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Interesting items of note include a copy of the General Advertiser, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, May 1797; The Graphic Royal Wedding Number, 1879; The Scientific American, May 1883; Wheeling photos 1888-1892; Early Oil Drilling photos in Volcano, West Virginia ca. 1800s; Carrollton Bridge photo prior to 1962; Wheeling Bridge 1849-1900 and a collection of 20 facsimile prints titled "Picturesque Beauties of Boswell" by Thomas Rowlandson. Also of interest are Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. items including a stock certificate from 1903, an illustration of a "View of Wheeling-The original terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad" 1860, two pages from the Illustrated London Times 1861 containing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Tray Run Viaduct, Kingwood Tunnel and Boardtree Hill.

Not inclusive. One bundle has note that says they belong with "report of delegate bonds up to 1871"

Includes: identified portraits, many from Clarksburg, Parkersburg, or Baltimore studios (ca. 1870-1984); Ball family photos and real photo postcards (ca. 1900-1950); unidentified portraits, some from Clarksburg, Grafton, and other West Virginia studios (ca. 1850-1980); photos related to WWI and WWII (1917-1918 and 1941-1945); and a photo album of a joint bar mitzvah celebration for the boys of the Hadar School (1971), among other items. Note: unidentified portraits from New York studios can be found in Series 2, Weiner Family Papers, box 9. Also note that some of the photographs in this box may have fallen out of other photo albums in this collection (e.g. photos in folder 27 may once have been in the WWI album in box 24).