Photographs and Postcards

Containers:
Box 353
Scope and content:

This box contains mostly photos of farm buildings, lock and dams, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chessie System Railroad Bridge, Yatesville early oil drilling, Bessemer pumping jack, West Virginia Independence Hall, and King's Covered Bridge. It also contains postcards of various subjects including Baltimore and Ohio railroad Roundhouse and Station in Grafton, WV; the Baltimore and Ohio tunnel Wetzel's Cave in Wheeling, WV; the Hempfield Viaduct and the First "Needle Dam" built in the USA, Louisa, KY.

Formats: Photographic prints, photographic negatives, postcards

Subjects: farm buildings; farm house; barns; corncrib; lock and dam; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; railroad; railroad tunnels; roundhouse; Grafton, WV; Wheeling, WV; Louisa, KY; Needle dam; early oil drilling; Chessie; Yatesville; Bessemer pump; Bessemer; oil pumping jack; Independence Hall; King's Covered Bridge; Somerset, PA; Somerset covered bridges; Wetzel's Cave; Hempfield Viaduct; Viaduct

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Parent restrictions:

All or part of this collection is stored offsite. Please make an appointment prior to visiting.

Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

Parent terms of access:
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.