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41785. Main Street, Looking South; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041789
Title:
Main Street, Looking South; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on postcard reads: "This view of Martinsburg's main business artery looks north and was taken a little north of the public square. The street was named for Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, King of England at the time Martinsburg was laid out in 1773. At the public square Queen Street intersects King Street. The town as originally surveyed comprised 130 acres, divided into 279 lots. This land was owned by General Adam Stephen, founder of the town. When the Revolution began in 1775 Martinsburg had but 150 inhabitants, one percent of the present population approximately 15,000." Published by Shenandoah Publishing House. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

41786. Queen Street; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041790
Title:
Queen Street; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1925
Description:
Caption on postcard reads: "This view of Martinsburg's main business artery looks north and was taken a little north of the public square. The street was named for Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, King of England at the time Martinsburg was laid out in 1773. At the public square Queen Street intersects King Street. The town as originally surveyed comprised 130 acres, divided into 279 lots. This land was owned by General Adam Stephen, founder of the town. When the Revolution began in 1775 Martinsburg had but 150 inhabitants, one percent of the present population approximately 15,000." Published by Shenandoah Publishing House. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Parade going down the road with U.S. flags attached to the cars driving one after another. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

41787. West King Street; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041791
Title:
West King Street; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Description:
Parade going down the road with U.S. flags attached to the cars driving one after another. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by Fred H. Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

41788. South Queen Street; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041792
Title:
South Queen Street; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Published by Fred H. Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Scene depicts a motorcade with vehicles bearing the U.S. flag. Published by Ripple & Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

41789. West King Street; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041793
Title:
West King Street; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Description:
Scene depicts a motorcade with vehicles bearing the U.S. flag. Published by Ripple & Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
(From postcard collection legacy system.)

41790. Public Square; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041794
Title:
Public Square; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system.)
(From postcard collection legacy system.)

41791. Queen Street, Looking South From Lutheran Church; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041795
Title:
Queen Street, Looking South From Lutheran Church; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Description:
(From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. Published by Ripple & Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

41792. S. Post Office and Court House; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041796
Title:
S. Post Office and Court House; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
See original for correspondence. Published by Ripple & Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

41793. Christ Reformed Church; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041797
Title:
Christ Reformed Church; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on postcard reads: "Martinsburg is in the center of the Maryland-West Virginia-Virginia apple belt, and is the northernmost city in the famed Shenandoah Valley. It is the county seat of Berkeley County, which was named for Norbonne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Virginia's most popular colonial governor. In 1801 Berkeley, which extended from the Blue Ridge to the Alleghanies, was divided and the eastern half organized as Jefferson County. In 1863 Berkeley and Jefferson were placed in West Virginia due to the influence of the B. & O. Railroad. The present Court House was built in 1809." Published by John Myerly Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

41794. Berkeley Court House; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041798
Title:
Berkeley Court House; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Description:
Caption on postcard reads: "Martinsburg is in the center of the Maryland-West Virginia-Virginia apple belt, and is the northernmost city in the famed Shenandoah Valley. It is the county seat of Berkeley County, which was named for Norbonne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Virginia's most popular colonial governor. In 1801 Berkeley, which extended from the Blue Ridge to the Alleghanies, was divided and the eastern half organized as Jefferson County. In 1863 Berkeley and Jefferson were placed in West Virginia due to the influence of the B. & O. Railroad. The present Court House was built in 1809." Published by John Myerly Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. Published by Fred H. Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

41795. Berkeley Co. Court House; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041799
Title:
Berkeley Co. Court House; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
See original for correspondence. Published by Fred H. Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

41796. St. Joseph's Catholic Church; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041800
Title:
St. Joseph's Catholic Church; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)