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IDNO:
006219
Title:
Cast Member of the 'Its Wheeling Steel' Radio Program, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1939
Description:
'The Old Timer' from the 'Its Wheeling Steel' radio program reads his latest script while relaxing near the Ohio river. Wheeling Suspension bridge is visibl in the background.
IDNO:
006230
Title:
Elks Home, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
Description:
Exterior of the Elks Home in Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
006231
Title:
City Hall, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
IDNO:
006232
Title:
Wharf in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
Description:
Steamboats along the shore of the Wharf district in Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008785
Title:
Covered Bridge, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
Old Covered Bridge built by the Zane Family from back river of Wheeling Island to Bridgeport, Ohio built in 1837.
IDNO:
008804
Title:
Carmelite Monastery, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
008806
Title:
YMCA Building, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
IDNO:
008807
Title:
Maple Avenue, Woodlawn, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
A picture postcard of Maple Avenue, Woodlawn, Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
008808
Title:
Post Office, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
008809
Title:
Public Library, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
IDNO:
008840
Title:
City Hospital in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
IDNO:
008841
Title:
St. Joseph's Cathedral in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
008843
Title:
St. Joseph's Cathedral in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
008844
Title:
Wheeling Hospital and the Sacred Heart Church at Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
008846
Title:
Main Street, Wheeling, W. Va. Looking North From 12th Street
Date:
ca. 1900
IDNO:
008847
Title:
Post Office, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
IDNO:
008848
Title:
Wheeling City Hospital, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
IDNO:
008850
Title:
Toll Gate, National Road, Leatherwood Lane, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
A toll gate on the national road stands next to a large home.
IDNO:
008852
Title:
Exchange Bank Building, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'The Old Exchange Bank Building, Corner Twelfth and Main Streets, Wheeling, Razed Several years ago.'
IDNO:
008853
Title:
St. Alponsus German Catholic Church, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
008855
Title:
Ebenezer Zane Homestead, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'Corner Main and Eleventh Streets, Wheeling, razed many years ago. (From an old wet plate negative by John Brown, loaned by W.C. Brown)'
IDNO:
008856
Title:
Steamboats on the Ohio River near Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1887
Description:
'Showboats came up the Ohio in the Spring. Girls who board at the Mount came by riverboats, keelboats, train and carriage.'
IDNO:
008857
Title:
Aerial View of Wheeling Island and Race Track at Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1900
IDNO:
008858
Title:
City Building and Jail, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
IDNO:
008859
Title:
French's Tavern, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
'Built in 1829-1830. French's Tavern was located on southwest corner of Chaplaine and Fourteenth St.'
IDNO:
008862
Title:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
IDNO:
008863
Title:
Post Office, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1913
IDNO:
008865
Title:
Morgan's Butter Store in Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'Site of the Fort Henry Powderhouse is now occupied by Morgan's Butter Store.'
IDNO:
008866
Title:
McLure House, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
008867
Title:
St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008868
Title:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot Showing Train Sheds and Viaduct in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1920
IDNO:
008869
Title:
Stroehmann's Vienna Bakery, Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008870
Title:
McLure House, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1919
IDNO:
008873
Title:
St. John's Home, Elm Grove, W. Va.
IDNO:
008874
Title:
Ohio Valley General Hospital, Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008875
Title:
Sacred Heart Church in Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008876
Title:
Schmulbach Building in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1913
IDNO:
008877
Title:
Jewish Temple in Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008878
Title:
Home Fire Insurance Company Building in Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'Geo. J. Mathison Real Estate. Insurance.'
IDNO:
008879
Title:
Steamboat H. K. Bedford, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.
IDNO:
008880
Title:
Children's Home, Leatherwood, Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008881
Title:
Steamboats at the Wharf in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
IDNO:
008882
Title:
Smoke from an Unidentified Factory in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
IDNO:
008883
Title:
Old Market House, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
IDNO:
008884
Title:
Market Street. Looking North, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
IDNO:
008885
Title:
Painting of a Steamboat on the Ohio River at Wheeling, W.Va.
Date:
1845/06
Description:
Painting of a steamboat docking at the Ohio River at Wheeling. Photographed by G.W.'Jerry' Sutphin. Permanent Collection, Huntington Galleries.
IDNO:
008886
Title:
Steamboat City of Wheeling at the Wharf in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905
IDNO:
008887
Title:
4th Methodist Episcopal Church in Wheeling,W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
IDNO:
008888
Title:
Wheeling Custom House, Federal Building, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1861
Description:
Three men are standing outside the Wheeling Custom House, Federal Building, in Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
008889
Title:
City Hall, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1911
IDNO:
008890
Title:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1914
IDNO:
008891
Title:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1920
Description:
Side view of B&O Station in Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008892
Title:
Interior of St. Joseph Cathedral, Wheeling, W.Va.
