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Time Travel: Gathering of City Leaders in Late 1980s and University Avenue Businesses from Years Ago

Posted on February 23, 2020

This photo is believed to be from 1988 and inside the Bridgeport Public Works building. What'st taking place is unkno...

Time Travel: Another Look at Annual Fireman's Fair Parade and a Famous Hotel from Berkeley Springs

Posted on February 16, 2020

The Bridgeport Fireman's Fair is still talked about fondly to this day by those who participated the annual event...

Time Travel: A Special Day for the Pure Food Store and Construction on New Route 50 in Clarksburg

Posted on February 09, 2020

This photo is from 1954 and it should bring back a lot of pleasant memories for many in  Bridgeport. This is of the g...

Time Travel: Annual Fireman's Fair Parade on Main Street and a Clarksburg Glass Plant from 1906

Posted on February 02, 2020

Few things are talked about with as much fondness as the former Bridgeport Fireman's Fair. Although the exact date of...

Time Travel: Mr. and Miss BHS from 1997 and a Bus Stop Decades ago on Main Street in Clarksburg

Posted on January 26, 2020

For decades, Bridgeport High School has had a Mr. and Miss BHS. The year 1997 was no exception to the rule. Durinig t...

Time Travel: All Saints Church Event from 1965 and a Visit to Old Watt Powell Park in Charleston

Posted on January 19, 2020

The photo shows above is at All Saints Catholic Church, which is located on Main Street in downtown Bridgeport. The photo...

Time Travel: Philadelphia Avenue Cleanup after Winter Storm and Liberty High's mid-1980's Wrestling Team

Posted on January 12, 2020

This is a scene from what is believed to be Philadelphia Avenue from 1988 during a massive winter storm. It's the time of...

Time Travel: Johnson Avenue "Pre-Sheetz" from 1987 and Salem College Men's Basketball from 1977

Posted on December 29, 2019

Look familiar? If it doesn't, it's because today this area of Johnson Avenue is completely built up. The vacant lot t...

Time Travel: The Olympic Torch's Appearance in City and East Fairmont High School Back in the 1920s

Posted on December 22, 2019

Bridgeport was part of history several decades ago as this picture shows. A runner is shown carrying the Olympic torc...

Time Travel: A 1980s Field Trip with Adelaide Pence and Visiting Former Location of Parkette Restaurant

Posted on December 15, 2019

this is one of several field trips by Bridgeport teacher Adelaide Pence during here time at Simpson Elementary. This...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Track from 2006 and Looking Back on Horrific Farmington Mine Disaster of 1968

Posted on December 08, 2019

This is a photo of several members of Bridgeport High School's 2006 track team. See anyone you know? If not sure,...

Time Travel: Car Trouble "in" Maple Lake from 1959 and Popular Drug Store from Downtown Clarksburg

Posted on December 01, 2019

The perpetrator of the car in Maple Lake is also the same person submitting the photo. Tim Flint, then 3, bumped the...

Time Travel: Early 2000's BHS Cheerleading Champs and a Defunct Popular Clarksburg Restaurant

Posted on November 24, 2019

This photo, courtesy of Charles Simmons, shows the Bridgeport High School cheerleadings squad celebrating a 2001 stat...

Time Travel: Jerry West at Bridgeport Country Club and Morgan Grade School's 1975 First Grade Class

Posted on November 17, 2019

That's the "logo" and former WVU and Lakers standout Jerry West, second from left, at the Bridgeport Country Club - b...

Time Travel: Mr. and Miss Bridgeport High School from 2000 and Rewinding to Victory High Band Photo

Posted on November 10, 2019

These two look familiar. This was the choice for Mr. and Miss Bridgeport High School during the 1999-2000 school year...
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