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."
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."