Search Results
- IDNO:
- 037934
- Title:
- Packet 'Ben Hur' at Water Street, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1891
- Description:
- The "Ben Hur" tied up on Water Street during the flood of 1891. The steamboat packet sank in 1916 on the Mississippi river.
- IDNO:
- 037935
- Title:
- Old Water Front at Foot of 12th Street, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1886
- Description:
- A barge and packet rest along the Ohio River shore with downtown Wheeling in the background.
- IDNO:
- 037937
- Title:
- Yacht Capsized on Ohio River, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1889
- Description:
- Three people drowned in the accident that drew onlookers along the shore and on the suspension bridge.
- IDNO:
- 041235
- Title:
- Suspension Bridge Over Ohio River to Wheeling Island, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1885
- Description:
- Caption with the photograph reads, "The Island and the Suspension Bridge from the top of the hill. The row of buildings in the lower foreground were almost all stables ot feed stores."
- IDNO:
- 041236
- Title:
- Wheeling Baseball Club vs Lima, Ohio Team, Wheeling Island, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1887/05/19
- Description:
- Caption with the photograph reads, "Baseball game in progress in the old ballpark on Wheeling Island. Lima, Ohio 7, Wheeling 1, at the end of the seventh inning in the days when the umpire still wore a derby."
- IDNO:
- 041290
- Title:
- New Stone Bridge Spanning Wheeling Creek, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1891/12/17
- Description:
- Keystone is being placed in this Main Street bridge. The span is 159 feet.
- IDNO:
- 041291
- Title:
- Organ Grinder and Pet Monkey, Wheeling , W. Va.
- Date:
- 1896
- Description:
- Caption under the photograph reads, "One of the first signs of Spring in Wheeling was the Organ Grinder with a monkey. There were German bands that played on the street and passed the hat. Then there were performing bears, gypsies telling fortunes, and fakirs selling trinkets."
- IDNO:
- 041547
- Title:
- Elevated View of Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1890
- Description:
- View from Chapline Street hill behind the Ohio Valley General Hospital.
- IDNO:
- 041548
- Title:
- Elevated View of Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1890
- Description:
- View from Chapline Street hill behind the Ohio Valley General Hospital.
- IDNO:
- 041550
- Title:
- Market Street, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1901/10/05
- Description:
- The caption describes the scene as "Market Street on a typical Saturday morning. The present Market House stands on the same site. Note the man coming down the street carrying two barrels also the beer wagon in the center."