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- IDNO:
- 041817
- Title:
- Public Square; Martinsburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1925
- Description:
- Caption on postcard reads: "When Martinsburg was laid out at the outset of the Revolution, provision was made for a public square at the intersection of King and Queen streets by taking a quarter of each of the four contiguous blocks. Down through the years the public square has played an important role in the life of first the village, then the town, and now the city. Above is shown Comrey's Concert Band giving a concert prior to the annual Berkeley County Fair parade. The large building in the picture is the home of the Old National Bank, the oldest banking institution in the city, organized in 1865. See original for correspondence. Published by Shenandoah Publishing House. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041837
- Title:
- View of J.V. Fidler and Sons Wagon Factory; Burnsville, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1906
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041839
- Title:
- Venur Mill; Burnsville, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1909
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041845
- Title:
- Main Building, Bethany College; Bethany, W. Va.
- Description:
- Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041847
- Title:
- City Building; Wellsburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1912
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041849
- Title:
- Cemetery; Bethany, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on postcard reads: "Here are the graves of Alexander Campbell, Thomas Campbell, L.C. Woolery, Robert Richardson, W.K. Pendleton, J.M. Trible, and Dr. J.T. Barclay. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041851
- Title:
- Yankee Street Looking North; Wellsburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1909
- Description:
- Yankee Street covered in snow during the winter. See original for correspondence. Published by N.E. paper and Stationery Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041853
- Title:
- Knights of St. George Home; Wellsburg, W. Va.
- Description:
- This mansion was completed in 1904 and sits atop Mount St. George. It was originally the home and working farm of James B. Vandergrift, a Pittsburgh steel heir. The estate cost a million dollars to build and included an indoor pool, ball rooms, horse racing tracks, a pit for cockfights, 500 acres for hunting, tennis courts, bowling alleys, and many other things to entertain his guests during his many extravagant parties he held there. Out of nowhere Vandergrift left the estate just years after it's completion leaving it vacant until 1922 when the Knights of St. George acquired it and turned it into a home for aging clergy and friends. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041854
- Title:
- Public School; Follansbee, W. Va.
- Description:
- School children gather in the schoolyard to pose for the picture. See original for correspondence. Published by E.D. Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041857
- Title:
- Looking North on Corner of 7th and Main St.; Wellsburg, W. Va.
- Description:
- Horse and buggy parked outside of brick office building on corner. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041859
- Title:
- Residential View of Main St.; Follansbee, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1911
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 041862
- Title:
- Trolley Bridge Across the Buffalo at Waugh's Dam, Interurban Line Wellsburg to Bethany, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1920
- Description:
- Trolley seen traveling over bridge at falls. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
