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In 1909 Weir established the Weirton Steel Company and the town of Weirton in Hancock County, West Virginia along the Ohio River. Image is located in the book, "Progressive West Virginians" (published in 1923), on page 221.

1. Ernest Tenner Weir

IDNO:
047133
Title:
Ernest Tenner Weir
Date:
Undated
Description:
In 1909 Weir established the Weirton Steel Company and the town of Weirton in Hancock County, West Virginia along the Ohio River. Image is located in the book, "Progressive West Virginians" (published in 1923), on page 221.
Ethel Finnicum Moreland is fourth from the left in back row (only woman with glasses on).

2. New Cumberland Teachers, New Cumberland, W. Va.

IDNO:
046515
Title:
New Cumberland Teachers, New Cumberland, W. Va.
Date:
1900
Description:
Ethel Finnicum Moreland is fourth from the left in back row (only woman with glasses on).

3. View of Homes on Hillside, Weirton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045347
Title:
View of Homes on Hillside, Weirton, W. Va.
The girl in photo, "Jane', lounges in her parents bedroom, holding the novel, "Gone With the Wind". The book was authored by Margaret Mitchell and published in 1936. The movie was released in December, 1939. Immensely popular, the film won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year about the same time Jane was reading the novel.

4. Girl Reading in Bedroom, Weirton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045156
Title:
Girl Reading in Bedroom, Weirton, W. Va.
Date:
1940/06/09
Description:
The girl in photo, "Jane', lounges in her parents bedroom, holding the novel, "Gone With the Wind". The book was authored by Margaret Mitchell and published in 1936. The movie was released in December, 1939. Immensely popular, the film won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year about the same time Jane was reading the novel.

5. View of Several Homes in New Cumberland, W. Va.

IDNO:
045082
Title:
View of Several Homes in New Cumberland, W. Va.

6. Baseball Team in New Cumberland, W. Va.

IDNO:
045081
Title:
Baseball Team in New Cumberland, W. Va.
Published by I. Robbins & Son. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

7. Homer Laughlin China Company, Newell, W. Va.

IDNO:
044479
Title:
Homer Laughlin China Company, Newell, W. Va.
Description:
Published by I. Robbins & Son. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Lock No. 9 on the Ohio River near Toronto and Steubenville, Ohio, near Chester, W. Va. and East Liverpool, Ohio". Published by Minsky Bros. & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

8. Lock Number Nine on the Ohio River; Hancock Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
042397
Title:
Lock Number Nine on the Ohio River; Hancock Co., W. Va.
Description:
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Lock No. 9 on the Ohio River near Toronto and Steubenville, Ohio, near Chester, W. Va. and East Liverpool, Ohio". Published by Minsky Bros. & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Scene is near East Liverpool, Ohio, Chester, West Virginia, and Weirton, West Virginia. Caption on back of postcard reads: "Steubenville has become one of the leading steel producing areas, while its china, refractory brick, sewer pipes, foundry products, coal and oil products, and other manufactured wares, find their way to the principal markets of the world. East Liverpool is the World's pottery center". Published by Minsky Bros. & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

9. A Scene on the Ohio River Showing Three Bridges and Children's Home; Steubenville, OH

IDNO:
042396
Title:
A Scene on the Ohio River Showing Three Bridges and Children's Home; Steubenville, OH
Description:
Scene is near East Liverpool, Ohio, Chester, West Virginia, and Weirton, West Virginia. Caption on back of postcard reads: "Steubenville has become one of the leading steel producing areas, while its china, refractory brick, sewer pipes, foundry products, coal and oil products, and other manufactured wares, find their way to the principal markets of the world. East Liverpool is the World's pottery center". Published by Minsky Bros. & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Lots of people gather around the boat dock and cabin to watch people arrive to shore in lit up canoes. See original for correspondence. Published by The Bagley Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

10. Night Scene on the Lake, Rock Springs Park; Chester, W. Va.

IDNO:
042395
Title:
Night Scene on the Lake, Rock Springs Park; Chester, W. Va.
Description:
Lots of people gather around the boat dock and cabin to watch people arrive to shore in lit up canoes. See original for correspondence. Published by The Bagley Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
People can be seen hanging out in and around the pool as well as on the lake in canoes. Sign next to pool reads: "Use of tobacco and profanity strictly forbidden". See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

11. Bathing Pool at Rock Springs Park; Chester, W. Va.

IDNO:
042394
Title:
Bathing Pool at Rock Springs Park; Chester, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1914
Description:
People can be seen hanging out in and around the pool as well as on the lake in canoes. Sign next to pool reads: "Use of tobacco and profanity strictly forbidden". See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
(From postcard collection legacy system.)

12. Main Entrance to Rock Springs Park; Chester, W. Va.

IDNO:
042393
Title:
Main Entrance to Rock Springs Park; Chester, W. Va.
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system.)