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"Wheeling", West Virginia
(From postcard collection legacy system.)
Store on right says Parker & Co. Wholesale Fruit & Produce.
Showing Market and South Streets and Flat Iron Building.
Caption on postcard reads: "Built in 1839, torn down in 1904. Was located where Virginia Theatre now stands."
Scene of McColloch's leap. At the top of Wheeling Hill on the National Highway is this monument in honor to Samuel McColloch who, in September 1777 during an assault on Fort Henry, escaped from the Indians by leaping from this point of the hill side into the creek far below, hence the monument to his memory.
Caption on postcard reads: "Located in Downtown Wheeling, W. Va., this beautiful theatre features the top artists in Country Music each Saturday night. Broadcast over Radio Station WWVA, the world famous Radio Jamboree originated nearly 50 years ago. Symphony Orchestras, Broadway Plays and other entertainment events round out a full schedule."
"The Popular Playhouse"
Caption on postcard reads: "Citizens Mutual Trust Company, Wheeling, W. Va., is located in the heart of the business district at 1126-28 Market Street. Both the exterior and the interior of the building is regarded as exceptionally beautiful. A helpful, convenient banking service is offered by the rapidly growing institution."
Looking from Penn Street to Front Street.
Looking west from Market Street.
Post office and English Lutheran Church shown.
Showing stadium and Ohio.
From CBS 1962 On The Road series.
Caption on postcard reads: "premium products were very popular with Mail pouch. Pictured here is a store clerk with a table radio."
Caption on postcard reads: "This is a one of a kind postcard from the early 1900's. It appears to be on a college campus."
Caption on postcard reads: "An advertisement from the early 1920's. Mail Pouch's advertising is so very American."
Caption on postcard reads: "A street scene from the early 1900's. Mail Pouch advertising was everywhere."
Caption on postcard reads: "Turn of the century. In those days, tobacco products were most likely pure tobacco."
The fort was subject to two major sieges, two notable feats (McColloch's Leap and Betty Zane's trek through the battle), and other skirmishes.
Caption on postcard reads: "Ebenezer Zane's Old Log Cabin. The first building erected in Wheeling built in 1769, torn down 1908. This is the cabin to which Elizabeth Zane made her heroic dash for powder during the siege of Ft. Henry by the British and Indians."
Caption on postcard reads: "Monument Place is an old land mark built in 1776 and was visited by Lafayette, Henry Clay, Washington and many other notables in the olden days. It has been restored and will be kept by the Osiris Temple of Shriners of Wheeling, W. Va.."
Caption on postcard reads: "2092 National Highway, Elm Grove, Wheeling, W. Va., on Route 40. Recommended by Automobile Owners Association of America."
Located at 1031 National Road.
Established 1882. Dedicated May 23, 1926. Caption on back of postcard reads: "You are cordially invited to visit our Mortuary when in Wheeling, and let us show you through the most complete institution of its kind in existence. Located on Eoff Street at 15th Street."