Interior of Madeira Brothers Store, Morgantown, W. Va.

Identifier:

008439

Title:

Interior of Madeira Brothers Store, Morgantown, W. Va.

Date:

ca. 1888

Description:

'This was a stationery and confectionery store, owned and operated by the Madeira Brothers, just below where Roger's Jewelry Store is now on High Street. They had the first soda fountain in town and were the first to bring the Pittsburgh papers to Morgantown. This picture was taken in the late 1880's. The gentleman seated is unidentified. At the fountain is B.H. Madeira and in the background Walter Madeira, uncle and father of Mrs. Lewis S. Core.' Centennial edition of Morgantown Post.

Subjects:

Soda fountains--West Virginia--Morgantown., Cities--Morgantown--Business and Industry--Shops and Stores., Stationery trade--West Virginia--Morgantown., Confectioners--West Virginia--Morgantown.

Personal Names:

Madeira, B. H., Madeira, Walter.

Corporate Names:

Madeira Brothers (Morgantown, W. Va.)

Acquisition Source:

Morgantown Publishing Company

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView