![Mr. Buchanan's statement. Extract from Gen. Jackson's second letter ... Mr. Buchanan's statement to the Editor of the Lancaster Journal ... Lancaster, 8th August, 1827. Printed at the Office of the Wheeling Gazette [1827].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvbXItYnVjaGFuYW5zLXN0YXRlbWVudC1leHRyYWN0LWZyb20tZ2VuLWphY2tzb25zLXNlY29uZC1sZXR0ZXItbXItYnVjaGFuYW5zLTRlMWJiNi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/43/webp "Mr. Buchanan's statement. Extract from Gen. Jackson's second letter ... Mr. Buchanan's statement to the Editor of the Lancaster Journal ... Lancaster, 8th August, 1827. Printed at the Office of the Wheeling Gazette [1827].")
Mr. Buchanan's statement. Extract from Gen. Jackson's second letter .....
Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 189, Folder 4.
A proclamation by the Governor ... I Francis H. Peirpoint, Governor .....
0403C 28 13 N 43.; Rec. R. B.; Dec. 1, 1943.; On verso: 0403C28 13 N 43. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemer... more
A proclamation by the governor ... I, Francis H. Peirpoint ... do appo...
0403C 29 13 N 43.; Rec. Dec. 1 1943.; On verso: 0403C29 13 N 43. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collec... more
Wheeling, West Virginia, Ohio River steamer and the Island in 1869
Photograph shows stern wheeler, the R. R. Hudson docked. Photo owned by Wm. Richardson. Title from item.
Steamer "Keystone State" at Wheeling, West Virginia
Photograph shows a side view of the Keystone State steamboat. Copyright 1905 by Wm. T. Nicoll. Additional title on item: West Virginia. Wheeling. Steamer Keystone State. No. 1961. Title from item.
Panoram of Wheeling, W. Va.
H126372 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. No. 1. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; May 1, 1909.
Water front at Wheeling, W. Va.
H126373 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; May 1, 1909.
![[Bird's eye view of Wheeling, W. Va.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2Ytd2hlZWxpbmctdy12YS1jY2FmNmQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/5/webp "[Bird's eye view of Wheeling, W. Va.]")
[Bird's eye view of Wheeling, W. Va.]
H126371 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; May 1, 1909.
Wheeling Corrugating Co.'s Works, Wheeling, W. Va.
H126951 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; May 13, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43803.
![Employes [sic] of Augustus Pollack Crown Stogie Factories, Wheeling, W.Va.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvZW1wbG95ZXMtc2ljLW9mLWF1Z3VzdHVzLXBvbGxhY2stY3Jvd24tc3RvZ2llLWZhY3Rvcmllcy13aGVlbGluZy13dmEtN2NlYmRkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/7/webp "Employes [sic] of Augustus Pollack Crown Stogie Factories, Wheeling, W.Va.")
Employes [sic] of Augustus Pollack Crown Stogie Factories, Wheeling, W...
J191402 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Wells View Co.; March 27, 1914.
