MORE PHOTOS

Here are some photos which have not yet been incorporated into the main site.

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The Chancellor Hotel in the 1950s.

#2
Looking northeast, this photo on the corner of Second Street and Williams
Court Alley shows the entire line crew of the Monongahela Power
Company in 1912. The horse and buggy are the forerunners of
today's power truck. You can see the courthouse in the
background. Williams Court Alley was displaced
by the Public Debt building.

#3
Acropolis Motel & Restaurant, 1954 East 7th Street   (c. 1960s postcard)

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This letter was sent from Parkersburg, Virginia, dated June 27, 1863, even though
President Lincoln had signed West Virginia into statehood eight days earlier.

#8  

Looking northeast toward the former home of Charles E. Van Devender at 1517 23rd
Street, in 1945. Henry Ruf, who lived at 1500 23rd, is in the foreground. Van Devender,
the president of Parkersburg's Independent School District, was responsible for building
Parkersburg High School in 1917. A junior high school was later named for him.

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Parkersburg Fire Station No. 5 at 2715 Blizzard Drive in South Side, in 1952.

#11

1809 19th Street in 1909.

#12

This fire station (seen here in 1950) stood at the
southeast corner of Lynn Street and Wood Street.

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1907.

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1907.

#15

Nathan's, owned by Benjamin Nathan, called itself the "Largest Clothing
and Shoe Store in the state." Nathan's was located at 225 Ann Street.
Seen here in 1907, the store burned down during the 1913 flood.

#16

Parkersburg Boy Scout Troop 1, taken around 1917. According to Tim Archer,
whose father is in this picture, the scout master was "Doc" Lang, the
mustachioed fellow in the second row. (Photo courtesy of John Dana)

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O.J. Stout & Company on Market Street, circa 1925.

#19

This 1940s parking lot was located on Eighth Street, behind the Carnegie Library.
In the background are Washington Junior High (left) and the YWCA.
(Photo courtesy of Artcraft Studio, 519-521 Market Street, Parkersburg, WV 26101; (304) 485-5771.)

#20

Oesterle and Mullen Dodge & Plymouth was located at 409 Eighth Street, just east of Avery.

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