Picture taken during Wheeling Musical Steelmakers performance at WVU Field House, which was part of their "Buy a Bomber" series, where communities were challenged to buy enough Defense Bonds to purchase a bomber. The money raised in this circumstance exceeded all expectations and was the largest such fundraiser in Monongalia County, West Virginia.

Crowd Enjoying 'It's Wheeling Steel' Show Inside Field House, Morgantown, W. Va.

Identifier:: 048627
Collection Number:: A&M 3470
Title:: Crowd Enjoying 'It's Wheeling Steel' Show Inside Field House, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1943
Description:: Picture taken during Wheeling Musical Steelmakers performance at WVU Field House, which was part of their "Buy a Bomber" series, where communities were challenged to buy enough Defense Bonds to purchase a bomber. The money raised in this circumstance exceeded all expectations and was the largest such fundraiser in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Subjects:: Radio broadcasting--West Virginia--Wheeling.
Corporate Names:: It's Wheeling Steel (Radio program), WVU--Buildings--Stansbury Hall., Wheeling Steel Corporation.
Geographic:: Morgantown (W. Va.)
Acquisition Source:: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation. Stoll, Richard E.
Acquisition Method:: Gift
Medium:: print
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView