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Textile Industry in Wheeling

Tobacco Business in Wheeling

Beer & Wine Industries in Wheeling

Wheeling Department Stores

Historic Lodging in Wheeling

J. L. Stifel & Sons Calico Works

Geo. E. Stifel & Co.

Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association

Wm. Mitchell & Son | Red Front Livery

Wheeling Livery & Stables

Wheeling Tailors, Clothiers, & Jewelers

Electric Companies & Electricity

Lumber & Paper Manufacturers

The Wheeling Hinge Co. in 1886

Woodworking in Wheeling

Insurance Companies

Potpourri Article: Hotel Windsor History

National Bank of West Virginia

National Bank of West Virginia Enter New Home, 1915

Marsh Wheeling Stogies

C. Garforth Bottling Co.

The Wool Market in Wheeling, 1886

Whitaker Iron Co. — Crescent Mill, 1886

Tanneries of Wheeling, 1886

Communications in Wheeling, 1886

Wheeling Corrugating Co.

Hardware Stores & Manufacturers

The Riverside Iron Works, 1886

Miscellaneous Manufacturing in Wheeling

Ferry Boat Conveyer

Wheeling Novelty Works, 1849

Augustus Pollack Crown Stogies

Lantern Manufacturing in Wheeling, 1886

Laughlin Nail Mill in 1886

First Incandescent Light in Wheeling, 1887

Klieves Lumber Co.

United Dairy Company

Food & Drug Manufacturers

Bank of the Ohio Valley

Belmont Nail Works Advertisement, 1862

Grocers, Distributors, & Warehouses

Oil, Gas, & Coal Mining

Newspapers & Printers

Boatbuilding Industry in Wheeling

Telephone & Telegraph Companies in Wheeling

Peoples Bank of Wheeling

Rogers Hotel Opens, 1915

Radio & Television

WWVA Radio Station

Steinmetz Box Co.

Wheeling Chamber of Commerce

Wheeling Chamber Helps to Adjust Labor Difficulties, 1920

Germania Half Dollar Bank

Fort Henry Club Opening, December 1890

Quarter Savings Bank

Central Union Trust Co. Opens Beautiful And Impressive New Home

Browne Bros. Tailors

Music Retailers of Wheeling

Bradley & Eckhart Wool Mill

Rogers Hotel Opens, August 18, 1915

Wheeling Mold & Foundry | Continental Roll | Blaw-Knox

C. A. House Music Store

Hancher Diamonds and the Hancher Clock

Cooey-Bentz Company Department Store

Horne's Department Store

Reichart Furniture Company

L.S. Good & Co.

Ten Acres Under Glass: The Dieckmann Family of Park View

Historic Landmarks of Wheeling

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McNamara's Drugstore (Pharmacy)

Wheeling Memory Project: Rosemary Ketchum

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Textile Industry in Wheeling

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Textile Manufacturing:

➤ Silk Manufacturing in Wheeling, 1849 (Daily Wheeling Gazette article)
➤ Tanneries in 1886 (Intelligencer article)
➤ Wool Manufacturing in 1886 (Intelligencer article)
➤ Bradley & Eckhart Wool Mill

Textile Companies:

➤ David Kennedy, Carpets & Coverlets
➤ Market Street Dye House
➤ Market Street Dye House in 1849 (Daily Wheeling Gazette article)
➤ J. L. Stifel & Sons Calico Works
➤ Wheeling Tent & Awning Company

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