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Highlights from our #Archives! Our new display of dance programs from the 1880s gives a fascinating glimpse into #sociallife during the #gildedage in #Wheeling. Stop by the #Library to view a variety of cards from this new collection! #WheelingHistory #PublicLibraryArchives
On this day in #WheelingHistory, 8/18/1915, the famously fireproof Rogers Hotel opened in downtown #Wheeling. Boasting six stories & 75 rooms w/ "shower baths." An inside room went for $1.00/night while an outside room would set back guests $1.25. More at https://t.co/l7q4nJsZfm.
#OTD in #WheelingHistory, 9/24, #presidential candidate Gen. Dwight D. #Eisenhower met Sen. Richard #Nixon at the #Wheeling-#OhioCounty Airport to confirm Nixon as the #VP candidate following the infamous "Checkers" speech during the 1952 #election. More @ https://t.co/NYvX0wvfVW
#OTD in #WheelingHistory - 9/8/1955: The #FortHenry Bridge opened while the Steel Bridge closed to traffic. 7 yrs later, 9/8/1962, the center pier of the Steel Bridge was dynamited. The blast damaged boats at the #OhioValley Yacht Club & flying debris injured a #Wheeling girl.
#OTD in #WheelingHistory—07/20/1885, the #Saengerfest festival opens in Wheeling. A destination for numerous #German immigrants in the 19th century, #Wheeling was once home to 11 German singing societies & hosted regional Saengerfests in 1860, 1885 & 1906.
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#OTD in #WheelingHistory, #Labor edition - July 15
1915: #MotherJones spoke to the Ohio Valley Trades Assembly at Market Auditorium.
1935: 200 men reported for duty at @Oglebay Park as part of the newly formed #CCC.
1959: #Wheeling Steel workers went on strike for 116 days.
In honor of the 119 coal miners who died on this day 96 years ago, April 28, 1924, @LunchWithBooks has released a LWB "From the Vault" - "The #Benwood Mine Disaster Remembered" w/ Joseph Tellitocci Jr., originally presented 4/26/2011. #WheelingHistory
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#HappyBirthday, @CityofWheeling - 184 years old today!
The town of #Wheeling, Va. was incorporated as a City by an Act of the Assembly of the Legislature of Virginia, March 11, 1836. #WheelingHistory
Wheeling Intelligencer newspapers dating from 1852-1970 are now online courtesy @OCPLibrary! #WheelingWV #WheelingHistory
OCPL Posted News article to their website https://t.co/G3L4YrYq6l
#WheelingWV, we need your help again! Can anybody identify any of the City officials in this photograph taken on the steps of the old City-County Building? Date unknown. #Wheelinghistory #OhioCountyPublicLibraryArchives #crowdsourcinghistory #oldphotographs
Once again, #WheelingWV, we need your help identifying photos! Can anybody tell us where these construction photos were taken? We believe them to be circa early #1970s. Thank you in advance! #Wheelinghistory #OhioCountyPublicLibraryArchives #oldphotographs
Always have WV in my blood. Never forget in Wheeling on that fateful day on February 9, 1950, where Eugene McCarthy made the claim of all claims when he stated to have a list of 205 State Department employees were members of the communist party. #WheelingHistory
Dr. E. I. Henning's Home Pharmacy medicine bottle - Wheeling, WV #wednesdaywheelingartifact #wheelinghistory
An old movie poster from the PIKE Theatre - Bae Mar Place - Woodsdale #wednesdaywheelingartifact #wheelinghistory #wheelingwv
The WV State fair used to be on Wheeling Island in early September! #wednesdaywheelingartifact #wheelinghistory
On this day in 1882, Wheeling had its first demonstration of electric lights 💡💡💡💡 #wheelinghistory
80 yrs ago today, the #OhioRiver crested @ 55.2 feet—the worst #flood in #WheelingHistory. https://t.co/M49M4k3RSA
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