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Floods -- West Virginia -- Wheeling

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Charles A. Julian, Collector, Historical Postcards of Wheeling

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3860
Overview Historical postcards and other material documenting the city of Wheeling, West Virginia. Includes ca. 600 postcards in two notebooks (each in its own box) of mostly photographic postcards recording views of Wheeling. Topics include Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, bridges, businesses, churches, flood of 1907, homes, hotels, ice skating, parks (Oglebay and Wheeling), roads, schools, steamships, street scenes (with automobiles, pedestrians, and trolleys), theaters, and wharf, among others....
Dates: 1905-1965; Majority of material found within 1905-1940

Ohio Valley Floods, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2408
Overview

Newspaper clippings, picture-books, postcard albums, and government reports relating to floods along the Ohio River Valley especially at Pittsburgh, Wheeling, and Parkersburg.

Dates: ca. 1913-1971