' Broadcast

IDNO:
048660
Title:
Several People Waiting to Audition for 'It's Wheeling Steel' Broadcast
Date:
Undated
Description:
Caption on back of photograph reads: "For headlining appearances, auditions for mill workers and members of their immediate families are held every few weeks at the studios of WWVA. Of course, due to the standard set for our program, all that are auditioned can not be presented. The standard set is inferred to be that of the broadcasting station's, thereby relieving the corporation of discrimination."

62. Audience Watching the 'It's Wheeling Steel' Performance

IDNO:
048661
Title:
Audience Watching the 'It's Wheeling Steel' Performance
Date:
Undated

63. Audience for 'It's Wheeling Steel' Program, Grant School, Steubenville, OH

IDNO:
048662
Title:
Audience for 'It's Wheeling Steel' Program, Grant School, Steubenville, OH
Date:
1938/04/24
Everyone pictured is either an employee of the Wheeling Steel Corporation or is an immediate family member of someone who works for them. This family owned and operated broadcast was the first of it's kind and this policy was maintained throughout the broadcast's existence.

64. Group of Musicians Auditioning for 'It's Wheeling Steel' Program

IDNO:
048663
Title:
Group of Musicians Auditioning for 'It's Wheeling Steel' Program
Date:
Undated
Description:
Everyone pictured is either an employee of the Wheeling Steel Corporation or is an immediate family member of someone who works for them. This family owned and operated broadcast was the first of it's kind and this policy was maintained throughout the broadcast's existence.

65. 'It's Wheeling Steel' Show at Market Auditorium, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
048664
Title:
'It's Wheeling Steel' Show at Market Auditorium, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
The Millmen Quartette were a barbershop quartette that performed regularly on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast from 1936 to 1943.

66. William Griffiths, Second Tenor of the Millmen Quartette Works on the Flying Shears, Yorkville, W. Va.

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.
The Millmen Quartette were a barbershop quartette that performed regularly on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast from 1936 to 1943.

67. William Griffiths, Second Tenor of the Millmen Quartette on Stage Behind Microphone, Yorkville, W. Va.

IDNO:
048666
Title:
William Griffiths, Second Tenor of the Millmen Quartette on Stage Behind Microphone, 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.
Margaret Cook was a performer on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast. Her father, was an electrician at the Steubenville Works.

68. Proud Mother and Father With Margaret Cook After 'It's Wheeling Steel' Broadcast

IDNO:
048667
Title:
Proud Mother and Father With Margaret Cook After 'It's Wheeling Steel' Broadcast
Date:
Undated
Description:
Margaret Cook was a performer on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast. Her father, was an electrician at the Steubenville Works.

69. Twelve Year Old Margaret Cook Acts Her Song As She Sings For Wheeling Steel's Nation-Wide Family and Friends

IDNO:
048668
Title:
Twelve Year Old Margaret Cook Acts Her Song As She Sings For Wheeling Steel's Nation-Wide Family and Friends
Date:
Undated
Ed Kostillo from the pipe mills of the Benwood Works started playing his harmonica to entertain his fellow mill men during lunch hour. Later he won a headliner appearance on the family broadcast with the entire steelmakers orchestra accompanying him.

70. Ed Kostillo Headlining 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast

IDNO:
048669
Title:
Ed Kostillo Headlining 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast
Date:
Undated
Description:
Ed Kostillo from the pipe mills of the Benwood Works started playing his harmonica to entertain his fellow mill men during lunch hour. Later he won a headliner appearance on the family broadcast with the entire steelmakers orchestra accompanying him.
Ed Kostillo from the pipe mills of the Benwood Works started playing his harmonica to entertain his fellow mill men during lunch hour. Later he won a headliner appearance on the family broadcast with the entire steelmakers orchestra accompanying him.

71. Ed Kostillo Playing Harmonica for Fellow Mill Men, Benwood, W. Va.

IDNO:
048670
Title:
Ed Kostillo Playing Harmonica for Fellow Mill Men, Benwood, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Ed Kostillo from the pipe mills of the Benwood Works started playing his harmonica to entertain his fellow mill men during lunch hour. Later he won a headliner appearance on the family broadcast with the entire steelmakers orchestra accompanying him.
The brass band of the Martins Ferry Factory had made several headliner appearances on "It's Wheeling Steel" radio program, all of which have stimulated added interest in rehearsals, increased their membership, and assisted in the purchase of new uniforms.

72. Martins Ferry Factory Brass Band

IDNO:
048671
Title:
Martins Ferry Factory Brass Band
Date:
Undated
Description:
The brass band of the Martins Ferry Factory had made several headliner appearances on "It's Wheeling Steel" radio program, all of which have stimulated added interest in rehearsals, increased their membership, and assisted in the purchase of new uniforms.