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Time Travel: Two Life-Long City Residents in 1960s on Center Street and a Old-Time Glen Elk Restaurant

Posted on February 28, 2021

Anyone recognize the two on the right? That would be Shirley Hadorn and her daughter Janet (Hathaway) as they head do...

Time Travel: Virginia Avenue Train Wreck in 1967 and State Police Assisting at 1944 Shinnston Tornado

Posted on February 21, 2021

This photo, believed to be from 1967, is of a train wreck that took place at the Virginia Avenue crossing just off of...

Time Travel: Early Look at Bridgeport's Sonny Oliverio and 1960s' Photo of the Restaurant He's Working At

Posted on February 14, 2021

The man smiling on the far right is Sonny Oliverio and he's not shown at the restaurant he owned "Sonny'...

Time Travel: A 1993 Dedication to Bridgeport City Hall and a 1970 Clarksburg Drug Store Ice Cream Stand

Posted on February 07, 2021

This is a photo of the dedication of the former Bridgeport City Building, that also served as a home to the police de...

Time Travel: '80s Simpson Elementary Walking Bridge and Work from 1959 on U.S. Route 50 in Clarksburg

Posted on January 31, 2021

Decades of students, along with years of use by the community, have utilized the old and current bridge leading from...

Time Travel: Bridgeport High's 2000-01 Color Guard and Business on Clarksburg's Pike Street in the 1970s

Posted on January 24, 2021

This is the 2000-2001 Bridgeport High School color guard. Shown, front row, from let, is Lindsay Bryant, Anna Long, J...

Time Travel: Former City Police Officer and Wife and Local Babe Ruth Baseball Team with Jimbo Fisher

Posted on January 17, 2021

This is a photo of the late Watler "Bud" Hartzell who many knew from his time as a car salesman at Harry Gr...

Time Travel: Bridgeport High's Class of 1981's 20-Year Reunion and Clarksburg's The Darling Shop Ad

Posted on January 10, 2021

This is a photo of the Class of 1981 from Bridgeport High School holding its 20-year-reunion in 2001. This is from th...

Time Travel: Mystery Bridgeport Bank 1906 Photo and Local Glass Company Workers Back from 1916

Posted on January 03, 2021

There is little information about this particular photo. The only thing noted on the back is "Bridgeport Bank&qu...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Police Enjoying a Meal in 1997 and Victory High School's 1945 Basketball Team

Posted on December 27, 2020

These two photos were taken on March 7, 1996 at the Bridgeport Police Department during what appears to be a lunch of...

Time Travel: Super Dry Summer of '87 at Maple Lake and Victory's Band in 1972 Clarksburg Xmas Parade

Posted on December 20, 2020

For those of you fretting the cold weather, here's a look back to the summer of 1987. This is Maple Lake in a ver...

Time Travel: Looking Back to Prominent City Business and 1970 in Small McDowell County Community

Posted on December 13, 2020

Many in Bridgeport likely remember when Riggs Exxon was situated on the corner of Route 50-MainStreet and Lodgeville...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Business Icon from 1978 and Harrison County Chamber's 2000 Board of Directors

Posted on December 06, 2020

Bridgeport's Charles Edward "Jim" Compton, the founder of Grafton Coal Company, is shown second from ri...

Time Travel: Bridgeport's 1970's Police Department and a Look at a Small, Rural West Virginia Post Office

Posted on November 29, 2020

This photo is from the 1970s, although the exact date is unknown. It shows members of the Bridgeport Police Departmen...

Time Travel: Going to Compton Park in the 1980s and Resort South of City from 1965 No Longer Operating

Posted on November 22, 2020

Although some of this is still familiar, a lot of this has changed. This is a photo of Compton Park from 1987 and it...
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