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Time Travel: Local Girls Scouts in Christmas Parade in 1990s and a Shinnston Business Many Decades Ago

Posted on February 25, 2024

Anyone recognize any members of this Bridgeport Girl Scout troop that is taking part in the City of Bridgeport's Chris...

Time Travel: First Main Street Fire Department Project and a 1950's Clarksburg Ice Cream Shop Hot Spot

Posted on February 18, 2024

This photo, believed to be from September of 1994, shows beams going up for what would eventually become a then...

Time Travel: Johnson, Lodgeville Area Decades Ago and a Beached Virginia Steamboat in Mason County

Posted on February 11, 2024

Look familar? It should. The bottom left corner shows the intersection of Johnson Avenue and Lodgeville Road wi...

Time Travel: Pure Foods Thanksgiving Ad from 1970 and a Decades Rewind to Strawberry Festival Parade

Posted on February 04, 2024

Prices sure have changed since this Thanksgiving Dinner advertisement ran for Pure Food Key Markets decades ago. The...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Kindergarten Students from Decades Ago and Downtown Clarksburg in the 1960s

Posted on January 28, 2024

Here's one that a little bit of help could be useful on. This is believed to be a late 1960s or early 1970s photo of...

Time Travel: Going Back a Few Decades at City Pool and 1935 Depression Era of Kids Back from School

Posted on January 21, 2024

See any familiar faces? Although the date of this photo is unknown, it likely goes back several decades and it may be...

Time Travel: Michael Benedum Visiting the Bridgeport Cemetery and Clarksburg's Manhattan Restaurant

Posted on January 14, 2024

The four individuals pictured here appear to be, from left, Father Carroll, former Governor Homer Holt, Michael Bened...

Time Travel: Elementary Hot Air Balloon Field Trip in the 1990s at Bridgeport's Compton City Park

Posted on January 07, 2024

This photo, believed to be from 1996, was taken by parent Sheila Alvarez and provided to educator Mrs. Ruth Allen aft...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Methodist Men from the 1950s and Bobby Kennedy on Campaign Trail in Bluefield

Posted on December 31, 2023

Can anybody recognize any of these members of Bridgeport Methodist Men Bible Class standing at the corner of M...

Time Travel: Downtown Dairy Queen at Old Location and 1950 Lost Creek Hoops Team with Bud Hartzell

Posted on December 24, 2023

No, you are not seeing things. Decades ago, the Bridgeport Dairy Queen was located on the opposite side of the road w...

Time Travel: Residential Development in City in 1969 and a Winter Scene from Parsons During Mid-1900's

Posted on December 17, 2023

Anyone recognize this section of Bridgeport today? The road going through the middle of the photo is Stout Street as...

Time Travel: Double Lumber Companies on Johnson Avenue and Victory High's Band at Hite Field in 1953

Posted on December 10, 2023

At one time, there were two hardware, lumber companies located right along Johnson Avenue. This photo shows Bau...

Time Travel: Volunteer Fire Department Assistance in 1976 and Shinnston's B&O Station around 1900

Posted on December 03, 2023

In this photo from July of 1976, the Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department appears to be making a check presentation....

Time Travel: Removal of Holiday Plaza Traffic Barriers and a Rewind to Visit Clarksburg's St. Mary's Hospital

Posted on November 26, 2023

The exact date and the history behind this photo is not clear. However, it shows members of Bridgeport's Fire Dep...

Time Travel: 1980s' Bridgeport School Ribbon Cutting and a Aerial Look at North View from Rolland Glass

Posted on November 19, 2023

Anyone know any of the individuals pictured here for this ribbon-cutting event back on Feb. 28, 1985 for students w...

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