Corner of the courtroom in Independence Hall, Wheeling, West Virginia
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Independence Hall had been a Virginia customs house but... more
Historic door detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, ...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... more
New exterior, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West Vir...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of a... more
Historic courthouse window detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthous...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... more
Lobby of historic courthouse, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wh...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... more
Historic courthouse front door, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, ...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... more
Hallway new addition, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, ...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... more
Historic courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, We...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... more
Lobby of historic courthouse, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wh...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... more
New courthouse, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West V...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... more
Interior lobby, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West V...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... more
New courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West Vi...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... more
Mosaic mural at the Columbia Gas Building in downtown Wheeling, West V...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Artist: name not given. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and P... more
The 1903 Tinker-Wright House, one of several fine houses in the Highla...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
"Drugs" sign outside a pharmacy on the portion of the National Road th...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
Italianate homes along Chapline Street in downtown Wheeling, West Virg...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
A view from across the Ohio River in Ohio of Wheeling Island, once a h...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
![[Fort Henry Bridge] Wheeling, West Virginia](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvZm9ydC1oZW5yeS1icmlkZ2Utd2hlZWxpbmctd2VzdC12aXJnaW5pYS02YjEyNzQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Fort Henry Bridge] Wheeling, West Virginia")
[Fort Henry Bridge] Wheeling, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
Grand Doric columns mark the distressed St. Matthew's Church building,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building was sold to a local Baptist church in 1866 and later long served as the home of Church of God and Saints of Christ, whose... more
Elmhurst Mansion, also known as the House of Friendship, in Wheeling, ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Samuel S. Bloch, the founder and president of the Block Brothers Tobacco Company, built this sandstone, Queen Anne-style hous in 1891.... more
The old Baltimore & Ohio railroad passenger station in Wheeling, West ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1907-1908, it is is a four-story, rectangular brick and limestone building in the Beaux-Arts-style. Passenger service there c... more
Factory building of the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company (also known as ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The company was best known for its Mail Pouch chewing tobacco, a popular chew advertised on more than 20,000 of barns, mostly in the r... more
The Victoria Theater in Wheeling, West Virginia. Opened in 1904, Victo...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An 800-seat Victorian style theater with many Beaux-Arts design influences, the Victoria Theater, originally known as the Victoria Vau... more
Wilson Lodge, a 271-room lodge in Wheeling, West Virginia's, Oglebay P...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park has been open to the public since 1928, when the park's governing body, the Wheeling Park Commission, began operations at the... more
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, also known as the Stone Arch Bridge, w...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Charles Ellet Jr. on the National Road, it was the first bridge to span the Ohio River. Credit line: West Virginia Collect... more
Madison School, which opened in 1916 on Wheeling Island in Wheeling, W...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
"The Scott Window," a stained-glass window at St. Matthew's Episcopal ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Window was created by the Tiffany Studio of New York and installed in 1902. The Scott name relates to U.S. Senator Nathan Bay Scott an... more
Crispin Center, the golf clubhouse at Wheeling, West Virginia's, Ogleb...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park has been open to the public since 1928, when the park's governing body, the Wheeling Park Commission, began operations at the... more
Lake and fountain at the Oglebay Park and Resort in Wheeling, West Vir...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Oglebay Park is a self-supporting public municipal park, the only one of its kind. It has been open to the public since 1928, when the... more
The now (as of 2015) closed and private Aetnaville Bridge, constructed...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The bridge was closed to automobile traffic in 1988 but remained an active pedestrian bridge. The rickety bridge was scheduled to be d... more
One of twelve famous Madonna of the Trail statues, this one located al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The statues were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. They were installed in each of the twel... more
![[Mansion House Museum, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvbWFuc2lvbi1ob3VzZS1tdXNldW0tb2dsZWJheS1wYXJrLXdoZWVsaW5nLXdlc3QtdmlyZ2luaWEtZmUzMjg4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/20/webp "[Mansion House Museum, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia]")
[Mansion House Museum, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia]
Title devised by Library staff. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.;... more
A view from across the Ohio River in Ohio of the Mail Pouch Tobacco fa...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
A block of Main Street in Wheeling, West Virginia. In the foreground i...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
One of twelve famous Madonna of the Trail statues, this one located al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The statues were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. They were installed in each of the twel... more
The "Harrington Window," a stained-glass window at St. Matthew's Episc...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created by the Lamb Studio of New Jersey and installed in 1989, the Harrington name relates to Barbara Harrington, who presented the w... more
St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, which opened in 1952 in Wheeling, W...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The late-Gothic Revival-style church was designed by a priest, Father Michael McInerney, who designed more than 500 church buildings f... more
