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.

WVU ROTC Members and Others Enjoying 'It's Wheeling Steel' Show at Field House, Morgantown, W. Va.

Identifier:: 048629
Collection Number:: A&M 3470
Title:: WVU ROTC Members and Others Enjoying 'It's Wheeling Steel' Show at 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), Wheeling Steel Corporation., WVU--Buildings--Stansbury Hall.
Geographic:: Morgantown (W. Va.)
Acquisition Source:: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation. Stoll, Richard E.
Acquisition Method:: Gift
Medium:: print
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView