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D.G. & M. Depot

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Description: A view of the D.G. & M. Depot from the East Water Street Bridge.
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Sidewheel Excursion Boat at Wheeling, West Virginia

Date: 03 1866
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Phil Sheridan, at Wheeling, West Virginia in March, 1866. Sign on side of boat reads: "Cincinnati and Wheeling Packet, Phil...
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Reuben Gold Thwaites Rowing the "Pilgrim"

Date: 05 09 1894
Description: Reuben Gold Thwaites rowing the skiff the "Pilgrim" on the Ohio River.
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International F-31 Truck Operated by Dillon Bros. Co.

Date: 1919
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck operated by Dillon Bros. Co., "machinists" of Wheeling. A man sits in the driver's seat of the truck which is parked ...
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Ohio River View

Date: 05 09 1894
Description: View upstream of the Ohio River from a lunching spot on a West Virginia bank.
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Fishermen on the Ohio River

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: Two fishermen in a boat on the Ohio River.
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Houseboats on the Shore

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: View from river of three men in a sailboat near the shoreline. Behind them are houseboats up on blocks on the shore of the Ohio River, with other buildings...
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Ferry near Hotel

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: View of a ferry with the name Liberty from the Ohio River. A row of buildings in the background along a street near the river include a hotel.
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Wharf on the Ohio River

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: View of a wharf from the river, with a bit of an oar visible in the foreground. There is a ferry with the name Liberty on the shoreline. A row of bu...
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Indian Mound

Date: 05 11 1894
Description: South side view of an Indian Mound with a fence in front of it.
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Indian Mound

Date: 05 11 1894
Description: East side view of an Indian Mound (Big Grave).
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Cresaps Bottom

Date: 05 11 1894
Description: View of Cresap's Bottom, looking toward the Ohio shore.
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Oil Wells

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: Oil wells in front of a tree-covered landscape, with a man working.
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Operator's Shanty

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: Exterior view of a rundown oil worker's shanty, with a chair near the doorway.
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Davis's Run

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: View of the mouth of Davis's Run, including an arched stone passage.
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West Virginia Shoreline

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: View from the Ohio River of the West Virginia shoreline.
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Man in a Boat

Date: 05 14 1894
Description: A man seated on a low boat floats down the Ohio River.
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International TD-6 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Seldon Starcher, owner and operator of an International TD-6 Diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor), uses his tractor both in logging and oil field work. He ...
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International TD-6 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Seldon Starcher, owner and operator of an International TD-6 Diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor), uses his tractor both in logging and oil field work. Sta...
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Simpson Motor Truck Co. Billboard

Date: 1940
Description: An automobile drives down a road near a billboard advertising the Simpson Motor Truck Company, an International truck dealership. The original caption read...

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