Masonic statue outside the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Wheeling, West V...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
The 1817 Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Also known as the Monument Place Bridge, it is (as of 2015) the oldest extant bridge in West Virginia. The bridge carries U.S. Route 4... more
The Bennett Square Building (which as of 2015 is called the Georgian C...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Formerly the city's longtime public library (the Bennett Square sign above the entrance was applied over a "Public Library" inscriptio... more
Factory building of the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company (also known as ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The company was best known for its Mail Pouch chewing tobacco, a popular chew advertised on more than 20,000 of barns, mostly in the r... more
Architectural detail of the Capitol Theatre building, also known as th...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It is the largest theater in West Virginia. For many years, it has served as the home of Jamboree USA, a live country music show broad... more
North Front Street homes on Wheeling Island, part of Wheeling, West Vi...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Wheeling Island was a rough-and-ready industrial section of town, but also the location of fine homes belonging to those who owned the... more
One of twelve famous Madonna of the Trail statues, this one located al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The statues were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. They were installed in each of the twel... more
Entryway to Wheeling Park in Wheeling, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 406-acre park opened in 1925. The park was originally open to visitors only during the warmer months. Credit line: West Virginia C... more
One of several Victorian-style homes on Chapline Street in downtown Wh...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
The headquarters building of the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company (also ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was best known for its Mail Pouch chewing tobacco, a popular chew advertised on more than 20,000 of barns, mostly in the rural Ohio... more
The 1919-22 John O. Schenck House, which Schenck called Altenheim ("ol...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The massive limestone house, with huge Corninthian columns, became the Altenheim Home for the Aged, a retirement home for women. Schen... more
A view from across the Ohio River in Ohio of Wheeling Island, once a h...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
The "Spirit of the American Doughboy" World War I memorial at Wheeling...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
Factory building of the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company (also known as ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The company was best known for its Mail Pouch chewing tobacco, a popular chew advertised on more than 20,000 of barns, mostly in the r... more
![[Weirton, West Virginia viewed from across the Ohio River in Ohio]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvd2VpcnRvbi13ZXN0LXZpcmdpbmlhLXZpZXdlZC1mcm9tLWFjcm9zcy10aGUtb2hpby1yaXZlci1pbi1vaGlvLWZkMGU0NS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Weirton, West Virginia viewed from across the Ohio River in Ohio]")
[Weirton, West Virginia viewed from across the Ohio River in Ohio]
Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by photographer for items in same group. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and... more
The 1893 John List House, built by banker Henry List for his son in Wh...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
Gravestones and the chapel building at Mount Calvary Cemetery, adjacen...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
The larger Kepner Funeral Home building, white with columns to the lef...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
Italianate homes along Chapline Street in downtown Wheeling, West Virg...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
The Chapel of Mary and Joseph at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheelin...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Wheeling, West Virginia, built i...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
View of Market Street in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
Wilson Lodge, a 271-room lodge in Wheeling, West Virginia's, Oglebay P...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park has been open to the public since 1928, when the park's governing body, the Wheeling Park Commission, began operations at the... more
Pond and fountain at Wheeling Park in Wheeling, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 406-acre park opened in 1925. The park was originally open to visitors only during the warmer months. Mount Calvary Cemetery can b... more
Italianate homes along Chapline Street in downtown Wheeling, West Virg...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
![[House, Wheeling, West Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvaG91c2Utd2hlZWxpbmctd2VzdC12aXJnaW5pYS1kM2YwNDUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/41/webp "[House, Wheeling, West Virginia]")
[House, Wheeling, West Virginia]
Title devised by Library staff. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.;... more
A block along the National Road in Wheeling, West Virginia, that inclu...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Architect Edward Bates Franzheim designed the Spanish-style building, including its shops on the first floor and adjecent annex. It op... more
Edemar Mansion, later the Stifel Fine Arts Center, in Wheeling, West V...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Edemar name was a contraction of the names of is first owner, Edward W. Stifel, proprietor of one of the nation's largest makers o... more
The Stifel-Kossuth House in what was once Wheeling, West Virginia's, m...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built for George Stifel, owner of the largest dry-goods store in town. Later a famous photographer, George Kossuth, lived there. Credi... more
The Board of Trade Building, designed by Wheeling, West Virginia, arch...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
The North Chancel Window, a stained-glass window at St. Matthew's Epis...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It is a 1962 replacement by the Lamb Studio of New Jersey of a window originally given by the congregation in 1871 in memory of the ch... more
View of downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, from Wheeling Island, part o...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
Mosaic mural at the Columbia Gas Building in downtown Wheeling, West V...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Artist: name not given. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and P... more
The western, or Wheeling Island, arched entryway to the Wheeling Suspe...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Charles Ellet Jr., who also worked on the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, the Wheeling bridge was the first to span the O... more
View of downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, from Wheeling Island, part o...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... more
Camp Russel at the Oglebay Park and Resort in Wheeling, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The single log building by that name was constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Its size is deceiving. It ... more