Date:
1852
Description:
'1852 photo of old St. Joseph Cathedral (an earlier name of the church here was St. James, it became St. Joseph when diocese formed in 1850.) This is where the first Visitandines in Wheeling worshipped. It was being built in 1848. They lived next door and walked over. A little enclosure gull was built in santctuary for them to see Mass.'
IDNO:
008893
Title:
Print of Steamboats on the Ohio and the City of Wheeling prior to the Civil War
Date:
ca. 1850
IDNO:
008894
Title:
Colombian Day in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1892
Description:
Main St. looking North in downtown Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008900
Title:
German Bank, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Drawing of the German Bank, Fred F. Faris, Architect, Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008901
Title:
Post Office, Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008902
Title:
Model Department Store of the George M. Snook Company, Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008903
Title:
Fort Henry, Wheeling, Va. (later W. Va.)
Date:
1777
Description:
An engraving of Fort Henry in Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
008904
Title:
Panoramic Birds Eye View of River Front, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1913
Description:
A picture postcard of the River Front in Wheeling, West Virginia. River boats at the Wharf on the Ohio River.
IDNO:
008905
Title:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot and Train Shed, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
A picture postcard of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot and Train Shed in Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
008906
Title:
Main Street, Wheeling, W.Va. North of 12th Street,
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
Description:
A picture postcard of the Main Street North of 12th Street in Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
008907
Title:
Wheeling Traction Cars and Conductors in Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008908
Title:
Wheeling Traction Car, Evangeline, and Conductor, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
Wheeling to Benwood car. Top of car has a Mailpouch Tobacco advertisement.
IDNO:
008909
Title:
Wheeling Railway Company Trolley Car and Conductors, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
Wheeling to Benwood Traction Car and conductors. Mail Pouch Advertisement on top of the car.
IDNO:
008910
Title:
Wheeling Traction Company Car, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
Benwood to Warwood line.
IDNO:
008911
Title:
Cooperative Transit Car No. 55, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1940
Description:
Brill car on the tracks in Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008912
Title:
Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad Car, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad; No. 23; Builder American Car Co.; Seats 45 passengers; At Wheeling, W. Va.'
IDNO:
008913
Title:
Cooperative Transit, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'Cooperative transit in Wheeling, W. Va.; 13; Jewett Car Company.'
IDNO:
008914
Title:
Wheeling Railway Company Trolley Cars, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1888
Description:
'Wheeling Railway Company; Katrina and Evangeline; Builder Van Depoela; Seats 28 passengers each; At Wheeling, W. Va about 1887; Company absorbed by Wheeling Traction Company on January 1, 1901.'
IDNO:
008915
Title:
Wheeling Public Service Company Trolley Car, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'Wheeling Public Service Company; No. 103; Builder Kuhlman Car Company; Seats 48 passengers; At Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008916
Title:
Wheeling Traction Company Car, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'Wheeling Traction Company; Number 151; Builder Jackson and Sharp-1903; Seats 24 passengers; At Wheeling, W. Va.'
IDNO:
008917
Title:
Cooperative Transit Car, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1939/09/26
Description:
Cooperative Transit Car traveling on W. Va. Route 40 / U. S. Route 250.
IDNO:
008918
Title:
Courthouse, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'The Old Court House Cornerstone laid in 1839. Razed in 1900 and Court Theatre erected on the site Wheeling, Virginia, a city in 1836 and then stopped using town meeting hall above Old Market House.'
IDNO:
008919
Title:
Cooperative Transit Cars, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1939/09/26
Description:
Three Cooperative Transit cars are seen on the tracks.
IDNO:
008920
Title:
Steam Train, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1885
Description:
Four men are standing in front of a Steam Train, Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad, in front of old city-county building in Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
008921
Title:
Elm Grove Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1888
Description:
'Elm Grove Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station 1888; in distance is the old Stone Bridge. January 25, 1853 first train came to the city of Wheeling from Baltimore.'
IDNO:
008922
Title:
Market Street at 12th Street during Grand Army of Republic Reunion, Wheeling, W.Va.
