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- IDNO:
- 005641
- Title:
- First Annual Italian Heritage Festival Parade, Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1979/08/31-1979/09/01
- Description:
- Jay Rockefeller shakes the hand of a bystander while riding in a car with an unidentified man and Joe Dimaggio during the parade at the first Annual Italian Heritage Festival, Clarksburg, West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 005651
- Title:
- Moneypenny, Earl Hugh and His Car, Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1927
- Description:
- Earl Hugh Moneypenny crouched down near the front tire of his car. Small boy standing on car hood. 'Original photo owned by his daughter, Pearl Moneypenny of Clarksburg.'
- IDNO:
- 005652
- Title:
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1908
- Description:
- Postcard showing the B&O depot and railroad cars.
- IDNO:
- 005653
- Title:
- Harrison County Courthouse, Clarksburg, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 005654
- Title:
- Interior of a Restaurant in Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Description:
- Wait staff stand behind the bar and next to tables in a restaurant in Clarksburg.
- IDNO:
- 005655
- Title:
- Stealey Home in Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1885
- Description:
- 'This house, constructed in 1786 by Nicholas Carpenter, was located on West Milford Road where Madison Mines Greenhouse was and the present Solo Gas Station is, in Stealey Heights. The marker with date is on chimney. After Carpenter's death at the hands of Indians near Salem in 1792, successive owners were Nicholas Carpenter, Jr., Adam Hickman, Benjamin Wilson, Jr., Henry Flesher, Jacob Stealey, and the latter's son, Edmund Kerns Stealey. Edmund K., with his wife, Mary Steel, lived here 1841-43. John E. was one son of Edmund K. The house was demolished in 1896. Pictured: Pointing at marker on chimney, McCulloch Temple (brother of Mary Temple Stealey, native of Danville, Kentucky and wife of John E.); Joseph T. Hall, (cousin of Mary T.S.); Lyda Stealey (brother of John E.); Helen Hall (wife of Joseph Hall) (foregoing in two upper story windows from left to right); Lum and Ellen Brown (Granny), former Stealey slaves; Ellen, granddaughter of 'Granny'; Ethel, daughter of John E.; Pearl, daughter of Lydia; Pearl's mother, Emma Baltzley Stealey who is holding her son, Harry Edmund Stealey; Leila; in front of her, Elizabeth, Joseph Edmund, Ray (children of John E. and Mary T.); Mary Temple Stealey, holding daughter, Eunice; Aleck Rebrucks; John Edmund Stealey (holding hat); Joseph Thompson (holding cow); Bob, brother of Ellen, on horse called Ben Butler; Charles Stealey, son of John E. and Mary T. (holding horse); and sitting on ground are Stell and Julie, Ellen's sister. Date of Photograph: ca. 1885. This year is an estimate, based on the years of birth of Mary T. and John E. Stealey's 13 children and their appearance in the photograph and their construction of a new house two blocks up Milford Road in the late 1880's. John Edmund Stealey, III May 1984.'
- IDNO:
- 005656
- Title:
- Lang Family in front of the Sheriff's Residence in Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Sheriff Residence: 1896-1900 Facing Back Street now Washington Avenue. Three women standing in front of the house: Elizabeth Bond Lang (Wife John G. Lang) Etta Lang (Wife of F. Shuttleworth) Susan Hornor Lang (Wife of Sheriff Lq.L. Lang).
- IDNO:
- 005657
- Title:
- Restaurant in Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1918
- Description:
- Interior view of restaurant in Clarksburg. Tables on the right side and bar on the left.
- IDNO:
- 005658
- Title:
- Andersons Restaurant, Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Description:
- Interior of Andersons Restaurant, tables and bar visible. 'Inscription on Mount: Andersons Restaurant Opened Apr. 2, 1918. June 1, 1918. From Elizabeth to Mother.'
- IDNO:
- 005659
- Title:
- Northwestern Virginia Academy, Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1886
- Description:
- Front: The North Western Virginia Academy built in 1843. Replaced by the Towers Public School building in 1894. This picture was taken prior to the year 1886. Back: 'And don't you remember the School Ben Bolt. With the master so cruel and grim and the shanded nook in the running brook- Where the children went to swim- Grass grows on the masters grave Ben Bolt. The spring of the brook is dry. And of all the boys who were schoolmates then there are only you and I.'
- IDNO:
- 006135
- Title:
- Stonewall Jackson Hotel, Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900-1920
- IDNO:
- 006336
- Title:
- Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1911
- Description:
- Image from the cover of 'Industrial and Picturesque Clarksburg, W. Va.' published by the Press of the Clarksburg Telegram Company, Printers and Publishers, Clarksburg, W. Va., 1911. Sketch of Clarksburg buildings. Text from title page and first two pages: 'Industrial and Picturesque, Clarksburg, W. Va. Pictorially Showing Its Numerous and Mammoth Industries Issued by H. R. Fish with the approval of the Board of Trade of Clarksburg, W. Va. Officers: John Koblegard, President; H. E. Travis, Vice President; L. K. Richards, Treasurer; and Charles E. Lamberd, Secretary. Directors: W. Y. Cartwrith, George B. Chorpening, John B. Hart, C. B. Alexander, C. H. Harding, John Koblegard, B. M. Despard, V. L. Highland, Robert Morris, C. V. Erdman, Lynn S. Hornor, L. K. Richards, J. M. Francois, J. M. White, and H. E. Travis. This Pictorial Souvenir Booklet is issued for the purpose of giving those who receive it an idea of the many diversified industries that are located in our city. While it shows the majority of them there are a number of smaller ones employing a great many people which we could not embody in this booklet. We trust the reader will be able to gather from what he sees in this souvenir, a comprehensive idea of one of the most progressive cities in the state. It will be unnecessary for us to go into all the details that would go to make up the advantages that Clarksburg could offer person who are seeking locations for business of any kind, particularly manufacturing. Therefore, we think it wise to confine ourselves to the showing made in this souvenir, and to allow the reader to draw his conclusions as to what we have in Clarksburg by examining the illustrations. Clarksburg is located in the heart of the largest natural gas field in the world. As a result the gas rate to manufacturers is exceedingly low, 4c. per thousand. The gas supply is practically inexhaustible. Clarksburg is surrounded by vast fields of coal which could be furnished at a price about equivalent to natural gas. Vast forests of timber abound within a small radius of Clarksburg, offering exceptional facilities to all manufacturers where wood is its initial product. Fire and pottery clay, and glass sand of fine quality are found within the immediate vicinity. Clarksburg ranks second in the state in wholesale business, and has the largest wholesale grocery house in the state.' Text from the final page: 'Advantages of Clarksburg. She has two up-to-date daily newspapers and two weekly newspapers. She has 32 passenger trains, and hourly traction trains arriving and departing daily. She has the cheapest fuel and power on earth - natural gas in an inexhaustible supply. She has excellent banking facilities, sound and reliable. She is the best city in West Virginia in proportion to population. Her jobbing houses have an enviable reputation. She has a community of high class merchants and manufacturers. Come and see us and we will convince you of these facts. The Modern Engraving Company, of 124 East 8th St., Cincinnati, O., Made the majority of engravings in this souvenir.'
