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Mugshot of Blackhand group member Tony Fiarenteona.The back of the photo reads:Department of PoliceThomas Leyland, ChiefWheeling, W. VaName - Tony FiarenteonaAlias -Crime - Black HanderAge - 31Born - ItalyTrade -Read -          Write -          Married -Height- 5ft 7inWeight - 160Hair - BlackEyes - Brown, CrossedBuilt - StoutFace -Complexion - Mid DarkOfficer - ClancyDate of Arrest - Oct 25-15, Bellaire ORemarks -

1. Tony Fiarenteona, Wheeling, W.Va

Photo postcard of several boats floating in an intersection in Wheeling, W. Va. during a 1913 flood.  Postcard is part of a souvenir book of 1913 flood images.

2. Flood in Wheeling, W. Va.

The Church began in 1827 by Associated Reformed Presbyterians from Short Creek, W. Va. and was officially organized in 1833. The first church building is still erect on the west side of Market Street and the second is below the corner of Ninth Street.

3. The United Presbyterian Church, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1849 in the industrial part of town once known as Ritchietown. There were no paved streets or walks and kerosene lamps were used for lighting. The church was 14 years old when West Virginia became a state.

4. Wesley Methodist Church, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.

The organization was established in 1819.

5. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1785 by a group of the city's leading businessmen.

6. St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1856 by a small group of the city's leading businessmen.

7. St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1785 within a year after Methodism had come formally to America.

8. Short Creek Methodist Church, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1849.

9. North Street Methodist Church, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.

The church began and grew with the frontier settlement of Wheeling, W. Va. In the spring of 1785, three years after the last battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at Fort Henry, the congregation was established and proceeded without any official building until 1818.

10. Fourth Street Methodist Church, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.

The church was first organized on Mozart Road in the early 1850s.  The church was built on Old Fairmont Pike between 1855 and 1857. The current building was built in 1959.

11. Mount Olivet Methodist Church, Wheeling, Marshall County, W. Va.

Photo taken during the Army-Navy Award presentation inside of the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling, West Virginia. The presentation was broadcast on over 127 radio stations of NBC's Blue Network, including the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio program. The "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast was moved to the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1939 as production became more polished and more and more listeners tuned in.

12. Master of Ceremonies, Howard D. Matthews, Opening the Program Which Was Broadcast Over 127 Stations of the Blue Network, Wheeling, W. Va.