Photographs and Postcards , 1800s-2000

This box contains mostly photos of farm buildings, lock and dams, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chessie System Railroad Bridge, Yatesville early oil drilling, Bessemer pumping jack, West Virginia Independence Hall, and King’s Covered Bridge. It also contains postcards of various subjects including Baltimore and Ohio railroad Roundhouse and Station in Grafton, WV; the Baltimore and Ohio tunnel Wetzel’s Cave in Wheeling, WV; the Hempfield Viaduct and the First “Needle Dam” built in the USA, Louisa, KY.

Formats: Photographic prints, photographic negatives, postcards

Subjects: farm buildings; farm house; barns; corncrib; lock and dam; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; railroad; railroad tunnels; roundhouse; Grafton, WV; Wheeling, WV; Louisa, KY; Needle dam; early oil drilling; Chessie; Yatesville; Bessemer pump; Bessemer; oil pumping jack; Independence Hall; King’s Covered Bridge; Somerset, PA; Somerset covered bridges; Wetzel’s Cave; Hempfield Viaduct; Viaduct