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Time Travel: Furbee's Drug Store with its Prices from 1956 and a 1966 Main Street Clarksburg Restaurant

Posted on October 24, 2021

Many of you remember Furbee's Drug Store on Main Street. Most of us would like to remember some of the prices shown i...

Time Travel: Enjoying the Fireman's Fair Parade and a Look Back to 1951 and Clarksburg Ice Cream Stand

Posted on October 17, 2021

Although the exact date of this photo is unknown, what is known is that it was taken during the highly popular Bridge...

Time Travel: Two from 1970 Featuring a Look at City's Infamous Tornado and Salem College Industrial Arts

Posted on October 10, 2021

Here's another photo from the devastating 1970 tornado that struck the city of Bridgeport. This photo shows serious d...

Time Travel: Main Street Eatery in Historic Building in City

Posted on October 03, 2021

This site look familiar? It should. Today, the Benedum Civic Center sits on this location. This photo, believed to be...

Time Travel: Jamison Complex Rewind and Assistant Coaches at Salem Football 1988 with Robert Shields

Posted on September 30, 2021

It is easy to spot plenty of changes that have taken place at this complex since this aerial photo was taken in a tim...

Time Travel: Construction of Meadowbrook Mall and Some Strawberry Festival Parade Fun from the 1950s

Posted on September 19, 2021

Anyone know what this is? It's a decades-old photo of the construction of the Meadowbrook Mall in its very early...

Time Travel: An Iconic City Family at Iconic Bridgeport Restaurant and Shinnston High 1910 Baseball Team

Posted on September 12, 2021

This photo, believed to be from 1965, is courtesy of James Simon. It is inside the original Sonny's Restaurant, w...

Time Travel: An Iconic Bridgeport Billboard and a Look at a National Retailer on Clarksburg's Main Street

Posted on September 05, 2021

Anyone remember this attention-grabbing billboard? It was located by Rish Equipment, which today is the Bridgeport Mu...

Time Travel: Going Back Decades to Business Staple on Main Street and Salem's Catalano Stadium

Posted on August 29, 2021

Anyone remember the Home Hardware business on Main Street in the Utt Building? This photo, likely from the 1950s or 1...

Time Travel: Pre-School at St. Barnabas Church and Decades Rewind to a Mountaineer Football Legend

Posted on August 22, 2021

This photo, provided by Cassie Busdeker, is of the 1975-76 pre-school class at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church situated...

Time Travel: Rewinding to 1949 with Indians' Football Team and Decades Ago in Downtown Boone County

Posted on August 15, 2021

Football has been a Bridgeport tradition for decades. This photo is believed to be from the 1949 season and it is lik...

Time Travel: Decades Ago with Students at Former City Building and Lewis County Post Office in 1982

Posted on August 08, 2021

This photo is believed to be around 1980 and was taken by Bob Nichols of the Bell Studio. The students are also belie...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Jerry West Team from 1970s and Cooling off in Kanawha County Pool in 1920

Posted on August 01, 2021

See anyone you know? This photo is believed to be from the late 1970s and taken at the Bridgeport United Methodist Ch...

Time Travel: Reading About 1952 Firemen's Fair and a Look at Fairmont's High Level Bridge Decades Ago

Posted on July 25, 2021

You may have to look close, but there is plenty of information on the 1952 Bridgeport Firemen's Fair. Two things no l...

Time Travel: BHS 1984 School Play of Grease and a Coal Mining Welch Baseball Game from Decades Ago

Posted on July 18, 2021

This photo, taken by Bob Nichols, is from the 1984 Bridgeport High School production of Grease. See anyone you know o...

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