Search Results
- 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:
- 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."
- IDNO:
- 048661
- Title:
- Audience Watching the 'It's Wheeling Steel' Performance
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 048663
- Title:
- Group of Musicians Auditioning for 'It's Wheeling Steel' Program
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Everyone pictured is either an employee of the Wheeling Steel Corporation or is an immediate family member of someone who works for them. This family owned and operated broadcast was the first of it's kind and this policy was maintained throughout the broadcast's existence.
- IDNO:
- 048664
- Title:
- 'It's Wheeling Steel' Show at Market Auditorium, Wheeling, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 048665
- Title:
- William Griffiths, Second Tenor of the Millmen Quartette Works on the Flying Shears, Yorkville, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- The Millmen Quartette were a barbershop quartette that performed regularly on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast from 1936 to 1943.
- IDNO:
- 048666
- Title:
- William Griffiths, Second Tenor of the Millmen Quartette on Stage Behind Microphone, Yorkville, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- The Millmen Quartette were a barbershop quartette that performed regularly on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast from 1936 to 1943.
- IDNO:
- 048667
- Title:
- Proud Mother and Father With Margaret Cook After 'It's Wheeling Steel' Broadcast
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Margaret Cook was a performer on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast. Her father, was an electrician at the Steubenville Works.
- IDNO:
- 048668
- Title:
- Twelve Year Old Margaret Cook Acts Her Song As She Sings For Wheeling Steel's Nation-Wide Family and Friends
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 048669
- Title:
- Ed Kostillo Headlining 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Ed Kostillo from the pipe mills of the Benwood Works started playing his harmonica to entertain his fellow mill men during lunch hour. Later he won a headliner appearance on the family broadcast with the entire steelmakers orchestra accompanying him.
- IDNO:
- 048670
- Title:
- Ed Kostillo Playing Harmonica for Fellow Mill Men, Benwood, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Ed Kostillo from the pipe mills of the Benwood Works started playing his harmonica to entertain his fellow mill men during lunch hour. Later he won a headliner appearance on the family broadcast with the entire steelmakers orchestra accompanying him.
- IDNO:
- 048672
- Title:
- Erma Ellis and Mary Visnick Leading Martins Ferry Band on 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Caption accompanying photograph reads: "Erma Ellis and Mary Visnick are employed at the Martins Ferry Factory. When dressed in their uniforms these two comely drum majors lead the way when the Martins Ferry Band marches to the broadcast of "It's Wheeling Steel"."
