Search Results
- IDNO:
- 048649
- Title:
- Site of Wreckage Where Engine 1642 Exploded at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1953/06/09
- Description:
- A group of unidentified men observe thedamage and what little is left of the engine.
- IDNO:
- 048650
- Title:
- Train at Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Engine No. 2101, named "Chessie Steam Special", is pictured on the C. & O. track.
- IDNO:
- 048651
- Title:
- Exploded Engine 1642 at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1953/06/09
- Description:
- A group of unidentified men observe the damage which occurred roughly around 5:00 p.m.
- IDNO:
- 048652
- Title:
- Parade For War Bond Drive, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1943
- IDNO:
- 048653
- Title:
- Audience Awaiting Wheeling Musical Steelmakers at Scottish Rite Cathedral, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1937
- IDNO:
- 048654
- Title:
- "It's Wheeling Steel" Performers Molly Staten and Eleanor Bowman Lynn Rehearsing
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Caption on back of photograph reads: "Molly Staten and Eleanor Bowman Lynn rehearsed several weeks on their piano duet. They are stenographers from the main office of Wheeling Steel Company." Like all performers and employees on the "It's Wheeling Steel" broadcast, all were also employees or family members of the Wheeling Steel Corporation. They were radio's first all employee only broadcast.
- IDNO:
- 048655
- Title:
- Men Observe the Remnants of Engine 1642 After Exploding at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1958
- Description:
- A group of unidentified men huddle around parts of the blown off engine where a handful of bodies were found. Among those killed were engineer W. H. Anderson, fireman J. W. Sullivan, and head brakeman O. L. Richmond.
- IDNO:
- 048656
- Title:
- Nicky Conti Playing Accordion With Wheeling Musical Steelmakers
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 048657
- Title:
- J.L. Grimes and Wheeling Steel Corporation Staff in Production Meeting
- Date:
- 1941/08/18
- Description:
- Caption on back of photograph reads: "Music and scripts are carefully checked for audience pleasure as J.L. Grimes, general advertising manager for the Wheeling Steel Corporation (in center) and his staff hold a production confab in preparation for the return to the air October 5 of the tuneful "Wheeling Steelmakers" over the NBC-Blue Network." Production staff from left to right: Orchestra leader Tommy Whitley, Maury Longfellow, Ardenne White, Unknown, John Grimes, Unknown, Unknown.
- IDNO:
- 048658
- Title:
- Bill Griffiths of Singing Millmen, Making Miniature Military Equipment
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Caption on back of photograph reads: "Bill Griffiths makes military equipment during working hours, relaxes in his spare time by duplicating his day's work in miniature. he built the model guns and tanks shown here, and the train that carries them. On Sundays, he's one of the famed "Singing Millmen"." The Singing Millmen were regulars on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast.
- IDNO:
- 048659
- Title:
- Man Pointing to Location Where Boiler of Locomotive 1642 Landed After Exploding at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1992
- Description:
- Roy Long points to where the engine's boiler landed after exploding in June of 1953.
- IDNO:
- 048660
- Title:
- Several People Waiting to Audition for 'It's Wheeling Steel' Broadcast
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Caption on back of photograph reads: "For headlining appearances, auditions for mill workers and members of their immediate families are held every few weeks at the studios of WWVA. Of course, due to the standard set for our program, all that are auditioned can not be presented. The standard set is inferred to be that of the broadcasting station's, thereby relieving the corporation of discrimination."
