GOVERNMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS

GOVERNMENT

List of the Mayors of Wheeling
City Government in 1886
Laws and Ordinance of the City of Wheeling, 1891
Celebrating the Centennial of City Government, 1895 -- Image of the article
Health Dept. Officials and Employees, 1913
Hill Top Farm, endorsed by Health Dept.
Description of garbage collection 1913
Horse-drawn garbage wagons, 1913
Incinerator, 1913
Inside the incinerator, 1913
Postcard of Waterworks, 1910s
Wheeling Fire Dept.
History of Olgebay Park
The CCC Camp at Oglebay
Old Ladies' Home (Altenheim) in 1900's

CHILDREN'S HOME

History and Pictures of The Children's Home of Wheeling

LIBRARY

Two newspaper clippings from 1807 about the Wheeling Library Company
Wheeling Library Association formed, 1859
Wheeling Library Association, 1867
Wheeling Library Association Stock Certificate
Wheeling Library Assocation, 1880
More on the library from 1880
Wheeling Public Library established, 1882
Education, Churches and the Library, 1886
Postcard of the Library, 1910s
Library, 1911
Another picture of the library from 1911
Postcard postmarked 1911
Stack Room, Library, 1911
Reading Room, 1911
Etta Roberts, Library Director, Wheeling Public Library and (later) Ohio County Public Library, 1910-1938
Exterior of the library, ca. 1950
Violinist Earl Summers performs at the library, 1950s
Ohio County Public Library, mid-50s
Interior of the library, 1950s
Main desk of the library, 1950s
Miss Virginia Ebeling, librarian, 1950s
Beverly Hand, clerk, and Virginia Ebeling, director, 1950s
Library meeting room, 1950s
Reference Department
Teens in the library, 1950s
Visiting class, 1950s
Nancy Matthews with St. Alphonsus students
Photographer W.C. Brown donates photograph collection,1950
At the Future site of OCPL, 1970
Ohio County Public Library at the time of its opening, 1973
Ribbon Cutting ceremony, opening OCPL, May 10, 1973

THE PRESS

The Press in 1886

ORGANIZATIONS

Early years of the YWCA
YWCA Building
YWCA Building
YMCA Building, ca. 1900 -- former Maxwell residence
YMCA Building, 1910
YMCA Building
YMCA
Carroll Club, 1300 Chapline St.
Convention of Grand Order of Odd Fellows (African-American Odd Fellows), 1912
Elks Home, 1903
Elks Home, ca. 1910
Elks build a new building, 1931
Ft. Henry Club, ca. 1910
Pythian Temple, 1896 (2700 Chapline St.)
Labor Temple, 1935
African American Pythians construct headquarters
Pythian Building (African-American Pythians), 2010
Pythian Building (African-American Pythians), 2010
Pythian Building (African-American Pythians), 2010
Pythian Building (African-American Pythians), 2010
Pythian Building Cornerstone, 2010


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