Date:
1888
Description:
'Market Street at 12th; 1888 Reunion of GAR Grand Army Republic (Northern Army); Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
008923
Title:
Cadets in Front of Old Main at Linsly Institute, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
Cadets in uniform in formation in front of Old Main at the Linsly Institute in Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008924
Title:
Railroad Men Pose in front of a Locomotive in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
IDNO:
008927
Title:
Passengers Waiting for a Train in Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1900
IDNO:
008936
Title:
Wheeling Hill at McCulloch's Leap, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
Two similiar views of the Wheeling Hill at McCulloch's Leap near Wheeling Creek in Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
008993
Title:
Interior of the American Restaurant, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Interior view of the American Restaurant in Wheeling, W. Va. Tables are set with folded napkins on each table top.
IDNO:
008994
Title:
Market House and Town Hall, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'Old Market House and Town Hall (on second floor) Built in 1822. Slaves were sold at the end of the building.'
IDNO:
008995
Title:
Whitaker Iron Company, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1902
Description:
Iron Company seen in Wheeling, W. Va. Other buildings seen surrounding the Iron Company.
IDNO:
008996
Title:
Aerial View of Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1890
Description:
'View of Wheeling from Chapline Street Hill behind Ohio Valley Hospital' Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008997
Title:
Washington Hall, First State Capital, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Seen here is the first Capital Building for the State of West Virginia. 'Chapter 23 page 267.'
IDNO:
008998
Title:
Custom House in Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
'Custom House in Wheeling, birth place of West Virginia'. This building is located on the corner of 16th Street and Market Street in Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
008999
Title:
Drawing of Wheeling, Virginia, from the Railroad
Date:
1854
Description:
"From Gleanson's Pictorial, 1854 Volume 6, page 216. Library of Congress, Negative Number: LC.-USZ62-18035.'
IDNO:
009000
Title:
Constitutional Convention of Virginia, Wheeling, Va.
Date:
1861/06
Description:
'Constitutional Convention of Virginia assembled in the Custom-House, Ohio County'.
IDNO:
009036
Title:
View of Wheeling, Virginia, from the Railroad
Description:
'Wheeling, Virginia (later, Wheeling, West Virginia) is one of the most thriving and agreeable of its size in the New World. It lies on the banks of Wheeling Creek and the Ohio River. Site of Fort Henry, and played an important role in the early wars with the Indians. Wheeling, Virginia is an important place in commerce and manufactures in Western Virginia. The town consists of several handsome churches, cotton mills, rolling mills, silk factory, steam engine factory, and Virginia Iron Works. The National Road from Cumberland across the Alleghany Mountains to St. Louis passes through Wheeling, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ends at the town--making this place a great thoroughfare of travel between the east and west. The Ohio River can be crossed by a magnificent suspension bridge, erected as a cost of over two hundred thousand dollars. The span of the suspension bridge is said to be the longest in the world. Wheeling is a growing city, centrally located and posses many remarkable natural advantages.' Information is from a newspaper article which is included with the photograph.
IDNO:
009037
Title:
Bird's Eye View of Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1861
Description:
'From a sketch made on the hills of the Ohio side of the river. The oval, which appears in the foreground of the island, represents the Northwestern Virginia Fair Association and was known as Camp Carlile during the war.'
IDNO:
009038
Title:
Wharf and Departing Steamer, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
Two similar photographs side by side of a wharf and departing steamer in Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
009039
Title:
Wheeling Steel Radio Show Bus, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
Four people are standing outside a Wheeling Steel, the Musical Steelmakers, bus, in Wheeling, West Virignia.
IDNO:
009040
Title:
Elm Groves Famous 'S' Bridge, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1886
Description:
A close-up view of Elm Groves Famous 'S' Bridge, looking west on Route 40 in Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
009041
Title:
Wheeling Steel Radio Show Orchestra, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
The Wheeling Steel Orchestra is performing in Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
009042
Title:
Poor House, Elm Grove, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
An aerial view of the Old Poor House in Elm Grove, Wheeling, West Virginia.
IDNO:
009043
Title:
Wheeling Steel Radio Show Announcer, Wheeling, W. Va.
IDNO:
011913
Title:
J. A. Dusch's Esso Station, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930-1940
Description:
Joseph A. Dusch's Esso Service Station in Wheeling, W. Va., on corner of 33rd Eoff streets. Includes two gas pumps and presumably J.A. Dusch standing in front of his station.
IDNO:
017125
Title:
Steamboat Chesapeake Moving State Archives to Charleston, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1885/05/02
Description:
Several items of the West Virginia State Archives sit onshore waiting to be loaded on the "Chesapeake". After having a "floating state capitol", the issue was settled in 1885, when Charleston was named the permanent site.
