WV-150 Sesquicentennial Exhibit

The WV-150 Sesquicentennial Exhibit celebrates our statehood from 1860 to the present with an eclectic collection of West Virginia artifacts and art.
Many of the suggestions for what to showcase in the exhibit came from West Virginians who offered suggestions throughout last year.

If you would like to view a larger photo of one of the images please just click on the photo on this page.

1880

Canary No. 795 Ribbed Optic Rope Pattern Glass Pitcher, Central Glass Company, Wheeling	Electric Blue No. 796 Thumb Print Pattern Glass Creamer, Central Glass Company, Wheeling	Amber No. 775 Pressed Diamond Pattern Glass Creamer, Central Glass Company, Wheeling	Milk Glass Grape Pattern Sugar Bowl, Central Glass Company, Wheeling
Model 1905, U.S. Marine Corps, Caliber .45 Revolver, Property of Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield	Anderson & Lavisa Hatfield and Robert Anderson Browning	No. 5 Wood Golf Club	Norfolk & Western Railroad Stock Certificate
Kanawha River Wicket Dam Model Made by John Duymich	Greenwood Stove, Star Foundry, Wheeling		U.S. Postage Stamp Print, J.R. Clifford, Civil Rights Pioneer

1890

Wheeling Corrugating Covered Bucket	Mother Jones, The Most Dangerous Woman In America, Elliot J. Gorn	Mother Jones	U.M.W.A. Local Union 5952 Tams, West Virginia Member’s Badge
1920-1960 International President of U.M.W.A. John L. Lewis (1880-1969) Badge	Andrew Summers Rowan’s Clockwork Cradle by Aaron Dodd Crane in Plainfield, N.J.	U.S. Mail Leather Saddle Bags	Dress Worn by Mrs. Henry Gassaway Davis at the Congressional Ball In 1877
The Hatfields in Front of the Family’s Hunting Cabin	Stephen B. Elkins	Among the Miners of West Virginia, Drawn by W.A.C. Pape, Harper’s Weekly	Wooden Tobacco Pipe from the Original West Virginia State Museum
Devonian Period Brachiopod Bed, Elkins, Randolph County, 420 Million Years Ago

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